Native Alternatives
Climbing Hydrangea
Vines for fences/arbors
- Climbing hydrangea
- Trumpet creeper
- Virginia creeper
- Passionflower vine
- NATIVE wisteria
Ornamental Grasses for landscape
- Switch grass
- Wild Oat grass
- Bottlebrush grass
- Pennsylvania sedge
Allegheny Spurge
Ground Covers*
- Blue phlox
- Carolina jessamine
- Wild ginger
- Allegheny spurge
- Green and Gold
- Christmas fern
*Keep at least 2 feet from base of tree.
Alternative ground covers near foundations:
- Wild ginger
- Allegheny spurge
- Green and Gold
- Christmas fern
- Northern lady fern
It may be best not to grow vines on a structure, except very sturdy structures such as arbors that are built to hold vines.
Photos courtesy of Missouri Botanical Garden website.
