US Native Vines to Add to the Landscape | Gardener's Path

Vines are handy for trellis or lattice arbors, to trace up trees, or to decorate a mailbox.

For many, the thought of planting a native vine in their landscape or garden is preferential due to their easy maintenance.

If you are considering a native vine, then these profiles should give you a few choices to pick from.

This fragrant vine may get invasive, so take care to keep an eye on it as it grows. It will grow up to 12 feet long and needs a spacing of 4 feet across.

It prefers to grow in sun to partial shade in moist soil. Butterflies and birds love this vine.

Expect pink/purple blooms in late summer to mid fall. You may divide the root ball on this one to propagate.

This one grows 20-30 feet long and needs a spacing of 20-30 feet as well. It likes full sun to partial shade and will produce non-noticeable bronze flowers in late summer.

Butterflies and the Pipevine Swallow bird love this plant as it’s very fragrant. A strong and sturdy vine, this needs to be on a stout trellis.

To propagate this very fast climber, you need to divide its root ball.

This fast growing plant is an evergreen vine that reaches up to 15 feet in length.

It has tubular flowers; red on the outside and yellow on the inside when in the wild, orange/red/purple range when cultivated.

It will bloom from late April to May. It prefers full sun.

Read more about growing crossvine here.

Although this plant can be invasive it is great for arbors or fences.

Its trumpet-shaped flowers grow on a woody vine up to 40 feet.

It is a fast grower, especially when grown with full sun