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An attractive cultivar of interesting white flowers with petals curled outwards. Suitable for cut flowers compositions.

A new Polish cultivar selected by Szczepan Marczyński. Vigorous climber with male, fragrant flowers. A good pollinator for female plants. Its light green leaves turn yellow in autumn. Climbs by means of tendrils. Undemanding, tolerant of draughts and saline soil, frost hardy. Suitable for growing over high fences, arbours or unsightly buildings. It is useful in large gardens and for covering large spaces, especially where pollination is not called for, ...

A German cultivar of beautiful blue, delicately fragrant flowers gathered in long racemes. Leaves are compound pinnate, green during summer and yellow in autumn. Tendrils twine around supports. Flowers best in warm, sunny and wind-sheltered sites. Requires strong supports. May freeze in severe winters. Particularly suitable for growing over arbours, pergolas and wall constructions.

Variety selected by Szczepan Marczyński is a vigorous climber with female flowers. Should there be a male plant (e.g. 'Tomek') in the vicinity, it yields edible but not very tasty fruit, especially attractive for birds. Light green leaves turn yellow in autumn. Climbs by means of tendrils. Undemanding, tolerant of draughts and saline soil, frost hardy. It is suitable for growing over high fences, arbours and unsightly buildings. Particularly useful ...

An elegant climber with twining stems. Leaves composed of 3 wavy edged leaflets. Shoots, violet when new, turn brown with age. Small deep purple flowers (both male and female), gathered in clusters are slightly cinnamon scented. Very interesting fruits, resembling a sausage in shape, are bigger than those of akebia quinata (up to 13 cm). Best planted in a sheltered position. It can be trained over various kinds of garden ...

A variety raised in Hungary. A vigorous climber bearing attractive tube-shaped deep red flowers in July-September. Starts flowering in the second-third year after planting. Grow in a warm sunny and sheltered spot for best flowers. It attaches its long stems to supports using aerial roots, but needs some tying until well established. Suitable for training over various garden supports such as an arbor or a pergola. Particularly useful for clothing ...

A vigorous climber with semi-evergreen leaves consisting of 5 leathery light green leaflets. Both male and female flowers are pure white, fragrant. A good pollinator for other varieties. Blooms appear from April to May and are followed by very interesting, sausage-shaped fruits with edible flesh. Stems twine round supports. Suitable for growing on fences and other supports. It can be left to climb up trees. Particularly useful for growing on ...

Violet blue flowers, gathered in long racemes, appear in May. Pinnate green leaves turn yellow in autumn. The stems twine in an anti-clockwise direction. Attains a height of 6-10 m (1-3 m annually). Best grown in a sheltered, warm and sunny positions. It may freeze during severe winters. Requires a strong support.

A vigorous climber. Evergreen leaves composed of 5 leathery leaflets. Male flowers white with purple-pink stamens. Female flowers purple-pink with a deep chocolate pistil. Both flowers are fragrant. A good pollinator for other cultivars of the species. Blooms in May. Very interesting, unusual fruits resembling sausages with edible flesh. Stems twine round the supports. Suitable for training up fences and various supports. It can be left to climb up the ...

Polish cultivar from 2006 with a compact growth habit and a long flowering period (June - September). Flowers are red-purple on the outside and beige inside, and have a strong agreeable scent. Ornamental red fruits (August - October). Small leaves, purple-green when young, turn green with age. Stems twine round the supports. Succeeds in moderately fertile soil as long as it’s not too dry or acid. In May it’s often ...

The most ornamental of all Magnolia Vines with deep red, small (about 2,5 cm in diameter) but quite conspicuous flowers in April-May, borne single on long stalks in leaf axils. Flowers are most often bisexual. Pea-sized, deep red berries gathered in nodding spikes. Oval green leaves, 6 cm long. The stems twine round the supports. It requires fertile, moist, but not waterlogged soil. It may freeze during harsh winters. An ...

A vigorous climber. Semi-evergreen leaves are composed of 5 leathery, deep green leaflets mottled with white. Pale pink, fragrant flowers open in May. A good pollinator for other cultivars of the species. It has very interesting, sausage-shaped fruit with edible flesh. The stems twine round the supports. The variegation is more pronounced in full sun. Suitable for training up fences and various supports. It can also be left to climb ...

A cultivar raised and selected in the USA. A vigorous climber with attractive, 6-8 cm long, trumpet-shaped, yellow flowers, the inside of the tube is orange, from July to September. It begins blooming in its second-fourth year after planting. Produces best flowers in a warm, sheltered site, in full sun and when the soil isn’t too fertile or moist. It climbs by aerial roots, but needs a little support until ...

A beautiful vigorous flowering climber. Pale pink flowers gathered in long racemes. The leaves are pinnate, green in summer and yellow in autumn. The stems twine round the support. It produces best flowers in a warm, sunny, sheltered spot. It requires sturdy supports and can freeze in harsh winters. It’s particularly useful for growing next to an arbour, a pergola or a wall construction.

Vigorous climber with edible fruits. Light green leaves turn yellow in autumn. It climbs by means of tendrils that twine round the support. Inconspicuous, fragrant flowers in May and June. Violet-mauve edible berries are borne in October. Undemanding, drought-tolerating, disease resistant and very frost hardy (down to -40^oC). Particularly useful for growing on high fences, screens, arbours and unsightly buildings.

A valuable cultivar of delicately, sweetly scented, deep red flowers. Healthy, frost and disease resistant.

Slow-growing vine similar to wisteria, but blooming in summer. Flowers are light violet-pink gathered in loose clusters 25-35 cm long. Blooming in June and July. Leaves are pinnate, consisting usually of 13 narrow ovate leaflets. Stems twine anticlockwise around supports. It may freeze during harsher winters. This variety starts blooming in the 4^th-5^th year after planting. Grows up to 2-2,5 m. Native to Japan and Korea. Most abundant blooming occurs ...

Unusual, rampant vine of yellow flowers 1-2 cm in diameter, consisting of 5-10 sepals, dioecious. Its natural habitat is on hillsides of south-central and south-west China, from 500 to 2500 m above sea level. Flowers borne in May in the axils at the new shoots base. They are sometimes delicately scented. Fruit red, edible. The leaves are seasonal feature, glossy dark green, eliptic or ovate, serrated, 7-15 cm long and ...

Flowers white or cream-coulored when fading, gathered in 25-35 cm long panicles, delicately scented., Being one of the earliest varieties it blooms in May on previous year shoots. Leaves are light green in spring and summer, yellow in autumn, pinnately compound, usually consisting of 13 narrow ovate leaflets. Shoots twine clockwise around supports. Tends to freeze during harsh winters. Flowers borne in the 2^nd-3^rd year after planting. The plant reaches ...

American, prolific cultivar of tasty red fruit (Mini Kiwi) with edible skin, maturing in the first half of September. White flowers 1-2 cm in diameter borne in June. Berries are oval-shaped, slightly flattened, up to 3.5 cm long and 1.5-2 cm wide, cherry-red both outside and inside.  Fruit attain the colouring in the final stage of ripening. Yields fruit in the 3^rd-4^th year. Sustains frosts up to -28^oC. Requires warm, ...