Collection: Climbers

Here’s a selection of the best climbing plants. We’ve divided the list into climbers for walls, borders and vigorous examples. Climbing plants, including favourites such as honeysuckle and jasmine, all share the successful strategy of relying on the support of other plants or objects to reach the sunlight. This obviates the need to invest much in producing supportive tissue, such as the wood in trees, and means climbers aren’t subject to the usual restraints on growth. Of course, luxuriant growth brings its own problems – vigour must be matched carefully to the appropriate space, and abundance restrained where necessary.