Ornamental and Flowering Perennial Vines
When your garden runs out of ground, vines step in. Ornamental and flowering perennial vines add height, texture, and long-lasting color without demanding much in return. These reliable climbers—like clematis, honeysuckle, and trumpet vine—bring vertical interest to fences, trellises, and arbors while pulling double duty as pollinator magnets and privacy screens. Best of all, they come back year after year, thriving in Maine’s variable climate with minimal fuss. Whether you’re dressing up a blank wall or creating a fragrant passageway, we’ve got the vines to grow your garden upward in style.
| Genus name | Common name | Photo | Variety | Features | Climbing height | Bloom time | USDA zone | Sun exposure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akebia | Fiveleaf Akebia |  | Quinata | Racemes of fragrant flowers in shades of purple. Purple fruit in fall. Can be used as a twining vine or rampart ground cover. | 20-40ft | Spring | 4-8 | ○◑ |
| Campsis | Trumpet Vine | Madame Galen | Climbing vine with big showy salmon-red flowers. | 15-30ft | Late Summer | 4-9 | ○◑ | |
| Campsis | Trumpet Vine |  | Radicans | Extremely vigorous vine with orange/red trumpet-shaped flowers. Attracts hummingbirds. | 25-40ft | Summer | 4-9 | ○◑ |
| Clematis | Clematis |  | Belle de Woking | Blue double 4-6 inch flowers | 4-6ft | Late Spring; Early Fall | 4-9 | ○◑ |
| Clematis | Clematis |  | Comtesse de Bouchaud | Rosy-lilac 6-7 inch flowers | 8-12ft | Late Spring; Early Fall | 4-9 | ○◑ |
| Clematis | Clematis |
| Jackmanni | Velvety deep purple 5-6 inch flowers | 8-12ft | Late Spring; Early Fall | 4-9 | ○◑ |
| Clematis | Clematis | Jackmanni Superba | Like its more famous namesake but with broader petals for a fuller appearance; 5-6 inch flowers | 8-12ft | Late Spring; Early Fall | 4-9 | ○◑ | |
| Hedera | Baltic Ivy; English Ivy | Thorndale | Deep green foliage with prominent cream-colored veining | 6-12ft | Fall | 5-9 | ○◑● | |
| Hydrangea | Climbing Hydrangea |  | Climbing Hydrangea | Climbing vine with lush round dark green foliage. Clusters of sweetly fragrant white flowers. | 50-80ft | Late Spring;Summer | 5-9 | ○◑ |
| Lonicera | Honeysuckle |  | Dropmore Scarlet | Quick growing climbing vine with slender red-orange tubular flowers. | 10-20ft | Summer; Early Fall | 4-9 | ○◑ |
| Lonicera | Honeysuckle | Gold Flame | Blue-green foliage with fragrant pink-red flowers with yellowish interiors. Flowers heavily in spring and sporadically into fall. | 10-20ft | Late Spring; Summer | 4-9 | ○◑ | |
| Parthenocissus | Virginia Creeper | Quinquefolia | Lustrous dark green leaves which develop flaming shades of orange and red in the fall. Performs in almost any type of soil. Use as ground cover or high-climbing clinging vines. | 30-50ft | Late Spring; Summer | ○◑ | ||
| Parthenocissus | Boston Ivy |  | Tricuspidata | Dark green 3-lobed leaves which turn scarlet red in fall. Performs in almost any type of soil. Use as ground cover or high-climbing clinging vines. | 30-50ft | Summer | ○◑ | |
| Wisteria | American Wisteria |  | Amethyst Falls | Deciduous climbing, woody vine with vigorous twining stems. Best when trained on an arbor, trellis or fence to allow viewing of the spectacular pendulous violet-purple flower clusters. | 10-25ft | Late spring, early summer | 5-9 | ○◑ |
