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Hardy Vines and Ground Covers 
Vines provide the finishing touch of any planting. Some adhere to masonry, some must be 
trained through lattice or trellis, and others, with their tendrils, will cling anywhere tenaciously, 
unshaken by wind or weather. Visualize the effect desired and train them accordingly, to cover 
your walls and pilasters, your lattice or trellis, the pergola or laundry posts, the porch or portico, 
veranda, or fence. 
ARISTOLOCHIA sipho (Dutchmans-pipe). Pipe¬ 
shaped, yellowish brown flowers. A native species of 
climbing habit and rapid growth. Foliage, light green. 
CAMPSIS radicans (Trumpetcreeper). Large trumpet¬ 
shaped scarlet flowers in August. A hardy climbing 
plant. 
CELASTRUS scandens (American Bittersweet). A na¬ 
tive climber with fine large leaves, yellow flowers and 
clusters of capsuled orange fruit. A rapid grower. 
CLEMATIS paniculata. In September the flowers ap¬ 
pear in a perfect mass of white. The fragrance is most 
delicious and penetrating. Vine is a rapid grower. 
Foliage, glossy green. 
C. jackmani (Jackman Clematis). Perhaps the best known 
Clematis. Immense flowers of an intense violet purple, 
bloom continuously all summer. 
C. henryi. Free bloomer producing large white flowers 
constantly during the entire summer. 
C. Madame Edouard Andre. Much like Clematis 
Jackmani. Flowers a beautiful shade of crimson. A 
free bloomer. 
EUONYMUS radicans (Wintercreeper). Useful for 
covering old walls, etc., as it is self-clinging. A very 
hardy, dense-growing, trailing vine. Leaves, dull 
green with whitish veins. Grows rapidly. 
LONICERA Japonica Halliana (HalI s Japanese 
Honeysuckle). Pure white flowers, changing to 
yellow. Foliage remains green well into winter. 
Very fragrant and covered with flowers, almost the 
entire season. One of the best bloomers, and a strong, 
vigorous vine. 
PACHYSANDRA terminals (Japanese Spurge). The 
perfect ground cover, especially useful in dense 
shade where nothing else will grow. Low growth, 
glossy evergreen leaves, small white flowers and 
waxy white berries. 
PARTHENOCISSUS quinquefolia (Virginia Creeper). 
One of the finest vines for covering walks, verandas 
or trunks of trees. Foliage green, turning to rich 
crimson in autumn. A rapid grower and quickly 
fastens to anything. 
P. tricuspidata (Vetchi) (Boston Ivy). Very valuable 
for covering brick or stone structures, rockeries or 
walls. Leaves smaller than the American. Forms a 
dense sheet of green as leaves overlap each other. 
Foliage changes to crimson scarlet in the fall. A little 
difficult to start, but when established requires no 
further care. 
VINCA minor (Hardy Myrtle). Evergreen ground 
cover for dry sunny or shady positions. Periwinkle 
blue flowers in profusion in the spring and occasion¬ 
ally during summer and fall. 
WISTERIA sinensis (Chinese Wisteria). Flowers of 
pale blue are borne in long, pendulous clusters in 
May and June. Rapid growing and elegant, attaining 
15 to 20 feet in a season. One of the best of the 
Wisterias. 
Boston Ivy 
Clematis Paniculata 
