If you're looking for the best fast-growing climbing plants, then you should turn your attention to annual climbers. It is simply extraordinary what a humble seed can grow to in the course of a year.

If you need to disguise a wall, fence or building, or create a distraction from an unsightly view, fast-growing climbing plants are an effective solution. By using plants that will naturally want to ...

FIRBANKS - For reasons that escape me, rhodochiton, also known as the purple bell vine or twining rhodochiton, is not very popular in Interior Alaska. It produces vivid flowers (that look a lot like ...

Behind the story of Jack and the beanstalk is some deep level of amazement at what a seed can do in the course of a year. By last September I had a French bean 12ft high and a cup-and-saucer vine ...

Purple Bell Vine – Rhodochiton atrosanguineus. This vine is native to Mexico and would be an annual vine for us. It produces interesting purple bell shaped blooms all summer long. It is heat loving, ...

I am inclined to think that when most gardeners discuss vines, monsters like wisteria, trumpet vine, honeysuckle and even clematis, are probably the ones that come to mind. These are permanent vines ...