MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
Ill. NATIVE VINES AND CLIMBING PLANTS 
Vines and climbing plants are the material which nature 
uses to cover unsightly objects and to add graceful touches to 
natural plantations. They are admirably adapted to soften 
stiff architectural lines, affording a cover for the trunks of 
trees or intermingling with the shrubbery. They may be used 
to hide poles, fences, rubbish heaps, or anything of an un- 
sightly nature, as well as to give pleasant shade to arbors, 
pergolas, and verandas. The woody climbers remain perma- 
nently on their supports from year to year; the herbaceous 
ones die to the ground annually. 
WOODY VINES AND CLIMBERS 
e 
= 
x 
| . Approx. 
Botanical name Common name rare es time of 
| bloom. 
T-D. Ampelopsis Pepper-vine H-C, |Inconspic- | June-July 
arborea uous 
T-D. Ampelopsis Simple-leaved H-C, |Inconspic- |May-June 
cordata ampelopsis uous 
T-D. Ampelopsis Virginia H-C. Inconspic- | July 
quinquefolia| creeper uous 
Tw. Aristolochia |Dutchman’s pipe H-C Brownish |May-June 
macrophylla 
Tw. Aristolochia |Woolly pipe-vine H-C Brownish /|May-June 
tomentosa 
Tw. Berchemia Supple-Jack H-C Greenish March-May 
scandens white 
T-D. Bignonia Cross-vine H-C Orange- April-May 
capreolata : yellow 
Tw. Calycocarpum |Cupseed H-C Greenish May-June 
Lyoni 
Tw. Celastrus Climbing bitter- | H-C. |Greenish |June 
scandens sweet (fruit or. 
ange-red ) 
C. Clematis Marsh clematis 8-15’ 'Bluish May-June 
crispa purple 
Clematis Western virgin’s White June-Aug. 
ligusticifolia| bower 
Tw. Clematis Leather-flower 8-10’ Red May-July 
Viorna 
Tw. Clematis Virginia virgin’s | H-C. White July-Sept. 
virginiana bower | | 
T. Attach themselves to a support by tendrils. 
T-D. Form disks on their tendrils, by which they become at- 
tached to rough, flat surfaces, such as brick, rock, or the bark of 
trees. 
Tw. Attach themselves by twining around a support. 
C. Must be fastened by tying to a support, or they will simply 
trail over the surface of the ground. 
H-C. High climbing. 
