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Common Name
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Scientific Name
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Height
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Remarks
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Winter Honeysuckle
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Lonicera Fragrantissima
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8'-10'
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Sun, partial-shade, fragrant, clusters of white flowers in winter
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Autumn Clematis
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Clematis sp.
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n/a
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Evergreen; fragrant white fall; sun, part shade
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Confederate Jasmine
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Trachelospermum jasminoides
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n/a
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Evergreen; fragrant white spring; sun, part shade
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Coral honeysuckle
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Lonicera sempervirens
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n/a
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Almost Evergreen; red blooms; part shade to full sun. texas Native. Good hummingbird plant. Good alternative to the more common white Japanese honeysuckle which can be invasive.
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Coral vine, Queen's wreath
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Antigonon leptopus
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n/a
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Vigorous climer, often seen on telephone poles. Pink flowers in late summer and fall; Dies back in winter. Full sun
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Fig Ivy
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Ficus pumila (repens)
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n/a
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Evergreen; clings to walls; sun, part shade
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Improved Trumpet Vine
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Campsis radicans
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n/a
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Sun, partial-sun, large orange flowers
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Scarlet Clematis
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Clematis texana
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n/a
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Sun, partial-shade, spring and summer blooms; red, rust, maroon, rose-pink
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Silverlace Vine
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Polygonum ambertii
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n/a
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Fluffy masses of white; sun, part shade
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Virginia Creeper
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Parthenocissus quinquefolia
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n/a
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Deciduous, sun, partial-shade, clings to walls, fall color
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Hyacinth bean vine
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Dolichos lablab
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Fast Climber
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Fast growing climber. Fragrant 1 1/2 inch purple blossoms followed by 3 to 4 inch long beans bright purble. Good wildlife plant. Will die back in winter.
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Passion Vine
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Passiflora incarnata
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Fast climber
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Fast growing vine with intricate purple flowers. Important food source for the Gulf Fritilary butterfly catepillar. The catepillars look spikey but are harmless. Let them munch away if you want butterflies in the fall. Will die back in winter.
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Crossvine
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Bignonia capreolata
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Vine
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Coral or yellow trumpet shaped flowers, full sun to shade. Good substitute for the more agressive Trumpet vine. Good hummingbird plant.
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