How to grow climbers

A favourite with gardeners, this fast grower flowers from spring to autumn and is ideal for hiding fences.

It can also be grown as a shrub and makes a good container plant.

Certain wisterias can take between 10 and 20 years to flower if grown from seed, so buy them already in flower or choose grafted plants that will bloom within a few years.

A white or purple flowering evergreen climber, potato vine grows in most parts of Australia.

Fast-growing and hardy, it produces clusters of flowers from spring until autumn.

This Aussie native is an evergreen twining plant with leathery, dark leaves.

The most popular variety is ‘Happy Wanderer’, which has purple blooms and likes full sun.

An Australian native vine, pandorea comes in a few forms.

‘Golden Showers’ puts on a show of yellow flowers in spring and the white ‘Lady Di’ stays in flower for most of the year.

This deciduous climber is the plant of choice for growing over a pergola, as it provides summer shade and winter sun.

It puts on a spectacular autumn foliage display of orange and red.

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