Climbers information

1. CLIMBERS

2.  Plant that possess special structures to climb
over support ( plants or objects )
 Weak and soft stemmed plants
 grows upwards by
 with tendrils ( Antigonan leptopus ) or suckers
or thorns (bougainvillea) , rootlets ( FIcus
repens) or modified leaf stalks

3. HOW IS CREEPER DIFFERENT FROM
CLIMBERS ……..?
CLIMBERS CREEPERS
 Takes support on
structures and climbs up
erect
 Possess spl structures like
thorns ,tendrils
,rootlets,modified leaf
stalks
 Eg ; beans, cucumber,
jasmine ,moneyplant
 Spread along ground
horizontally
 Every nodal point ,fibrous
roots develop
 Eg ; mint plant
,watermelon , muskmelon

4. USES
 Arches and pargolas
 On trellies and fences
 Topiary
 Ornamentally used
 Used as fruit ,vegetables
 Screening the premises
 Bare walls
 Hiding ugly places
 Medicinally used : eg = jasmine ( antioxidants in tea ) ,
ppassiflora ( cure anxiety )
 Hedge
 Suitable for roof gardens

5. CLASSIFIED BASED ON growth
habit and purpose
 1.CLIMBERSWITH FRAGRANT FLOWERS
* Jasmine = Jasminum grandiflorum
( mogra)
Extraction of perfume
Commercial flower
White flowers
Trellies

7. *Honey suckle(Lonicera
japonica)
 Suitable trellies
 Fresh flowers –white
 Stale flowers – yellow
 Sweet scented flowers

9. 2.SHADE LOVING CLIMBERS
* Pothos aureus ( Scindaspus aureus )
Money plant
Foliage climber
Young leaves small tn old
Support – aerial roots
from nodes
Indoor plant
Foliage climber

10. Money plant

11. *Hedera helix ( ivy lata )
 Indoor decoration
 Trailing on wall ,window ,trellies
 Attractive lobed foliage
 Ideal shade plant
 Foliage climber
 perennial

12. English ivy
To cover shady walls

13. *Asparagus
(Asparagus plumosus)
 Shade loving climber
 Shade loving
 Tuberous rooted
 Modified
adventitious root
( storage of food )

15. 3.CLIMBERS FOR SUNNY
SITUATION
*Antigonan leptopus ( lover’s chain / coral
vine )
Flowering climber
Evergreen
Quick growing climber
Auxillary tendrils
Most places grows wild
Cattle and goats
do not touch its leaves
Screening in garden
Training on trellies
Grown on Arches and pargola
Rose colored flowers

18. *Bougainvillea sp
Both shrub and climber
Branched woody plant
Stiff thorns from axil of leaves
Flowers – modified bracts
Wide range of flowers – white , purple, orange ,
red scarlet,mauve,and yellow
Used – as bush , standard shrub ,climber,shrub
,hedge,bonsai ,

22. *Quisqualis indica
( rangoon creeper)
 Hardy climber grown
 Sweet –scented flowers
 flowers first become white ,then pink ,finally
turn red
 Flower buds open in evening as white flowers
tn gradually change to pink by morning and
deep red by late afternoon

24. 4.HEAVY CLIMBERS
*Clerodendron splendens
(pagoda flower/bleeding heart vine)
 Vigourous evergreen climber
 Flowering climber
 Deep red flowers
 Arches ,screening walls
 Semi-shady situation

26. *Hiptage bengalensis (
madhvai lata)
 Perennial , evergreen
 medicinal uses anti inflammatory
cardiotonic ,useful in burning sensation

28. 5.LIGHT CLIMBERS
* Clitoria ternatea
(shanka puspha/ Aparijata )
- White ,blue ,or purple colored flowers
- Demand for flowers solely for worshipping
purpose
- Light evergreen climber
- Butter fly pea creeper

30. *Petrea volubilis
(sand paper vine/ purple wreath)
 Star shaped blue color flowers
 Old leaves when touched feel as sand paper

32. 6.ANNUAL CLIMBERS
• Ipomea purpurea ( morning glory)
Quick growing climber
Flowers are white ,pale blue or purple

34. 7.CLIMBERS WITH SHOWY
FLOWERS
8.CLIMBERS FOR TOPIARY
* Vernonia

36. * Clerodendron inermi
 Another evergreen and fast growing climber
 White fragrant flowers
 Hedge
 topiary

38. FOLIAGE CLIMBERS
 Philodendron sp .
shade loving
Interior decoration
Pot plant
Moss-stick as support

41. * Vernonia elaegnifolia
(star Jasmine )
 Evergreen climber
 Drooping branches

43. *Monstera deliciosa
(split leaf philodendron)
 Pots for indoor decoration
 Leaves heart shaped
 Aerial roots for support

45. ANNUAL CLIMBERS
• Gloriosa superba ( MALABAR LILLY)
Bulbous annual climber
Garden park or pot

47. Ipomea quamoclit
 Called tarulata
 Anmyal climber
 Garden ornamental plant

49. DECIDUOUS CLIMBERS
Clematis panniculata
called ‘virgin flower’
hardy deciduous climber
White star shaped
flowers

51. Butea superba
Deciduous climber
Flowers are same as that of Butea monosperma
Orange colored flowers

53. Campus grandiflora(trumpet
creeper)
Deciduous climber
Climb with its claw like rootlets
Reddish orange flower

55. EVERGREEN CLIMBERS
 Antigonon leptopus( lover’s chain or coral vine)
 Clerodendron splendens
 ( Bleeder’s heart vine)
 Clerodendron inerme
 Clitoria ternatea
 Hiptage madhablata
 Allamanda cathartica
 Astrolochia grandiflora
 Ipomea palmata ( railway creeper)

56. Allamanda cathartica
(golden trumpet/ trumpet
vine )
 Evergreen climber
 No climbing appandages
 doesn’t twine nor have tendrils
Nor aerial roots
Pruned as shrub

58. Aristolochia grandiflora
(swan flower)
 Leaves heart shaped
 Leaf stack ascts as tendril
 Flower looks like swan

60. Hiptage madhablata
 Helicopter flower
Large evergreen climber

61. WOODY CLIMBER
 Artabotrys odoratissimus
Woody climber
Flowers strong scent
Greenish yellow flowers

62. Called
HARA CHAMPA
OR Manorangini

63. EVERGREEN WOODY CLIMBER
 Pyrostegia venusta ( GOLDEN
SHOWER)
Orange colored tubular flowers
Climber is heavy
Grown easily on pargola ,trellies ,
Trained easily on iron wall