Vines
# Not Native to Immediate Area   

Common Name Botanical Name Lib RNC Size Bloom Period Description Cultural Requirements / Comments
Alamo vine Merremia dissecta 10' May-Oct Palmate lobed leaves, white flowers with purple centers Variable soils, flowers open noon to sunset
Balsam gourd Ibervillea lindheimeri 6-10' Apr-Sep Three to five lobed leaves, yellow tubular flowers Open ground, red globose fruit in fall
Bracted passionflower Passiflora affinis 1-4' May-Sep Three-lobed leaves, greenish-yellow small flowers Wide variety of environments, attractive to some specific butterflies
# Caroline jessamine Gelsemium sempervirens 20' Feb-Apr Opposite leaves, funnel-shaped yellow flowers Sandy loam, showy fragrant blossoms
Carolina snailseed Cocculus carolinus 10' Jul-Aug Lobed alternate leaves, greenish flowers Variable soils, showy red berries, easy to cultivate
Coral honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens X 16' Mar-Jun Opposite leaves, coral tubular flowers Various soils, excellent well behaved evergreen
# Cross vine Bignonia capreolata 70' Apr-Jun Opposite leaves, showy trumpet-shaped flowers Likes moist soil, red flowers with yellow centers, unpleasant odor
# Kentucky wisteria Wisteria macrostachys 30' April Drooping blue-purple flower clusters Prefers moist soil, attractive fragrant vine
Lindheimer's morning glory Ipomoea lindheimeri 6' Apr-Oct Perennial, lobed leaves, lavender trumpet-shaped flowers Easily grown from seed, fragrant flowers close by afternoon
# Maypop passionflower Passiflora incarnata 25' Apr-Aug Complex purple flowers, deep-lobed leaves Full sun, edible fruit
Old man's beard Clematis drummondii 30-40' Apr-Sep Compound leaves, small yellow-green flowers Dry soil, seed pods have masses of feathery plumes
# Peppervine Ampelopsis arborea 40' Jun-Aug Finely cut leaves, small green flowers Tolerates dry soil, vigorous grower, good for cover crop
Purple leatherflower Clematis pitcheri 6-10' May-Jul Opposite leaves, urn-like purple flowers Variable soils, grow for interest
# Queen's wreath Antigonon leptopus 20-40' Jun-Oct Alternate leaves, pedulous pink or white flowers Well-drained lean soil, nice ornamental, dies back in fall
Scarlet leatherflower Clematis texensis 6-10' Apr-Jun Entire or lobed leaves, urn-shaped red flowers Tolerates dry soil, attractive vine, endemic
Slender-lobe passionflower Passiflora tenuiloba 1-4' May-Oct Linear lobed leaves with small gree flowers Caliche base, sun or part shade, grow for novelty
Snapdragon vine Maurandya antirrhiniflora 1-4' Mar-Sep Arrow-shaped leaves, lobed purple flowers Various soils, dainty and attractive vine
Texas honeysuckle Lonicera albiflora 3-6' April Clasping leaves, funnel-shaped yellowish/white flowers Various soils, red berries in fall
Trumpet-creeper Campsis radicans 30-50' May-Oct Clustered reddish orange trumpet-like flowers Variable soils, rampant grower, bare in winter
Virginia creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia 30-50' May-Jul Palmate compound leaves, green funnel-like flowers Various soils, colorful fall foliage
Yellow passionflower Passiflora lutea 1-4' May-Sep Broad three-lobed leaves, clustered yellow-green flowers Shaded areas, grow as a novelty