Vines That Can Grow in Full Sun

Below you will find a list of Vines from our plant database that can grow in full sun. If you click on any of the photos, you will see a Virtual Plant Tag that may contain plant descriptions, usage suggestions and a link to where you can buy that plant.

With full sun and variety of moisture tolerances, the vines shown can be strong enough to be fairly self supporting like the Lady Banks Rose, Rosa bankiae; Cascading along a fence like the Trumpet Vine, Campsis Radicans or need full support like Japanese Wisteria, Wisteria floribunda. The vines can also be grown on trellises and pergolas, around patios and decks, under trees, and directly on walls.

Some of the vines for sunny climates are native plants which frequently helps the plants be more insect resistant, have more natural disease resistance and salt tolerance. Many of these vines are successfully used in stressful urban settings.  Several wonderful native vines that do really well in full sun are Scarlet Clematis, Clematis texensis and Crossvine or Quartervine, Bignonia capreolata.  The Scarlet Clematis blooms a long time during the summer, from June or July until Frost.  Specific Cultivars have been chosen widening the color choices for this durable, dependable flowering plant.  The Crossvine species is unusual in its color and bloom time.  Typically ranging from brown to red to orange, the burst of color from the blossoms in April is welcome relief to migrating Hummingbirds.  The more well-known introduced Cultivars of 'Atrosanguinea', 'Jekyll', 'Shalimar Red' and 'Tangerine Beauty' add red-purple, a rich orange, deep red and fresh Tangerine hues and extended bloom time.

As you look at the thumbnail images of the vines in this list, you will see that many flower, have lovely fall or Autumn foliage colors, or beautiful fruits or berries. In addition, many of these vines attract birds and butterflies, particularly hummingbirds, to your home garden. You may also be surprised at the diversity in the list of these vines since some can also be used as groundcovers and broadleaf evergreen shrubs.

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	Alba Fiveleaf Akebia		Alba Japanese Wisteria
	Algerian Ivy		American Bittersweet
	American Ivy		American Wisteria
	Amethyst Falls American Wisteria		Anemone Clematis var. rubens
	Apple Blossom Armand Clematis		Apple Blossom Winter Clematis
	Armand Clematis		Asian Star Jasmine
	Atrosanguinea Crossvine		Atrosanguinea Quartervine
	Aureoreticulata Japanese honeysuckle		Aureovariegatum' (Aureum) Common White Jasmine
	Banksian Rose, Yellow		Belgica' (Early Dutch) Woodbine Honeysuckle
	Bill MacKenzie Golden Clematis		Bill MacKenzie Orange Peel Clematis
	Boston Ivy		Bower Actinidia
	Canary Ivy		Carolina Moonseed
	Cedar Lane Coral Honeysuckle		Cedar Lane Trumpet Honeysuckle
	Chinese Bittersweet		Chinese fleecevine
	Chinese Gooseberry		Chinese Hydrangea-vine
	Chinese Trumpetcreeper		Chinese Wisteria
	Climbing Fig		Climbing Hydrangea
	Climbing Hydrangea ssp. anomala		Colchis Ivy
	Coloratus Wintercreeper Euonymus		Common Green-brier
	Common Ivy		Common Moonseed
	Common Trumpetcreeper		Common White Jasmine
	Coral Bells		Coral Honeysuckle
	Cow Itch		Crimson Glory Vine
	Crimson Star Jackman Clematis		Crimson Trumpet Common Trumpetcreeper
	Crimson Trumpet Cow Itch		Crimson Trumpet Hummingbird Vine
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