Garden Arbors And Trellises Add Depth To Your Landscape

Climbing vines and roses can add height and depth to your garden landscape when attached to an arbor or trellis. A beautiful Wisteria dripping down a white vinyl arbor with its pendulous purple blossoms sets a romantic essence to any backyard reminiscent of Tara, the southern plantation. The exotic passion flower winding upward through an ornate obelisk is simply breathtaking when in bloom. A border fence covered in jasmine can tantalize your olfactory senses while enhancing your daily view.

Vining plants include a variety of plant categories. They share a trait unique among plants in that they can climb upward with tendril attachments or by winding their stems around supports. Before you can really enjoy the showy blossoms of climbing plants and vines, you must first provide the supporting structures prior to planting. Once a climbing vine has taken off, it is more difficult to try to add the trellis, arbor or other structure for it to grow on. Your growing vines will grow stronger and require less pruning if you train them to a support when your first plant them.

Where you can plant vines is really up to your imagination. Vines can climb up buildings, wrap around mailboxes, cover pillars or drape from planters on a balcony. An archer arbor covered with wisteria or climbing hydrangea spanning a sidewalk entrance to your home can be a warm welcome to your guests.

To add depth to your garden, you can add an obelisk or trellis. Clematis come in a variety of blossom colors and can add a striking accent to any garden as they trail up a trellis. Climbing roses can also be trained to a trellis. Just remember that the first years cane growth do not flower, so do not prune it. Tie the primary branches to the trellis with floral tape and then next year, your climbing rose will cover the trellis with awesome blossoms.

Other flowering vines that are often used on trellises and arbors include some annuals; such as black-eyed Susan vine, cypress vine (Ipomoea quamoclit), moonflower and morning glory. Jasmine and Honeysuckle do extremely well on fences and provide a fragrant backdrop. The trumpet creeper is often found growing up trees and telephone poles and attracts hummingbirds. Ivy is often found growing up sides of houses, walls and pillars and tend to soften stark exteriors adding a touch of old world elegance to your landscape. Mandevilla or Dipladenia are flowering vines with deep red large blossoms that can really stand out in your garden on an obelisk or a trellis. My all time favorite flowering vines include the exotic passion flower and the clematis.

When planning your landscape, do not fail to include some climbing vines or roses to your garden. Not only will they add some breathtaking beauty, but will also attract the butterflies and humming birds to your garden. There are a lot of colors and plants to choose from as well as a variety of arbors, trellises and obelisks to train them on.