Whats a good climbing evergreen vine for the north east?

We're planning a large garden arbor next year for our house, and we want something that will climb over it, as quickly as possible, yet remain green in the winter.



Something that flowers would be excellent as well.

Whats a good climbing evergreen vine for the north east?
Tough question...you don't say northeast of what...Northeast US? UK? Egypt?



It is always a good idea to investigate native plants when planning a garden. Exotics can be interesting; but often they can be invasive and smother out your other plants. Just ask us Southerners about Kudzu.



English Ivy (or Boston Ivy) is a vine and an evergreen. It is tough as nails and is, in fact, a bit of a pain in the butt as it does want to cover everything. It is not the fastest grower; but is very persistent.



Honeysuckle - I know that grows as an evergreen here in the south. Plus it has lovely blossoms in the spring. It blooms red if you get the native variety; white or yellow if you get Japanese.



Jasmine - I don't know if this will grow up in your neck of the woods. It has bright yellow flowers in mid to late winter down here. Also known as Confederate Jasmine. I think the white variety is just Jasmine.



There is a variety of clematis that is evergreen in the Pacific Northwest. I don't know the scientific name



Creeping fig is a very cute evergreen vine with tiny little round leaves.



Japanese bittersweet (Euonymus radicans) does not keep its leaves; but leaves behind beautiful berries in the winter.



You might consider planting something that isn't an evergreen, but instead has nice winter interest in the form of berries (like the example above) or nice bark (like a climbing hydrangea)



You could design your arbor so that it has its own built in winter-interest. So instead of a flat topped arbor, it has a peak and maybe a little gingerbread action in the eaves - that could be quite cute in the winter - especially if you hang some Christmas garlands on it. Then it won't be just a big green thing out in the yard all the time. It changes with the seasons just like the rest of your garden.
Reply:English Ivy. Evergreen.. but not much for flowers, sorry.
Reply:Clematis Armandii. It has shiny dark green evergreen leaves and fragrant starry flowers in early spring. You can check it in Yahoo or Google images.

Plase dont plant english ivy because it is a noxious weed when escapes to the wild

Wisteria produces a lot of garbage and is very invasive

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Reply:if you are looking for something that will be beautiful in early spring to late fall and comes in different colors go for a westeria they come in white pink blue purple with large clusters of blooms and the smell is out of this world they are a very easy plant to train and you can buy 1 plant and when you prune it just stick it in the ground and you can plant it where ever you wont more with out buying more you can also take 1 plant and turn it into a dwarf tree on your own plant it and keep all of the lower branches trimed up dont try and buy a tree already made as they cost a lot and why pay that money when you can make it your self from a nursery woman in tennessee
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