Discover low-maintenance climbing plants for easy gardening

Climbing vines and flowers can add a charming touch to gardens, whether they’re draping over a fence or enveloping an arbour. While these plants may seem like they require significant care and attention, many climbing varieties thrive with minimal effort.

Whether you love the continuous colourful blooms these plants bring, here are four low-maintenance climbing plants to opt for:

Climbing rose

Climbing roses are such classic plants. As long as the plants are given full sun, these colourful flowers will cover fences and arbours with luscious, layered blooms in later summer. Although they won’t twist around the climbing surface on their own, they just require minimal securing through training them.

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Climbing hydrangea

These are one of the best fast-growing climbing plants you could opt for in your garden. Climbing hydrangeas are ideal for creating a living wall without the stress of maintenance. As one of the climbing plants that thrive on neglect, climbing hydrangeas are self-clinging, requiring no energy from you. Unlike other hydrangeas, which require specific pruning regimes, climbing hydrangea varieties only need very light pruning to remove any dead or diseased wood or to control size.

Ivy

Wherever greenery is favoured over blooms, ivy plants are a great option. Ivys are a testament to low-maintenance and resilient plants. The perfect choice to add a bit of verticality to your trellis garden design, ivy’s sprawling design can add depth and feeling to your gardening space. With the right growing conditions met, you’ll see your plants climbing the walls, reconnecting your home with the nature around it.

Bougainvillea

The joyful magenta blooms of bougainvillaea are a familiar sight in semi-arid conditions. They can be grown as a climbing annual anywhere that gets hot and dry summers, perfect for the Western parts of the country. Their vines trail along walls, fences, and trellises, creating a vibrant atmosphere in gardens. Although they die back in winter, they reemerge ready to bloom from spring until late summer.