Planting & repotting / Climbing plants

Choosing the right climbing plant and decorating supports as traditional as a simple facade or unusual as a teepee is possible. Orientation, association, varieties, good season to welcome them into the garden, follow our advice to succeed in your plantings.

Originally from Brazil, the BOUGAINVILLIER blooms from spring to the end of summer, or even longer depending on certain seasons and regions. It is one of the star and flagship plants of our gardens in Provence. It must be said that the choice of colors is wide (white, orange, red, purple) and maintenance is very easy. This climbing shrub grows quickly and will reach up to 5 meters in height at maturity. Rustic, this perennial with persistent foliage resists up to -5 ° C. For its exposure, choose full sun! It likes soils rich in humus and light with neutral to acidic acidity and rather fresh. The BOUGAINVILLIER is used in hedges, low walls, pergolas, containers and even bonsai. It is repotted in spring.

The small evergreen foliage of the STAR JASMINE is tough, dark green, and is marked with red in winter. The white, fragrant flowers resemble those of jasmine. But beware of confusion, because these plants have nothing to do with each other and are not even from the same family! Unlike true jasmine, the STAR JASMINE (Trachelospermum jasminoides) is hardy enough to live and flower in most of our regions. This climbing shrub likes exposure to the sun and flowers from June to September. It appreciates filtering soils and will reach up to 5 meters in height at maturity. It grows quickly and is a honey plant (appreciated by bees and other insects for the quality and quantity of its nectar)

Native to the northern hemisphere, CLEMATIS blooms in spring and summer depending on the region, variety and weather. This climbing flower grows quickly. A perennial with deciduous and evergreen foliage, it can reach a height of up to 10 metres when mature. It is hardy, but its base must be in the shade and its head in the sun. Always plant a small shrub in front of a clematis plant so that it naturally shades the base of the plant. CLEMATIS likes soil rich in humus and light with neutral acidity. This climbing plant requires a trellis and is planted in spring. CLEMATIS includes many varieties and colours, including a variety with evergreen foliage

It runs, it runs the WISTERIA, on walls, fences and dead tree trunks. This climbing plant with magnificent flowers is vigorous. It requires a very solid support to cling to. This hardy perennial tolerates low temperatures down to -20°C. With its semi-perennial foliage, the WISTERIA likes full sun exposure and ordinary fertile soil, not too rich in nitrogen, nor too chalky. This climbing plant is native to the United States, China and Japan. It flowers from May to September. It requires watering in case of drought and a short pruning in February. At maturity, the WISTERIA can reach from 3 to more than 10 meters in height.

Native to Asia and Europe, HONEYSUCKLE flowers in June and July. Its white, yellow, pink or red flowers are magnificent and fragrant. This twining climbing plant has evergreen and semi-evergreen foliage depending on the variety. This perennial will reach 3 to 6 meters in height when mature. Hardy to moderately hardy depending on the variety, HONEYSUCKLE likes exposure to the sun or partial shade and ordinary soil with neutral acidity. It is used as a climbing plant, ground cover or trellis. It is planted in spring

An astonishing, fragrant and early flowering (in April and May) as well as a significant and rapid growth and an ease of cultivation are the assets of AKEBIA. Climbing plant with semi-persistent foliage, this perennial will reach maturity from 2 to 10 meters high and 2 to 6 meters wide. Easy to maintain, AKEBIA likes exposure to the sun and partial shade, alkaline, neutral and acidic soils rich in humus and drained. Resistant, it has a rapid growth. Plant from September to November. Prune in February or March.

The Pépinière des Aspres in Grasse also offers you a wide selection of climbing plants of all sizes and for all prices, including: