Growing Climbers in the Summer - That's Gardening

00:02 Consider covering your walls, garage walls, and sheds with climbers instead of painting them.

00:15 There is a wide variety of both flowering and foliage climbers that you can plant at this time of year. They grow during the summer and many will climb up and cover the wall themselves.

00:31 A recommended evergreen variety is Leonora Henry I, a type of honeysuckle that retains its foliage throughout the summer and winter and produces beautiful flowers from late June to October.

01:57 Evergreen Virginia creeper is a fast-growing plant that can produce up to 10 feet of growth per year. It's suitable for covering very large walls and can cover the entire wall within a couple of years.

02:08 There are also flowering climbers, such as the passion flower (passiflora) with beautiful foliage and purple flowers that bloom from summer until the end of summer.

02:26 Climbing hydrangeas are self-clinging climbers that root onto walls and produce lovely white flowers throughout the summer.

02:46 Clematis is a summer flowering climber that comes in a range of varieties and colors. They flower from June until September or October, with some winter flowering varieties available as well.

03:10 The common Virginia creeper has lovely red foliage in spring and green in summer, and then changes to a brilliant orange color in autumn and winter. It self-clings to walls and is great for covering large walls.

03:27 White clematis varieties, like Envision, are beautiful small-flowering climbers that bloom from June until September or October.

03:49 Now is the perfect time to plant climbers and cover walls, garage walls, and farm buildings around your home. Fertilize them and give them occasional liquid feed to help them grow quickly and cover the walls.