| Category | Name | Othername | Zone | Size | Growthrate | Water | Pollination | Bloom | Color | Time | Light | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vines | ORANGE PEEL CLEMATIS | C. tangutica | 4 | 12 x 6 | Fast | XX | More vigorous; small yellow nodding bell flowers; showy feathery seed heads | |||||
| Vines | TIBETAN CLEMATIS | Clematis tibetana | 5 | 6 x 3 | Medium | X | Lime-green to yellow 4-petaled flowers; ferny blue-green foliage | |||||
| Vines | VIRGIN'S BOWER CLEMATIS | Clematis virginiana | 3 | 10 x 10 | Med-fast | XX | Small white fragrant flowers in early summer followed by showy seed heads; native | |||||
| Vines | ENGLISH IVY | Hedera helix | 5 | 15 x 8 | Slow then medium | M-X | Evergreen needs winter shade | |||||
| Vines | NEW MEXICO HOPS VINE | Humulus lupulus neomexicanus | 3 | 6 x 10 | Fast | XX | Female plants have showy hops seed heads; suckers | |||||
| Vines | HALL'S HONEYSUCKLE | Lonicera japonica 'Halliana' | 4 | 10 x 6 | Fast | X | Traditional fragrant flowers open white fade yellow; evergreen in mild winters; sun or shade | |||||
| Vines | MANDARIN HONEYSUCKLE | Lonicera x 'Mandarin' | 3 | 20 x 10 | Fast | X | Flowers orange outside yellow inside; vigorous; attracts hummingbirds; prefers part shade | |||||
| Vines | BERRIES JUBILEE HONEYSUCKLE | L. pericylmenum 'Monul' | 5 | 10 x 6 | Fast | X | Like Hall's but with masses of showy red berries in fall | |||||
| Vines | HARLEQUIN HONEYSUCKLE | Lonicera periclymenum 'Harlequin' | 4 | 6 x 4 | Medium | M-X | Variegated foliage is green white and pink; pink and yellow fragrant flowers | |||||
| Vines | DROPMORE SCARLET HONEYSUCKLE | L. x brownii | 3 | 10 x 6 | Medium | X | Red-orange tubular flowers attract hummingbirds; sun or shade | |||||
| Vines | GOLDFLAME HONEYSUCKLE | L. x heckrotti 'Goldflame' | 5 | 10 x 6 | Med-fast | X | Pink outside yellow inside fragrant flowers; sun or shade | |||||
| Vines | WOODBINE | Parthenocissus inserta | 3 | 30 x 10 | Fast | X | Leaves turn scarlet in fall; has no adhesive discs on stems so won't glue itself to supports | |||||
| Vines | VIRGINIA CREEPER | Parthenocissus quinquefolia | 3 | 30 x 10 | Fast | X-XX | Like above but can attach itself with tiny adhesive discs | |||||
| Vines | BOSTON IVY | Parthenocissus tricuspidata | 4 | 30 x 10 | Slow | M-X | Like above with discs but prefers shade here | |||||
| Vines | SILVER LACE VINE | Polygonum aubertii | 5 | 10 x 10 | Fast | XX | Masses of white lacy flowers in late summer | |||||
| Vines | PINK ICE JAPANESE WISTERIA | W. floribunda 'Pink Ice' | 20 x 10 | Slow then fast | M | Long clusters of fragrant soft pink flowers before leaves emerge | ||||||
| Vines | CHINESE WISTERIA | Wisteria sinensis | 5 | 20 x 10 | Slow then fast | M | Like above but not as fragrant and flower is blue-violet; 'Prolific' has many flowers | |||||
| Ornamental Grasses | BIG BLUESTEM | Andropogon gerardii | 4 | 3-6? | XX | Upright foliage orange fall color native prairie grass fluffy white seed heads | ||||||
| Ornamental Grasses | FEATHER REED GRASS | Calamagrostis acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' | 4 | 2-4'' | X | Very vertical grass with golden seed heads in summer; also available with variegated foliage | ||||||
| Ornamental Grasses | CURLY FOX RED SEDGE | Carex buchananii | 7 | 12-18'' | W-M | Fine-textured copper-bronze curly foliage | ||||||