Climbers
The ability to climb and scramble over the ground or other plants is the only characteristic shared by plants in this category.
Thunbergia alata Bojer ex Sims var. fryeri
See Thunbergia alata Bojer ex Sims. Fryeri has pale yellow flowers with a white centre, probably naturally occurring. [RHSD].
Thunbergia chrysops Hook.
Frost tender annual climber with heart-shaped leaves and blue-violet to purple flowers with yellow eyes in early summer. To 90cm. [RHSD].
Thunbergia coccinea Wallich
Frost tender evergreen, perennial, twining climber with tubular orange-red flowers in loose, pendant racemes from winter to spring. To 8m. [RHSE, Hortus].
Thunbergia fragrans Roxb.
Frost tender, perennial, woody-stemmed climber with triangular leaves, to 7.5cm, and solitary fragrant white flowers with spreading lobes,in summer. To 3m. [RHSD, Hortus].
Thunbergia grandiflora Roxb.
Woody twining climber with ovate or lance-shaped leaves, toothed or lobed, and blue, occasionally white flowers, sometimes in drooping racemes. [RHSD, Hortus].
Tropaeolum azureum Miers
Half-hardy perennial climber with an ovoid tuber, 5-9 palmate leaves and short-spurred, sky-blue flowers with whitish cream or yellow centres in spring. To 1m. [RHSE].
Tropaeolum majus L.
Frost-tender annual scrambler or climber with rounded to kidney-shaped leaves and long-spurred, orange, red or yellow flowers from summer to autumn. To 3m. There are many garden cultivars and hybrids. The leaves, flowers and unripe seeds are all edible. [RHSE, Hortus].
Tropaeolum pentaphyllum Lam.
Half-hardy, tuberous rooted, perennial climber with 5-lobed leaves, purple stems, and pendant masses of long-spurred vermilion and purple flowers, to 3cm long, in summer. To 6m. [RHSD, Hortus].
Tropaeolum peregrinum L.
Frost-tender, strong-growing, annual climber with 5-lobed leaves and hook-spurred, bright yellow flowers, resembling tiny birds wings, from summer to autumn. To 4m. [RHSE, Hortus].
Tropaeolum tricolor Sweet
Half-hardy, tuberous-rooted, perennial climber with very slender stems and spurred, vermilion, purple and yellow flowers from winter to summer. To 2m. [RHSE, Hortus].
Tweedia coerulea D.Don ex Sweet
Frost tender, erect, evergreen subshrub with twining, hairy stems, lance-shaped downy leaves, to 10cm long, and 3- or 4-flowered cymes of oblong-petalled, sky-blue flowers, to 2.5cm across, ageing to purple, in summer and autumn. To 1m. [RHSE, Hortus, Hilliers’].
Urechites suberectus Müll.Arg.
Frost-tender, evergreen, twining climber, with opposite, ovate leaves, downy beneath, with large, salver-shaped, yellow flowers, with somewhat reflexed petals, in summer. [RHSD].
Vigna caracalla (L.) Verdc.
Frost-tender, fast growing, evergreen, twining perennial climber with 3-palmate leaves and erect axillary racemes, to 30cm, of coiled, snail-like, pink, white or yellow flowers in summer to winter, followed by green bean-shaped fruit. In parts of Europe and Africa the beans are eaten as a substitute for the kidney bean. To 8m [RHSE, Hortus].
Vinca major L.
Fully-hardy, prostrate, evergreen shrub with arching shoots and long, non-rooting trailing stems, lance-shaped leaves, to 9cm long, and blue-violet, salverform flowers, to 5cm across, from spring to autumn. To 45cm. [RHSE, Hilliers’, Hortus].
Vinca minor L.
Fully hardy, prostrate, mat-forming evergreen shrub with long, rooting, trailing shoots, ovate to lance-shaped leaves, to 5cm long, and reddish-purple, violet-blue or white flowers from spring to autumn. To 20cm. [RHSE, Hilliers’, Hortus].
