By hook or by crook these light seekers scale walls, climb trees and drape arbors via thorns, tendrils or aerial roots. From colorful foliage to blossoming canes, climbers provide focal points, soften rigid structure lines and extend a color stream across the back of a perennial border. Climbers are deciduous, semi-deciduous or evergreen. Deciduous refers to the plants that seasonally lose their leaves due to colder weather or decreased light that comes with autumn. Semi-deciduous are those that hold onto their leaves during mild winters. Evergreen foliage remains intact from season to season maintaining their display of green regardless of weather changes. Soil and site needs vary according to each plant so it is good to read plant labels or do some investigating before settling to bed unfamiliar plant varieties.

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