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Orange-yellow honeysuckle, a fragrant climbing vine
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Climbing vines have the advantage of being very ornamental. When on top of this, they’re fragrant and smell good, too, they become the ideal candidate to grow in your garden or on your terrace!
Discover these “impulse” climbing plants that will spread a delicious scent everywhere while giving a decidedly ornamental touch to your garden!

The great covering power of climbing plants

  • They decorate old walls and hide imperfections, add joy and greenery everywhere. Climbing plants and vines cover and clothe our houses.
  • The are also very useful to fill in the holes on the fences that separate your lot and your neighbor’s, or the pergola under which you love to dine.

And the appeal of fragrant climbing vines

  • They spread their delicious scent in living spaces like a terrace or an arched passageway.
  • Place fragrant plants near a spot where you like to spend time or share meals.
  • In late spring and summer, all the way up to fall, they will trigger relaxation when you visit your meditation garden.

Widely grown fragrant climbers, and what to expect from each

The climbers below are the ones you will actually find on sale in garden centres and seed catalogues, all of them grown for scent as much as for flower. Compare flowering time, scent strength and ultimate height before you commit a wall or a pergola to one.

Widely grown fragrant climbers, and what to expect from each
Variety Species Flowering season Scent strength Height
‘Graham Thomas’ Lonicera periclymenum Early summer to late summer Strong, sweet 5–7 m
‘Album’ Solanum laxum Early summer to mid-autumn Light, sweet 5–6 m
‘Serotina’ Lonicera periclymenum Midsummer to early autumn Strong, strongest at dusk 4–5 m
‘Multijuga’ Wisteria floribunda Late spring to early summer Moderate, sweet 9 m or more
‘Prolific’ Wisteria sinensis Late spring Moderate to strong 9 m or more

The most beautiful fragrant flower vines

yellow chalice vine flower with red like
Chalice vine, or Solandra, among the fragrant flower vines

Chalice vine (Solandra)

solanum false jasmine close-up of a single white flower
Solanum potato vine, a jasmine look-alike for walls

Solanum potato vine

star-jasmine wall of flowers
Star jasmine clothes an old wall and hides imperfections

Star jasmine

Orange yellow honeysuckle flowers
Honeysuckle, one of the classic fragrant climbing vines

Honeysuckle

Hops flowers with yellow-green blooms

Hops

Holboellia vine with white flowers

Holboellia

jasmine closse up of a bunch with four open flowers

Jasmine

wisteria flowers from below

Wisteria

Stephanotis on a brick wall
Stephanotis, also known as Madagascar jasmine

Stephanotis (Madagascar jasmine)


Image credits (edits Gaspard Lorthiois):
CC BY 2.0: eperales, Lenore Edman
CC BY-SA 2.0: Brian Crawford, Steve Law

Written by Gaspard Lorthiois | Loves helping out, especially when it comes to growing things. Worked in herbal medicine, runs a farm, and dabbles in tech. Master's degree and engineer.

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