Kiwi Gardens: Vines

Vines

Actinidia

(male) 'Artic Beauty' 800cm. Vigorous climber with attractive pink and white foliage. Sun or shade. H: (15').
X (female) 'Artic Beauty' 500cm. Vigorous climber with attractive foliage. Sun or shade. Females produce small edible fruit. H: 315" (15').

Akebia

quinata 2000cm. Purple. Excellent, hardy foliage vine that grows rapidly. Small clusters of flowers. Grow in average soil, part sun or shade. F: mid-summer. H: 7000" (30').

Ampelopsis

brevida 'Elegans' 305cm. Shiny metallic-blue berries. Small green leaves with splashes of pink and white with red stems. F: June. H: 120" (10').

Aristolochia

durior 2000cm. Non-flowering vine with enormous leaves, good for covering in a shadier spot. H: 750" (30').

Campsis

radicans 'Flava' 1000cm. Yellow. Vigorous, blooms all summer. F: late-July-Aug. H: 400" (16').

Clematis

alpina 120cm. Vigorous easy to grow climber. F: June.
alpina 'Ruby' 250cm. Purple pink. Nodding flowers. Early flowering form. F: April-May. H: 98" (8').
heracleifolia 'China Purple' 100cm. Dark purple. Tubular shaped flowers. Herbaceous form. Non-climbing spreader. F: April-Aug. H: 39".
heracleifolia 'New Love' 76cm. Violet-blue. Clusters of fragrant, dark coloured tubular flowers. Drought tolerant, likes humus, rich, well drained soil. Tends to sprawl in partial shade. F: July-early Aug. H: 30".
integrifolia 60cm. Indigo blue. Beautiful trailing type with exquisite, pendulous flowers, always in hot demand. Great fuzzy seed heads. Full sun or partial shade. Needs rich, moist soil. F: July-Aug. H: 24".
integrifolia 'Durandii' 120cm. Indigo blue. Herbaceous plants grow from the ground each year (not vining) with masses of sterms terminating in single, nodding flowers. H: 47".
X 'Mrs. Robert Brydon' 100cm. Very profuse with hundreds of small pinkish flowers. Long blooming. July-Sept. Vigorous grower.

Hydrangea

petiolaris 300cm. The aristocrat of vines. Elegant slow growing vine tolerates full shade. Produces spectacular blossoms when mature. Self clinging. Slow and long lived.

Lonicera

X 'Dropmore Scarlet' 500cm. Orange scarlet. Long tubed flowers on woody climber. F: summer. H: 197" (16').
X 'Mandarin' 600cm. Orange yellow. Attractive vine with glossy dark green foliage. Attracts hummingbirds. Sun or part shade. F: June-July. H: 233" (20').
X heckrotti 'Goldflame' 500cm. Vigorous vine with red and golden flowers from June until frost. Fragrant. Full sun part shade. Soil tolerant.

Woody Plants

Caryopteris

clandonensis "First Choice" 90cm. Blue. Earlier with an extended bloom and a compact plant. Drought tolerant. Large vivid blue flowers in late August. Sun. H: 36". Cut back in the spring AFTER growth begins.
clandonensis 'Dark Knight' 60cm. Purple-blue. Greyish-green leaves. Full sun. F: Aug. H: 24".
clandonensis 'Petit Bleu' 60cm. Dark blue. Dwarf compact form with dark green foliage. Extended flowering period. 24-30" Cut back in the spring AFTER growth begins.
clandonensis 'Worcester Gold' 70cm. Light violet blue. Stunning flowers top the golden foliage. Cut back to 15cm in spring. Fragrant. Good drainage in winter. Attractive to butterflies. F: late Aug. H: 28".

Daphne

burkwoodi 'Briggs Moonlight' 70cm.
cneorum 30cm. Pink. Very fragrant. F: spring. H: 12".
cneorum 'Carol Mackie' 80cm. Pale pink. Always commented on at the Nursery. Very hardy shrub with excellent variegated foliage. F: spring. H: 32".
X 'Somerset' 60cm. Pink. Dwarf shrub with masses of fragrant flowers. F: early spring-early June. H: 24". W: 39".

Physocarpus

opulifolius 'Diabolo' 200cm. White. Dark copper red foliage all season. Full sun. F: June. H: 78" (6.5').

Rosa

X "Knock out Blushing" 90cm. Light shell pink. Self cleaning blooms. H: 36".
X 'Knock out Red' 95cm. Fire engine red blooms in cool weather and cherry-red in summer. Hybridized for its low maintenance disease resistant attributes. Low compact.

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Vines & Woody Plants
	We are now carrying a selection of harder to find vines including Actinidia, Ampelopsis, Hydrangea, and Lonicera. Also on hand are a variety of woody plants.