Plant identification vine

The following photos will allow you to identify vine and other climbing plants. Click on image to view plant details.

Actinidia deliciosa cv.

Kiwifruit, Chinese Goosberry

Origin: The wild type is native to Eastern Asia.

Bryonia dioica

Red Bryony, White Bryony

Origin: Asia, Europe

Calystegia sepium

Larger Bindweed, Hedge Bindweed

Origin: Nearly global

Campsis radicans cv.

Trumpet Vine, Trumpet Creeper

Origin: The wild type is native to the USA.

Capparis spinosa

Caper Bush, Flinders Rose

Origin: Mediterranean (Europe, North Africa, Western Asia), Australia, Pacific (Guam, Vanuatu)

Centrosema molle

Butterfly Pea, Centro

Origin: South America and naturalized in other tropical or subtropical regions.

Cissus rhombifolia

Grape Ivy

Origin: Central to South America

Clematis “Multi Blue”

Clematis

Origin: Only cultivated

Clematis montana

Anemone Clematis

Origin: Afghanistan to Taiwan

Clematis vitalba

Old Man's Beard, Traveller's Joy

Origin: Africa (Algeria), Western Asia, Europe

Common Ivy, English Ivy, European Ivy

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

Convolvulus arvensis

Common Bindweed, Lesser Bindweed

Origin: Asia, Europe, Northern Africa

Convolvulus tricolor

Dwarf Morning Glory, Tricolour Convolvulus

Origin: The wild type is native to Europe and Northern Africa.

Cucumis sativus

Cucumber

Origin: Probably Asia, widely cultivated.

Cucumis sativus cv.

Cucumber

Origin: Probably Asia, widely cultivated.

Cucurbita pepo ssp. pepo

Zucchini

Origin: Only cultivated

Cymbalaria muralis

Ivy-Leaved Toadflax, Kenilworth Ivy

Origin: Europe

Dischidia ruscifolia

Million Hearts

Origin: Philippines

Ecballium elaterium

Squirting Cucumber, Exploding Cucumber

Origin: Europe, Asia, Northern Africa

Epipremnum aureum “Global Green”

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)

Epipremnum aureum “Marble Queen”

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)

Fallopia baldschuanica

Russian Vine, Bukhara Fleeceflower

Origin: Asia (China, Russia)

Fallopia dumetorum

Copse bindweed

Origin: Asia, Europe and as an introduced species also in North America

Height, habit: Annual herbaceous, climbing plant, more than two meters long

Ficus pumila

Creeping Fig, Climbing Fig

Origin: Eastern Asia

Ficus pumila “Variegata”

Creeping Fig, Climbing Fig

Origin: The wild type is native to Eastern Asia.

Glechoma hederacea “Variegata”

Ground-Ivy, Gill-over-the-Ground

Origin: Only cultivated, Glechoma hederacea is native to Asia, Europe.

Hedera helix

Common Ivy, English Ivy, European Ivy

Origin: Europe to Aisa, North Africa

Hedera helix “Glacier”

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.

Hedera helix cv.

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.