Climbing Plants.
—A few climbing plants, perhaps, will be needed to complete the plan, but they can readily be found in such plants as:
The Wild Grape.—It will grow 50 feet in a season and cover the nakedness of an old fence or stump with lovely foliage and furnish quantities of fruit for bird or human consumption.
Ampelopsis quinquefolia.—Another rapid grower, also furnishing beauty and bird food. A. veitchii and A. englemanii are fine for covering brick and stone work.
Bittersweet.—Another native climber showing beautiful red berries throughout the winter.
Clematis.—Several varieties, some of them native, perfectly hardy, such as Clematis virginiana, not only gives its flowers but extends the pleasure long into the winter with the “old man’s beard.” C. paniculata is a favorite, flowering profusely late in the fall.
Honeysuckle, Lonicera.—White, red and yellow are found. L. sempervirens will be satisfactory for roadside work.
Trumpet Creeper.—A hardy rapidly growing vine with large trumpet-shaped red flowers.
Wistaria.—A rapid growing favorite with large spike like flowers, violently purple.
There are a number of other climbers available. The hop vine is a good grower, coming up year after year from the root. The several morning glories, from the old fashioned white that was the bane of the corn cultivator and the purple glory our grandmothers loved to the Japanese variety and the moon flower, are all good in place.