The following photos will allow you to identify vine and other climbing plants. Click on image to view plant details.
Kiwifruit, Chinese Goosberry
Origin: The wild type is native to Eastern Asia.
Red Bryony, White Bryony
Origin: Asia, Europe
Larger Bindweed, Hedge Bindweed
Origin: Nearly global
Trumpet Vine, Trumpet Creeper
Origin: The wild type is native to the USA.
Caper Bush, Flinders Rose
Origin: Mediterranean (Europe, North Africa, Western Asia), Australia, Pacific (Guam, Vanuatu)
Butterfly Pea, Centro
Origin: South America and naturalized in other tropical or subtropical regions.
Grape Ivy
Origin: Central to South America
Clematis
Origin: Only cultivated
Anemone Clematis
Origin: Afghanistan to Taiwan
Old Man's Beard, Traveller's Joy
Origin: Africa (Algeria), Western Asia, Europe
Hedera helix
Origin: Africa (North Africa), Asia (Caucasus, Western Asia), Europe and as an introduced species also in in other regions.
Height: Up to 30 meters
Common Bindweed, Lesser Bindweed
Origin: Asia, Europe, Northern Africa
Dwarf Morning Glory, Tricolour Convolvulus
Origin: The wild type is native to Europe and Northern Africa.
Cucumber
Origin: Probably Asia, widely cultivated.
Cucumber
Origin: Probably Asia, widely cultivated.
Zucchini
Origin: Only cultivated
Ivy-Leaved Toadflax, Kenilworth Ivy
Origin: Europe
Million Hearts
Origin: Philippines
Squirting Cucumber, Exploding Cucumber
Origin: Europe, Asia, Northern Africa
Global Green Pothos
Origin: The wild type is native to the Society Islands in French Polynesia
Height: The climbing or creeping shoots can reach lengths of several meters.
USDA zone: 12 (50 °F/10 °C)
Pothos
Origin: The wild type is native to the Society Islands in French Polynesia
Height: The climbing or creeping shoots can reach lengths of several meters.
USDA zone: 12 (50 °F/10 °C)
Russian Vine, Bukhara Fleeceflower
Origin: Asia (China, Russia)
Black Bindweed, Climbing Buckwheat
Origin: Asia, Europe, Northern Africa, naturalized in other regions.
Creeping Fig, Climbing Fig
Origin: Eastern Asia
Creeping Fig, Climbing Fig
Origin: The wild type is native to Eastern Asia.
Ground-Ivy, Gill-over-the-Ground
Origin: Only cultivated, Glechoma hederacea is native to Asia, Europe.
Common Ivy, English Ivy, European Ivy
Origin: Europe to Aisa, North Africa
Common Ivy, English Ivy, European Ivy
Origin: The wild type is native to Asia (Caucasus, Western Asia), Europe and North Africa and can be found as a naturalized species also in North America, New Zealand and Australia.
Height: Ivy is a shrubby or climbing plant, the shoots can be several meters long.
Common Ivy, English Ivy, European Ivy
Origin: The wild type is native to Asia (Caucasus, Western Asia), Europe and North Africa and can be found as a naturalized species also in North America, New Zealand and Australia.
Height: Ivy is a shrubby or climbing plant, the shoots can be several meters long.
Waxflower
Origin: Southeast Asia (Philippines)
Height, habit: 40 to 100 centimeters, herbaceous plant
USDA zone: 13 (59 °F/15 °C)
Waxflower
Origin: The wild type is native to Southeast Asia (Philippines)
Height, habit: 40 to 100 centimeters, herbaceous plant
USDA zone: 13 (59 °F/15 °C)
Common Hop, European Hop
Origin: Europe, North Africa (Morocco), North America, West Asia and as an invasive species also in other regions.
Height: The stems of this creeping and climbing growing plant can reach several meters in length
Sweet Potato, Yam
Origin: "Blackie" is a cultivar, the wild type is native to Mexico.
Fire vine, Spanish flag
Origin: Mexico
Height, habit: Up to 6meters, herbaceous climbing plant
USDA zone: 12 (50 °F/10 °C)
Beach Morning Glory, Goat's Foot
Origin: Tropical shores
Morning Glory, Flying Saucers
Origin: Probably the wild type is native to Mexico.
Winter Jasmine
Origin: China
White Jasmine, Pink Jasmine
Origin: China
Calabash, Bottle Gourd
Origin: Widely cultivated but the wild type is native to Africa.
Sweet Pea
Origin: The wild type is native to Italy.
Honeysuckle
Origin: Only cultivated
Brazilian Jasmine
Origin: Brasil
Garlic Vine
Origin: Tropical America
Partridge Berry, Squaw Vine
Origin: North America, Mexico
Swiss Cheese Plant
Origin: North America to South America
Height, habit: Herbaceous, climbing or creeping plant, up to 20 meters
USDA zone: 12 (50 °F/10 °C)
Maidenhair Vine, Creeping Wire Vine
Origin: New Zealand
Virginia Creeper, Victoria Creeper
Origin: North America
Radiator Plant
Origin: South America
Runner Bean, Scarlet Runner Bean
Origin: The wild type is native to Central America.
Philodendron
Origin: None, "Lemon Lime" is a cultivar. Philodendron species are native from Central to South America.
Silver Leaf Philodendron
Origin: South America (Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia)
Height: More than 10 meters
USDA zone: 13 (59 °F/15 °C)
Black Pepper, Pepper
Origin: India
Pink Trumpetvine, Port St. Johns Creeper
Origin: Southern Africa (Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe)
Horseshoe Felt Fern, Robber Fern
Origin: Australia
Dragon Scale Fern, Dragon Scales, Dragon's Scale Fern
Origin: Asia (China, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand)
Height: The creeping rhizomes can grow up to 50 centimeters long.
USDA zone: 12 (50 F/10 °C)
Dragon Tail Plant
Origin: Asia
Height, habit: More than 4 meters, climber, creeper
USDA zone: 13 (59 °F/15 °C)
Cutleaf Evergreen Blackberry, Evergreen Blackberry
Origin: Europe and as an introduced species also in in other regions.
Blackberry
Origin: Europe and as an introduced species in many other regions.
Yerba Buena
Origin: North America
Satin Pothos, Silver Vine
Origin: Tropical Asia (Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand)
Common Smilax, Mediterranean Smilax, Rough Bindweed
Origin: Africa, Asia, Europe (Albania, Former Yugoslavia, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain)
Bittersweet, Bittersweet Nightshade
Origin: Africa, Asia, Europe
Origin: South America
Height: The shoots reach lengths of 20 up to 50 centimeters.
USDA zone: 13 (59 °F/15 °C)
Japanese Wisteria
Origin: Eastern Asia
Chinese Wisteria
Origin: The wild type is native to Eastern Asia.