Climbing shrubs add a new dimension to gardening. The provide vertical accents and use space that often remains unused in many gardens – elevated levels. Using climbing shrubs can also be called vertical gardening. Climbing shrubs give a gable end or house wall a cheerful look and can cover an ugly shed in a sea of romantic looking blooms. Of course climbing shrubs are perfect for growing up a garden divider and they also offer nesting shelter for garden birds. Mixed with other plants, climbing shrubs can add months of garden pleasure.

Varieties of climbing shrubs

Bakker.com has a surprisingly large selection of climbing plants. You could have an abundantly flowering one like honeysuckle, or one of the many clematis varieties. There are also climbers with freshly coloured leaves such as Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus) or Ivy (Hedera). And there are climbers that lose their foliage but also evergreen types. Winter jasmine is a climbing plant that will amaze you with its bright yellow flowers in winter.
For more tips on planting and caring for climbing shrubs, check out our gardening advice pages online.
Do also check out the following interesting products:

• Ornamental shrubs
• Rhododendron
• Clematis
• Evergreen shrubs