Climbing Plants for Shade
Looking for a climbing plant to brighten a shady spot in the garden? Whether you grow them on a wall, fence or pergola - or even in containers - these shade-loving climbers are guaranteed to revitalise your outdoor space.
Powerful pockets of red and pink
- Tubular pink blooms with a creamy interior
- Unbeatable levels of fragrance
- Plant in part (or dappled) shade
- Perfumed flowers from May to August
A climber for all seasons
- Foliage changes from purple to green to red!
- RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
- Grows best in full sun to partial shade
- Can easily climb and cover a two-story wall
An explosion of pink stars
- Pastel pink, starry flowers and glossy leaves
- Blooms radiate a heady, tropical aroma
- Prefers sun (tolerates partial shade)
- Abundant pink flowers from June to August
Masses of flamboyant foliage
- Heart shaped leaves in a medley of greens, whites and pinks
- Scented white flowers in early spring
- Fast growing climber ideal for walls and trellises
- RHS Award of Garden Merit
Attention-grabbing violet blooms
- Voluminous, flamboyant purple-blue flowers
- RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
- Loves a sunny spot (tolerates part shade)
- Blooms from July to September
Elevates any garden
- Large, showy magenta, white and purple blooms
- A vigorous, fast-growing climber
- Best growth occurs in full sun to part shade
- Blooms from July to September
Fragrance worth shouting about
- Pink pinwheel flowers, dark green foliage
- Vigorous growth and a wonderful fragrance
- Does well in both sun and partial shade
- Blooms from May to September
Improves any drab surface
- Enchanting emerald foliage
- Attractive to birds and pollinators
- Suited to full sun, part shade and full shade
- Masses of ornamental black berries
A wonderfully aromatic climber
- Grows well in full sun and part shade
- Perfect for trellises, obelisks or pergolas
- Stunning blooms from early spring
- Flowers emit an inviting vanilla aroma
Cascades of starry flowers
- Fabulous, scented blooms with airfoil petals
- Pruning group 1 - no pruning
- Full sun to partial shade, half hardy (H3)
- Flowers March to April
A wall of autumn flame
- Grows in sun, part-shade or full shade
- Quickly clothes a wall, fence or trellis
- Foliage turns a brilliant crimson in autumn
- Can withstand the harshest UK winters
Smells as good as it looks
- Shruiken-shaped, single blooms
- Pruning group 3 - loves a prune
- Full sun to partial shade, fully hardy (H6)
- Flowers July to September
Fabulously fragrant racemes
- Hanging pink flowers (up to 15cm long)
- RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
- Grows well in both sun and part shade
- Flowers in June
Grows anything but glacially
- Mottled, lightly-lobed, silver-green foliage
- RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
- Grows in all light conditions (sun to shade)
- Perfect for covering a drab fence
Unmistakable three-point leaves
- Green foliage becomes a deep red in autumn
- Very vigorous and self-clinging
- Grows well in both sun and shade
- Rapidly covers walls and fences
Gorgeous pendulous flowers
- Happy in both sun and part shade
- Grows wonderfully up a trellis or wall
- Bell-shaped blooms from summer to autumn
- Incredibly free-flowering
A multitude of purple crosses
- Elegant, single, grape-coloured flowers
- Pruning group 3 - loves a prune
- Full sun to partial shade, hardy (H5)
- Flowers July to October
Big, bold, beautiful blooms
- Free-flowering lavender purple flowers
- Brings pollinators to the garden
- Content in both full sun and partial shade
- Fragrant flowers from July to September
Intense bicolour blooms
- Thrives in both sun and part shade
- Dress up a trellis, wall or fence
- RHS Plants for Pollinators
- RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
Heaven Scent is heaven-sent!
- Chiffon-white and butter-yellow blooms
- Quickly covers a boring fence or wall
- Position in partial shade or full sun
- Tubular flowers from June to September
The most brilliant blue blooms
- Happy in both full sun and part shade
- A perfect climber for a patio pot
- Deep blue flowers from June to September
- Glorious evergreen, lanceolate foliage
The happiest plant of your life
- Large, gown-white blooms with magenta anthers
- Pruning group 2 - light pruning
- Full sun to partial shade, fully hardy (H6)
- Flowers May to June, September
Your trellis' crowning glory
- Campanulate yellow and purple blooms
- Pruning group 3 - loves a prune
- Full sun to partial shade, fully hardy (H6)
- Flowers June to August
Marvelously mottled foliage
- Grows in full sun through to full shade
- Ideal for covering walls and fences
- Leaves take on a pinkish hue in autumn
- Fully hardy and tough as old boots