Vines

Blue Explosion

 This vine creates quite an explosion with 5” semi-double, purple blue flowers ignited with pink tips. Lavender single flowers follow. This plant thrives when its roots are moist and cool while its leaves are in full sun. Blooms May to June and again July to Sept.

Height:  7-9'

Spread:  3-4'

Exposure:  Full Sun/Partial Shade

Zone: 4-9

Guernsey Cream

Extra Large flowering clematis- A pistachio green color, maturing to cream–white before settling on bright white. Bloom in early summer and can bloom again in late summer with smaller flowers. Although the flowers are big, the plant stays a tidy, moderate size perfect for smaller structures. 

Height:  6-8'

Spread:  3-4'

Exposure:  Full/Partial Sun

Zone: 4-9 

Jackmanii

One of the most popular varieties with rough-textured, deep bluish-purple flowers early to late summer.

Full / Partial Sun   

Height:  10-15'

Spread:  3'

Exposure:  Full/Partial Sun

Zone: 4-9 

Pilu 

Lotty’s Love® Rose, an ever-blooming rugosa rose, is covered in beetroot purple, semi-double, cup-shaped blooms. The 3- to 4-inch diameter flowers have gold stamens, a strong cinnamon fragrance, and form into red hips in the fall when not deadheaded. A landscape favorite for its cold hardiness, salt tolerance, dark green foliage that’s disease resistant, and minimal pruning required.

Height:  3-5.5'

Spread:  3.5-4'

Shape:  Upright Oval

Exposure:  Full Sun

Zone: 3-10

Rouge Cardinal

 Velvety burgundy-purple blooms on a woody vine with leathery-textured, green foliage. Deciduous.

Height:  6-12'

Spread:  3-4'

Shape:  Mounded Round

Exposure:  Full/Partial Sun

Zone: 4  

Rouguchi

Large nodding bells with a slight recurve, accentuated by shading along the edges of the sepals. When summer comes, hundreds of these beautifully shaded bells cover the plant, giving a punch of bluish–purple color to the border. 

Height:  6-8'

Spread:  36-48"

Shape:  Mounded Round

Exposure:  Full/Partial Sun

Zone: 4  

Gypsy Queen

 Introduced in 1877, this is a vigorous deciduous climber which gets covered with a profusion of large, 5-6 in, remarkably velvety, violet-purple flowers with dark red stamens. On the first opening, the blossoms can be an intense dark red, before rapidly changing to deep violet. Mid-Summer to Fall Flowering

Height:  10-12'

Spread:  4-6'

Exposure:  Part Shade

Zone: 4-9

Trumpet Vine

 Clusters of petite rich cardinal red flowers with up to 15 petals bloom in abundance for an extended season of color. Glossy dark green, disease resistant foliage on a vigorous, hardy, carefree shrub. Perfect for use at the front of borders, or plant to spread gently over a rock wall or along garden pathways. 

Height:  1-2'

Spread:  2-3'

Shape:  Compact Bush

Exposure:  Full Sun

Zone: 4

Silver Lace Vine

   A vigorous, adaptable, twining vine that typically grows 12-15’ per year, which makes it ideal for covering outbuildings, or screen walls, quickly. Grow up frameworks of posts and netting or along chain link fencing for a fast boundary that needs little clipping. Ovate leaves emerge tinged with red, but mature to a bright green. Masses of small, fragrant, creamy white flowers, narrow panicles cover the vine over a long bloom period of mid-summer to fall. 

Full Sun-Part Shade  

Height: 30'

Spread:  20-30'

Exposure:  Full Sun-Part Shade

Zone: 5

Honeysuckle

Dense-growing, multi-stemmed shrub with the darkest red flowers of any 

other variety. Blooms early spring to add stunning color to Your landscape. Can be invasive. 

Height: 20-30'

Spread:  6-10'

Exposure:  Full Sun/Part Shade

Zone: 4-9

Honeysuckle

A showy vine with extremely fragrant yellow flowers blooms from mid-

spring to late summer, followed by bright red berries. This floriferous honeysuckle has a very long bloom time. 

Not invasive like other varieties. 

Height: 20'

Spread:  Varies

Exposure:  Full Sun/Part Shade

Zone: 3