[dds07]

I'd love a flowering vine, was thinking wisteria, but it appears it may be too aggressive--any suggestions?? oh- I'm zone 7B

 

[ScarletBegonias]

what about passion flower? the flowers are gorgeous and the fruit is delicious!

 

[belltree]

What about morning glories?

 

[dharmama]

i love morning glories.

clematis is nice too!

 

[99lauren]

I love honeysuckle. Smells awesome, and when we were kids, we always loved to pull of the flowers and taste how sweet they were. Nostalgique...

 

[astrophe27]

runner beans?

But then again, I prefer edibles.

A.

 

[joy2grow]

I also love the look of mornng glories, however, at the end of the season the seed pods are copious and will self seed *everywhere* the next year. If that is not a problem for you, then go for it - they are very easy to grow. Another favorite is trumpet vine. I've not had good luck growing it from seed, but it does grow quickly and is drought tolant too.

 

[belltree]

Quote:

Originally Posted by joy2grow I also love the look of mornng glories, however, at the end of the season the seed pods are copious and will self seed *everywhere* the next year.

We have relatively cold winters (zone 5) here and some seeds will survive, but it has never been a problem for us.

I like the idea with beans - some of them have beautiful flowers and colorful fruit.

 

[honeybunch2k8]

I second passion flower and beans!!! I would like to suggest cherokee trail of tears or another heirloom for the beans.

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[loraxc]

Can I suggest looking for something native to your region? Many ornamental nonnative vines can be very invasive into wild areas--wisteria for sure, some clematis, and I believe some morning glories.

We have passionflowers on our back fence and they are gorgeous, but they do spread (they are native but it's a lot of random plants to pull up).

 

[aniT]

I have grapes... no flowers... but provide a lot of shade and yummy grapes in the fall.