Climbers for North Facing Walls

The hardy and non-hardy climbing plants shown below can be grown successfully against a north-facing wall or fence:

Hardy

  • Akebia quinata (Chocolate vine)
  • Berberidopsis corallina (Coral plant)
  • Clematis
  • Codonopsis convolvulacea
  • Hedera (Ivy)
  • Humulus lupulus (Hop)
  • Hydrangea anomala subsp. petiolaris (Climbing hydrangea)
  • Kadsura japonica (Kadsura)
  • Lathyrus latifolius (Everlasting pea)
  • Lonicera x Americana (Italian honeysuckle)
  • Lonicera x brownii (Scarlet trumpet honeysuckle)
  • Lonicera x heckrottii (Goldflame honeysuckle)
  • Lonicera sempervirens (Trumpet honeysuckle)
  • Lonicera x tellmanniana (Honeysuckle)
  • Parthenocissus (Virginia creeper)
  • Pileostegia viburnoides (Pileostegia)
  • Tropaeolum speciosum (Flame flower)
  • Vitis coignetiae (Crimson glory vine)

Non-Hardy

  • Allamanda cathartica(Golden trumpet)
  • Aristolochia elegans (Calico flower)
  • Cissus
  • Clerodendrum thomsoniae (Bleeding-heart vine)
  • Clytostoma callistegioides (Argentinian trumpet vine)
  • Dioscorea discolor (Ornamental yam)
  • Epipremnum
  • Hardenbergia
  • Lapageria rosea (Chile bells)
  • Mitraria coccinea (Partridge berry)
  • Monstera deliciosa (Swiss cheese plant)
  • Philodendron
  • Stigmaphyllon ciliatum (Butterfly vine)
  • Syngonium podophyllum (Arrowhead vine)
  • Tetrastigma voinierianum (Chestnut vine)