Ornamental climbers identification and use for different area landscaping

Ornamental climbers identification
and use in different situation for
landscaping
Dr. Thaneshwari

Morning glory covering fencing

2.Aristolochia elegans
(Calico flower)

 Elegans means graceful in Latin.
 Flower : Rains.
 Fruit : cold season
 Native : Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
 Gardening : the hanging basket like fruit are very attractive. It
is entirely devoid of the unpleasant odour which is
characteristics of the flowers of this genus. In florida it
reproduce it self freely. May adjust well with rocky walls.
Aristolochia elegans
(Family: Aristolochiaceae)

Propagation: easily raised from seed which is freely
produced under cultivation and usually flower in the very
first year. It can also be propagated by cutting, layering
and suckers.

3. Vernonia elaegnoefolia
Family : Compositae

Origin: domesticated in india
A quick-growing, evergreen
climber, which is most
popular and usefull climber
for screening. the branches
which are pendulous hang
close to their support, thus
forming a neat screen. The
flower are white in colour. It
thrive best in places with
high humidity.
Propagation- cutting

Adenocalymma alliaceum (Garlic Vine)
Family: Bignoniaceae
 Origin : Brazil
 Foliage : evergreen shiny
 Flower : large trumpet-shaped pink-mauve flowers.
 Flowering: March to June( Nauni: August)
 Climate : hot moist
 Propagation: layering and cutting during rainy
season.

Cat’s claw
Flower of cat’s clawCat’s Claw like tendril

Bignonia unguis-cati Linn.
Cat’s Claw ( in latin unguis cati).
 Description- an extensively climbing slender evergreen
species. The leaves are opposite and compound,
exstipulate. Leaflets 2,lanceolate or ovate-acuminate,
cordate, 3 in. or less long; the terminal leaflet is
represented by a three-partite claw like tendril, the arm of
which do not form disks after attachment. The flower
which are a beautiful clear yellow in colour, with deeper
yellow lines in the throat, are born in pairs seated on
slender peduncles in the axils of the leaves. Calyx 0.5 in.
long, obtusely 5-lobed, membranous, bowl-shaped, with
conspicuous veins. Corolla with a short tube and broadly
ventricose limb with spreading lobes, 2-4 in. across and 2-
2.5 in. long. Ovary linear, 0.25 in. long, seated on a fleshy
disk. Style curbed,1 in. long.

Synoname:Bignonia tweediana, B. gracilis, Doxanthan
unguis-cati.
 Flower : April
 Fruit : July
 Native :Argentina (S. America)
 Gardening : an extensive climber reaching top of the
trees and forming masses of foliage and yellow flower
in pendent bunches. They are excellent for being
trained over bare stone walls.
 Propagation : seed, cutting, layering.

6. Wisteria sinensis
(Chinese wisteria, blue rain, blue acacia)
(Family: Papilionaceae)

Wisteria sinensis
( sinensis means of Chinese origin)
Description: a deciduous vine with a twisted trunk reaching 6-9 in. in diameter,
and many long whip like branches, bark brown, often covered with brown felt.
Leaves compound, alternate, odd- pinnate, deciduous. Flowers arranged in
terminal lax racemes up to 13 in. long which appear with the young leaves,
pedicellate, rhachis striate-hairy, pedicel 0.75 in. long, hairy, bracts obsolete.
Calyx bell-shaped, densely covered with short hair, 5-toothed. Corolla
papilionaceous, standard orbicular-emerginate, or broader than long, clawed,
with 2 appendages at the top of the claw, violet blue or blue in colour. Stamen
9+1; the upper stamen free, the remaining nine joined by thin filament; anther
small. Ovary elongate, pubescent, style curved at right angles to the ovary. Fruit
a pod, up to 5 in. long. Seeds 0.25-0.5 in. in diameter, orbicular, flattened, dark
brown smooth.
Flowers : March-April.
Fruits : rainy season

Distribution: a native to China now widely cultivated in the hills and plains
of india.
Gardening: it is very suitable for covering porches, arbours and the like. This
may be raised as a small trees and by care full pruning can be trained as a
standard or a shrub. It is the noblest of the woody vines for temperate
regions.
Propagation: layering, seed.

7.Quisqualis indica
( Combretaceae)

Quisqualis indica (THE RANGOON CREEPER)
 Native: Malaysia, South-eastern Asia and West
Tropical Africa.
 Flower: practically all the year round, but fruit is rarely
found.(Nauni: April-July)
 Gardening: a rapid growing deciduous shrub
requiring a strong trellis for its support. The flower are
white, sweet scented, open at night but turning pink at
day break.
 Propagation: layering, cutting and division of roots.

8.Petrea volubilis
(Verbenaceae)

Petrea volubilis Linn.
 Volubilis means twining in latin and refer to the habit
of the plants
 Common name: Purple Wreath
 Flowers: March-April. Sometime a second flush in
October. It does not fruit in this country.
 Native : Tropical America.
 Gardening: it bear long spikes of cloudy- blue star like
flower which are extremely effective when massed. It
can be trained as a standard.
 Propagation:. air layering, suckers

9.Holmskioldia sanguinea
(CUP AND SAUCER PLANTS) (Family: Verbenaceae)
 Sanguineus means blood-colour and refer to the
normal colour of the flower.
 Flower: October-December
 Native: Subtropical Himalayas
 Gardening: this plant is very popular for cut flowers,
if even the corolla has fallen the calyx is pretty and very
effective.
 Propagation: layering and cutting
 A variety with orange flower has been introduced from
Assam where it is wild.

Ornamental climbers identification and use for different area landscaping

10.Allamanda cathartica
(A.linnaei, Orelia grandiflora)
 flower  Family: Apocynaceae
 Origin: Brazil
 Flower:large,yellow,scented
 Flowering: summer, rain
 Propagation: cutting, layering

11.Clerodendron splendens
 Family: Verbenaceae
 Origin: Sierra Leone
 Flower : crimson colour
 Flowering period: Winter
 Propagation: separation of
root sucker or by layering
 It is a dwarf growing
beautiful climber

12.Bigonia venusta
Pyrostegia venusta
(Family: Bignoniaceae) (Golden shower)
 ( Venusta is latin for charming, beautiful)
 Description: an evergreen plant climbing extensively by means of tendrils.
Stem stout, angled. Leaves compound, consisting of two leaflets with a
terminal branched tendril, or some times of three leaflets. Flowers very
showy, arranged in corymbose cymes or racemes, drooping. Calyx small,
campanulate in shape, with five, very small, hairy teeth. Corolla tubular, 3
in. long, gradually expanding to the mouth where it ends in five liner lobes
which are valvate in the bud, the point of junction being very evident as
each lobe has white villous margins. On opening the lobes curve
backwards and form two lips, the upper of which is 2, the lower 3 lobed.
Stamens 4, in pair, with filament of different lengths. The longer pair is
well exserted from the tube, the shorter reaches the base of the lobes.
Ovary linear, seated on a fleshy disk. Style very long, almost as long as the
stamens. This plant does not produce fruit in this country.

Flowers: cold season( January- February)
Distribution: indigenous to Brazil, but now a very common
cultivated plants in all cultivated countries.
Propagation: cutting, layering
Uses: it is suitable for pergolas, porches, verandahs. It is
grown on trellises, over compound walls or the wall of a house.

13.Lonicera japonica
(Family:Caprifoliaceae)

Lonicera japonica( Japanese honeysuckle)
 Description: a widely climbing twiner. Leaves
opposite, petioled, ovate to oblong-ovate.
 Flowers: cold season. Does not set seed in this
country. (Nauni: March-May)
 Native : China, Japan and Formosa
 Gardening: an evergreen twiner with white, red or
purple-tinged flower which are very fragrant.
 Use : suitable for trellis work
 Propagation: cutting and layering

14.Rosa sp. (ramblers)
 These old climber with large clusters of small, single
and double flowers mainly belong to two groups, i.e.
The multiflora ramblers (from Rosa multiflora) and
the Wichuraiana rambler ( from Rosa wichuraiana ).

Rosa brunoni
Wildrose,
fragrant.

15.Solanum jasminoides
 Potato vine  Family: solanaceae
 Suitable for medium to
high elevation
 Flower: star shaped
white flowers appear
in 8-12 flower racemes
during the summer.
 Propagation: layering

Flower and leaves of potato vine
flower leaves

16.Bougainvillea spp
 Family: Nyctaginaceae
 Native: Tropical and Subtropical South America
 The genus Bougainvillea is named after the celebrated
Franch navigator and explorer Louis Antoine de
bougainviolle(1728-1811), who introduce the genus in to
Europe from Rio de Janeiro.

Cultivars for climbing on walls
 Lady Mary Baring : mustard colour bracts
 Mary Palmer : bicolour bracts, white and magenta
 Mrs. H.C. Buck : bracts large rose and purple
 Thimma :variegated leaves, bracts are like Mari Palmer
Cultivar suitable for hedge making
Glabra sanderiana
Glabra variegata
Partha
Thimma
Tomato Red

Cultivar for planting in pot
 Dr. R.R. Pal
 Lady Mary Baring
 Mary Palmer
 Partha
 Shubhra
 Spring Fastival
 Summer Time
 Thimma
 Tomato Red

Cultivar ideal for hanging basket
 Jawaharlal Lal Nehru
 Mary Palmer
 Mrs. H. C. Buck
 Partha
 Shubhra
 Tomato Red
 Blondie
 Dr. R.R. Pal

Cultivar for making standards
 Mary Palmer
 Mrs. H.C. Buck
 Shubhra
 Thimma
 Tomato Red

Antigonon leptopus (The coral creeper, Sandwich-Island
Creeper, Love’s chain, Rosa de Montana)
Leptopus means thin or slender-stalked)
 Family: Polygonaceae
 Origin: South America
 Flower: through out the rainy and cold season, rosy red in
colour.
 Fruit: cold season
 Inflorescence: racemose, terminal or axillary
 Landscape use: this lovely climber of moderate growth is
best suited for arbours, verandahs, screening unsightly
object and the like.
 Propagation: division of root, layers, cutting and seed
during rain.

18.Beaumontia grandiflora
(syn. Echites grandiflora)
 Family: Apocynaceae
 Common name: Nepal
Trumpet Climber
 Origin: India
 Flower: large white
trumpet shaped, lily like
flower having a faint scent
are born in mass during
January to March
 Landscape use: over large
arches or on large tree
 Propagation: cutting,
layering

19.Tecoma jasminoides
(Syn. Pandorea jasminoides,
Bignonia jasminoides)
 Common name: Bower Plant
of Australia
 Family: Bignoniaceae
 Origin: Australia
 Flower: blossoms are white
with pink or red shades on the
throat and appear in few
flower clusters during August
to October
 Propagation: seed, half
mature stem cutting.

20.Tecomeria capensis
 Flower: orange-red
 Flowering time:
through out the year
Mid hill: Autumn
 Half climbing shrub,
flower in peduncles
terminal racemes

21.Thunburgia grandiflora
(common name: Heavenly blue, Clock Vine)
 Family: Acanthaceae
 Origin: Bengal(India)
 Flower: flower are large, 7-9cm long
and broad, corolla tube bell shaped and
of blue colour with yellow colour inside.
 Flowering season: from February till
the rain
 Uses: for covering walls, trellises of
tennis courts, and trees. It need strong
support.

22.Trachelospermum jasminoides
(Syn. Rhynchospermum jasminoides)
( Common name: Star Jasmine)
 Family: Apocynaceae.
 Origin: China.
 Flower: pure white scented
flower during the summer.
 It exudes a white latex when
injured
 Uses: suitable for growing on
trellises and for screening.
 Propagation: cutting,
layering during rainy season.

23.Passiflora indica
Common name: Passion flower, Family: Passifloraceae
 Famous for its group of creepers
which bear beautiful flowers
and delicately flavoured fruit.
 Tendril climber which can be
trained over trellises or walls.
 Flowering season: May-
November
 Propagation: sucker, layering

24.Tecoma grandiflora
(Syn. Campsis grandiflora,
C.chinensis)
 Common name: Chinese Trumpet
Creeper
 Family: Bignoniaceae
 Origin: China, Japan
 A climbing shrub with or without
aerial rootlets with the help of which
the creeper climbs.
 Flower: deep orange or red
 Flowering period: rainy season
 Propagation: root sucker, cutting
 Pruning: winter

25.Hiptage benghalensis
(H. madablota)
common name:Madhabilata
 Family: Malpighiaceae
 Origin: Tropical Asia
 Flower: sweet scented white
or yellow flowers.
 Flowering period: late
winter( Feb.-June)
 Propagation: seed, layering

26.Quamoclit coccinea
(Syn. Ipomoea coccinea)
(Common name: Star Ipomoea)
 Quamoclit(Greek, meaning dwarf
kidney bean)
 Family: convolvulaceae
 Origin: Central America
 It is a twiner growing to a height of
2m or more, having slender
pointed leaves and fragrant scarlet
flower with yellow throat. Seed are
sown in July-August in the plains.
In the hill it flowers during August
to September.
 Annual climber.

27.Mina Lobata (annual climber)

28.Tropaeolum majus
(Common name: Garden Nasturtium, Indian Cress) annual climber
 Family: Tropaeolaceae
 Origin: Mexico, America
 The tall nasturtium, with the help
of long stalk of leaves twisted
round the support, can be maid to
climb or trail stump of trees
through hedge, fences or some
other supports. These can be
grown on pot and then trained over
triangular supports(frames).

29.Lathyrus odoratus
(Sweet pea)(Annual climber)
 Family: Leguminosae
 Origin: Sicily and South Italy
 Flower: wide range of flower colour, with
elegant form, fragrance. Plant start flowering
in February, from seed sown in September-
October, and continues till march.
 Uses: cut flower, as temporary screen to hind
unsightly object or to separate the kitchen
garden from the flower garden or along a
path. They are good for growing on trellises.

30.Hedera helix (ivy)
FAMILY: Araliaceae
 Evergreen light climber
with variegated foliage.
Good for semi-shaded
areas.

31.Ficus repens
( F. pumila, F. scandens)
 Creeping fig
 Indian fig
 Family: moraceae
 Origin: China, Japan
 A beautiful but slow growing
climber, clinging close to
conservatory wall with the help of
its small rootlets.
 Propagated from cutting of stems
which generally root naturally at
each node.

32.Epipremnum aurium
Family: Araceae

33.Hedera nepalensis
(wild green ivy)

34.Cissus discolor
Rex Begonia Vine
 Family: Vitaceae
 A strong-growing evergreen climber
that ascends by tendrils.
 It occurs naturally in tropical
Southeast Asia to northern
Australia.
 Its strikingly marked foliage and
bronze-red new growth is
reminiscent of Rex Begonia foliage.
 In temperate areas it is usually seen
as a house plant.

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35.Cissus rhombifolia
Ellen Danica
A bushy cultivar of the
Venezuelan Tree vine,
an evergreen, tendril-
climbing vine native to
tropical America.
 'Ellen Danica' has
leaflets with deeply
toothed edges and is
widely used as a foliage
house plant.

36.Pereskia bleo (P.grandiflora)
 Family: Cactaceae
 Origen: Brazil
 Flower colour: pink
 Propagation: cutting
 Shrub or half climber
 Indoor climber

37.Syngonium podophyllum
Common name : Arrowhead
Family : Araceae
Indoor climber

38.Trachelospermum jasminoides 'Variegata‘
(Variegated Star Jasmine )
A cream and pale green-
variegated form of an
evergreen climber native to
China.
 In cold weather the foliage
develops strong pink tones.
its flowers are very fragrant
and appear mainly in
summer, but they are far less
conspicuous against the
lighter foliage.

Tropical flowering
climbers
 Pyrostegia venusta
 Wisteria sinensis
 Jacquemontia pentantha
 Petres volubilis
 Quisqualis indica
 Passiflora sp.
 Ipomia sp.
 Thunbergia grandiflora
 Solanum wendlandii
 Solanum jasminoides (Thunbergia mysorensis ) (Thunbergia grandiflora)

Tropical foliage climber
 Monstera deliciosa
 Ficus repens
 Ficus radicans
 Aristolochia macrocarpa
 Philodendron scandens
Monstera deliciosa

Sub-tropical flowering
climber
 Lonicera japonica
 Ixora parviflora
 Campsis grandiflora
 Cestrum aurantiacum
 Allamanda cathartica
 Antigonon leptopus
 Clematis paniculata
 Clerodendrum splendens
• Arrabidaea magnifica

Sub-tropical foliage
climber
 Cissus discolor
 Scindapsus aureus
 Vernonia eleagnifolia
 Asparagus celaceus
 Ipomea learii

Temperate flowering
climber
 Clematis flammula
 Bauhinia vauhlii
 Solanum seaforthianum
 Trachelospermum fragrans
 Begonia limmingheira
 Campsis radicans
 Rubus flagelliformis

Temperate foliage
climbers
 Hedera helix
 Euonymus radicans
 Vitis rotundifolia

Climbers with scented flower
 Climbing jasmines
 Trachelospermum jasminoides
 Hiptage benghalensis
 Ipomoea coccinea
 Solanum jasminoides
 Tecoma jasminoides
 Clematis paniculata
These are generally grown near the house

Shade loving Climber
 Pothos
 Asparagus
 Hedera helix
 Trachelospermum jasminoides
 Clerodendrum splendens
 Thunbergia grandiflora

Climber for sunny situation
 Antigonon leptopus
 Bougainvillea species

Climber for controlling
sound and noise pollution
 Hiptage benghalensis
 Scindapsus aureus
 Ipomoea carnea

Climber for controlling air
pollution
 Ipomoea carnea

water pollution
 Ipomoea carnea

soil erosion
 Clerodendron splendens
 Ficus repens

Air purifying climber
 Jasminum grandiflorum
 Jasminum auricuflorialatum
 Jasminum sambac
 Gardenia floria

insect pest repellent
climbers
 Aristolochia elegans
 Aristolochia grandiflora
 Passiflora edulis
 Lathyrus odoratus

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