Versatile Vines
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Printable transcriptVines can add a new dimension to the Florida garden. Many are grown for their beautiful color, including the well-known bougainvillea, while others are appreciated for their lush foliage, such as English ivy. There are suitable vines for both the heat of South Florida and the cooler winters of North Florida. And they don't just add a vertical dimension, either. Sprawling vines like Asiatic jasmine make an excellent groundcover, and ornamental sweet potato looks beautiful when spilling over the edge of a container garden.
UF/IFAS Sites
- Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants: Vines, Native and Non-Native
- Colorful Flame Vines
- Florida Plant ID: Allamanda
- Florida Plant ID: Pothos
- Osceola Master Gardener Q&A: Vines
- Video: Gardening with Vines
- Vines, Nature's Wall Hangings
UF/IFAS Publications
- English Ivies to Know and Grow
- Florida-friendly: Top 5 Drought-Resistant Vines (PDF)
- Florida-friendly Vines for Baker County (PDF)
- Flowering Vines for Florida
- Flowering Vines in South Florida (PDF)
- Flowering Vines: Some Impressive Climbers That Attach by Twining and Climbing (PDF)
- From the Beautiful to the Bizarre: Some Climbers That Are Sure to Fascinate (PDF)
- Many Reasons to Plant Vines (PDF)
- Orange Blazing Vines Make a Show (PDF)
- Vines in the Garden: Wonderous and Utilitarian (PDF)
Also on Gardening in a Minute
- Bamboo Teepees
- Bougainvillea
- Carolina Jessamine
- Climbing Roses
- Confederate Jasmine
- Coral Honeysuckle
- Creating Wreaths from Vines
- Creeping Fig
- Disguising Utilities
- How Vines Climb
- Hoya
- Living Fences
- Mandevilla
- Maypop (Passion vine)
- Muscadines
- Ornamental Sweet Potato
- Pergolas
- Philodendron
- Railroad Vine
- Screening Undesirable Views
- Sweet Autumn Clematis
- Training Vines
- Trellises
- Well-behaved Vines
