RBG Kew and us are gonna have some words!  How dare they merge Rosa mulliganii into another species?  This was named to honor beloved Seattle icon, Brian Mulligan, who was Director of Washington Park Arboretum for 27 years.  Very vigorous beautiful rose with fragrant white flowers and blood-red hips.

Climbing Hydrangea we received from Crug Farm Nursery in Wales.  They collected this in Sikkim in the forest near Yuksom.  This has the typical small coral-green lacecap flowers and will self-adhere to a wall or tree-trunk as do the others but what sets this selection apart is the generally evergreen leaves which turn purple in the winter.

Steve Hootman saw this growing and established in a Pennsylvania garden and with a puzzled "What the hell?", immediately took cuttings.  This evergreen groundcover Ficus is most often grown as a houseplant but this Pennsylvania selection should do well in the PNW.  Will cling to walls or rocks.

Our collection of this distinctive vining Monkshood from the wooded slopes of Longshou in Sichuan.   We think this is quite superior to other color forms of this rare species and have given it the name 'Monk Gone Wild' because it is a pretty crazy color for a Monkshood plus this monk managed to remain technically celibate yet still have lots of children via stem bulbils.

Our collection of this Asian herbaceous perennial vining member of the Bellflower or Campanula family, this is very distinctive in having narrow and elegant tubular green flowers on a vine to 8'.  This will die down each fall but pop back in the spring.  This prefers bright shade to part shade and we found this growing in shrubbery in open forest.

Unflowered plants from our seed collection, although attributes and geography suggest a likelihood of this being the species edulis due to widespread cultivation from pre-Columbian times thanks to the edible tubers.  If this is edulis, expect 24 or more pink-tubed flowers with green-yellow throats in a fireworks umbel.  Showy orange seeds in fall.

Our collection from Sichuan of this variant on the Jasminum humile theme.  A scrambling, weaving and somewhat scandent shrublet with thin stems that infiltrates the marginal spaces among shrubs and can grow up through them for a little support.  Bright yellow flowers which are unscented but cheery nonetheless.  This form is doubtfully or at least very scarce in cultivation so good on us.

A collection from Zhejiang Province from the fall of of 2015 where it grew in an open forest setting around a former temple site on a mountain. This collection represents a significant range extension to the east based on Flora of China's range to western Hubei. Large showy seed heads on this rare semi-evergreen to deciduous vine. Flowers yellow bells.

This selection of this evergreen Clematis can likely be traced back to Roy Lancaster's introduction of this choice species. Small scented creamy flowers start appearing in late winter.  A classic wall plant where it appreciates the protection afforded by the wall as well as access to plenty of sun.  It is easily kept in bounds by pruning after flowering.

Rollicking twining Monkshood from China that delights in scrambling up into shrubs or onto thin trellage.  Although a fine and aristocratic perennial, it remains devoid of snobbery embracing chainlink as if it were ornate wrought iron at an Antebellum mansion.  Dusky lavender flowers.

Codonopsis are curious things. These are herbaceous vining relatives of Campanula or Bellflowers and seem an unlikely expression of such. From an almost bulbous root arises several tendril shoots which love to twine into surrounding shrubs from which to display their 2" dusky lavender star shaped flowers.

This is a lovely deciduous scrambling twining and vining shrub from Nepal with scented narrow tubular yellow flowers in clusters followed in fall by black pea-like fruit.  Quite a nice alternative for the small arbor or trellis on a wall.  And we are pretty sure it is deer resistant as well!

This is a dynamite cultivar also called 'Florida' but names aside, the flowers totally rock.  White and dark red fragrant flowers marry nicely with the rich purple-tinted foliage.  We keep ours trimmed to an informal shrub but it can be a vigorous vine.  Nice orange fruit.

A rare wild collection of this species from Hailuogou, Luding, Sichuan at 2750 meters whose identity was in doubt until flowering.  A creeper to low climber in the wild, this collection comes from a cold and wet area so should be good here.  Small yellow bells are most attttractive and would love a rotting log.   Moist bright shade.

Tasmanian Blueberry Vine.  Very cool evergreen vine from Tasmania with tubular greenish white flowers in May and June followed by very showy violet non-messy berries which depending on the weather, can persist through the winter.  One of the finest small vines.

This is one of those plants worth the greenhouse space if you can't grow it outside which we can't.  An evergreen vine from Chile where it is the national flower. Big waxy pendant flowers of typically rose red. These normally flower in late summer and fall. and we were entranced by beautiful specimens in bloom when we visited the west of Scotland in the fall of 2013.

Evergreen Hydrangea vine which superglues itself to the trunks of Douglas Firs like they were made for each other.  This will climb skywards to 20' and lighten the forest shade with its lacy 6" wide white flowers.  Best if watered in summer and given good rich soil.  Beauty.

A Mexican self-clinging evergreen climber or if left unsupported, it develops arboreal stems which will support it as a large shrub.  Grown this way it willsend out questing branches looking to climb but they are easy to nip off.  Great for a north wall or Doug Fir.  White lace caps in July.

We haven't yet flowered this twining Campanula relative which we received as seed labeled Codonopisis - Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh form.  RBGE is Mecca for plantspeople with one of the finest collections of plants in the world.  This is a herbaceous vine to 6' with likely blue flowers.  Zone 6 at least.

The only plant we grow in the Berberidopsidaceae and after typing this, thank god.  One of the choicest woodland plants and a connoisseur climber for mild sheltered gardens.  A well-grown Berberidopsis in your garden makes you a garden queen.  Not gender specific. Evergreen, late summer deep coral flowers.

We first encountered this species on the mid to lower slopes of the Cangshan Mountains. This species formed broad carpets of evergreen foliage covering the large rocks so as to give the impression of a tumultuous green sea frozen in place.  If you  have only very light frosts this would be a fine groundcover. This does have small reddish figs but stick to the ones you get at the store.

A hybrid of Clematis marata and C. marmoria from Graham Hutchins of the famed County Park Nursery in New Zealand.  This fairly tender little evergreen creeper has early spring female flowers of greenish-white which are strongly scented of citrus.  Perfect little container plant to overwinter in the cool greenhouse or outside in mild areas.

A plant we got from Michael Wickenden at Cally Gardens in Scotland who collected this in Chile.  The flowers on this form seem a bit larger than typical as if they need to get any better.  Wild orange-red dangling tubular pouches beckon man and hummingbird alike.  Can clamber up into trees or kept small and shrubby by a bit of clipping.

Quirky little evergreen vine from the Mediterranean that brings delight far out of proportion to the size of its flowers. Small curved pipe-like flowers are a subtle burnished pale flesh on the outside accented by thin reddish lines.  The flared pipe bowl is a perky yellow with faint lines in the back of the throat and a rim of umber, delicately whiskered.

Leatherflower Clematis.  This infrequently encountered southeastern US native is just a gem.  Rambling small vines to 8' at the most with fuchsia-purple closed bells which turn to white at the flared sepal (petal) tips.  This blooms in late spring but continues to flower sporadically into fall.  A collection from Humphreys County Tennessee.

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Chameleon Vine. Crazy evergreen vine from the temperate forests of Chile and Argentina which only very recently was found to mimic the plants upon which it grows. The leaves increase or decrease in size, get darker or lighter, broader or narrower depending on its host or nearby plant. Flowers are insignificant on this science project.

Interesting genus in the Bellflower or Campanula family and we try to grow as many different ones as possible.  Just how long can we last growing unprofitable plants is a question we ponder.  This is one of the better ones for the garden making perennial carrot roots and annual vines to 4' with tubby cream flowers with purple corolla lips.  Z5 at least.

One of the showiest in this genus of  vining Bellflowers.  Large purple-blue flowers with a dark ring - sometimes pure white - quickens our pulses in either expression. Recently reduced from species status, grey-wilsonii has been retained as a geographic race of the species convolvulacea based on larger leaves and flowers.

Our collection of this most impressive vining Monkshood.  Sumptuous flowers of a good blue with a white interior  This one is a real cracker and these will easily grow 8'-12' or even 15' tall provided they have something to twine onto.  An immense treat in August and September.

Fabulous wine-colored (red - not white) vining Monkshood that cannot fail to please with late summer into fall flowers.  Perfect for sun to light shade, this will make annual growth of 10'-15' if it has something to twine onto.  Best part, it's poisonous - take that, deer!