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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



VINES THAT ARE GROWN FOR THEIR FLOWERS — Continued 



October, 1911 



COMMON NAME 



BOTANICAL NAME 



HEIGHT FT. 



TIME OF FLOWERING 



COLOR OF FLOWERS 



HABIT OF CLIMBING 



WHEN TO PRUNE 



REMARKS 



Japanese honey- 



Lonicera Japonica 



20 



June-Aug. 



White and 



Twining 



Early spring 



Dozens of hybrid varieties 



suckle 









yellow 







offered by nurseries 



Woodbine 



Lonicera Pericly- 

 menum 



4 



June-Sept. 



White and 

 yellow 



Twining 



Early spring 



Many hybrid varieties that 

 flower all summer 



Trumpet honey- 



Lonicera semper- 



25 



May-Sept. 



Orange- 



Twining 



Early spring 



Evergreen southward but can- 



suckle 



virens 







scarlet 







not be grown in the North 



Crimson Rambler 



Rosa multiftora hybrid 



20 



June- July 



Red 



Needs help 



Early spring 



The type species, white, single, 

 is well worth growing. Cut 

 out old canes 



Prairie rose 



Rosa setigera 



6 



June-July 



Rose 



Needs help 



Early spring 



The latest flowering, climbing 

 rose. Perfectly hardy, fol- 

 iage light green 



Memorial rose 



Rosa Wichuraiana 



12 



July-Sept. 



White 



Needs help 



Early spring 



Splendid for banks and rock- 

 eries. Numerous hybrids 



Trumpet vine 



Tecoma radicans 



3° 



July-Sept. 



Orange ■ 

 red 



Rootlets 



Early spring 



Must have sunshine. Var. 

 atropurpurea has deeper 

 colored flowers 



Chinese trumpet- 



Tecoma grandiflora 



3° 



Aug-Sept. 



Orange- 



Rootlets 



Early spring 



Flowers larger and open better 



creeper 









red 







than in T. radicans 



Chinese wistaria 



Wistaria Chinensis 



100 



May 



White and 

 violet 



Twining 



After 

 flowering 



The wistarias are the most 

 popular flowering vines. Use 



Japanese wistaria 



Wistaria multijuga 



100 



May-June 



White and 

 blue 



Twining 



After 

 flowering 



only on strong supports. The 

 Chinese is the best; multi- 

 juga has longest racemes of 



American wistaria 



Wistaria speciosa 



35 



July 



White and 

 blue 



Twining 



After 

 flowering 



pea-like flowers. Best to 

 prune not at all 







FRUIT EFFECTS 



AS WELL AS 



FOLIAGE 







COMMON NAME 



BOTANICAL NAME 



HEIGHT FT. 



TIME OF FLOWERING 



COLOR OF FLOWERS 



HABIT OF CLIMBING 



WHEN TO PRONE 



REMARKS 



Matrimony vine 



Lycium Chincnse 



3° 



June 



Purple 



Twining, 

 needs help 



Early 

 spring 



Grown principally for its very 

 ornamental fruit. Makes a 

 good hedge in time 



Common moon- 

 seed 



Menispermum 

 Canadense 



12 



June- July 



Greenish- 

 white 



Twining 



Early 

 spring 



Hardy even in Ontario. Has 

 decorative blue-black fruit 



Fox grape 



Yitis Labrusca 



IOO 



Spring 



Colorless 



Tendrils 



Early 

 spring 



Fruit very attractive in fall. 

 Ancestral species of many 

 native American grapes. 

 Hardy almost everywhere 



EVERGREEN KINDS FOR WINTER CHEER 



FOLIAGE VINES THAT MAKE GOOD SCREENS 







HEIGHT 



HABIT OF 









HEIGHT 



HABIT OF 





COMMON NAME 



BOTANICAL NAME 



FT. 



CLIMBING 



REMARKS 



COMMON NAME 



BOTANICAL NAME 



FT. 



CLIMBING 



REMARKS 



Spindle vine 



Euonymus 



20 



Rootlets 



Numerous varieties but 



Virginia creeper 



A mpelopsis 



5° 



Tendrils 



Dozens of varieties; get 





radicans 







the common green is 

 best. Will not endure 

 exposure to sun ; grows 

 in rich deep soil. Best 

 to shear off old foliage 





quinqucjolia 





and discs 



one self-supporting. 

 Brilliant red foliage 

 in fall. Thrives in 

 shade. The best all- 

 purpose native vine 











each spring 



Cissus 



Ampelopsis 

 heterophylla 



20 



Tendrils 

 and discs 



Many bright blue ber- 

 ries in fall 













Boston ivv 



A mpelopsis 



IOO 



Tendrils 



Grows in very little 



English ivy 



Hedera Helix 



IOO 



Rootlets 



Grows well in smoky 

 atmosphere. A slow 





tricuspidata 





and discs 



soil. Turns red in 

 fall. Rapid grower 











low grower. Leaves 



Dutchman's pipe 



A ristolochia 



40 



Twining 



The largest leaved 











| inch long. Excel- 





macro phxlla 







vine, coming out 











lent as slight cover- 











rather late in the 











ing on masonry 











season. Has small 

 flowers like a pipe 













Hop vine 



Hamulus 



15 



Twining 



Yellow hops are attrac- 



Partridge berry 



Mitchella repens 



1 

 2 



Trailer 



Fine ground-cover in 

 shady places. Grows 

 very close to the 

 ground and has bright 





Lupulus 







tive as well as foliage 

 and flowers. Foliage 

 dull green, somewhat 

 like grape 











red fruits all winter 



Kudzu vine 



Pueraria 

 Thmibergiana 



60 



Twining, 

 needs help 

 1 



Woody vine in South. 

 In North roots per- 

 ennial; extensive 



Periwinkle 



Vinca minor 



1 

 2 



Creeper 



Fine creeper for shady 

 spots. Blue flowers 

 in spring and summer 











herbaceous growth 

 each year 











Silk vine 



Periploca Graca 



40 



Twining 



North of New York 











that contrast prettily 











needs winter protec- 











with foliage 











tion. Has purple fra- 



















grant flowers 



