Most conservatories have large glass areas and side walls that can be ideal for climbers. Clothing the sides with climbers helps raise the humidity levels and provide shade.

Frost Free Conservatory Plants

• Passion flowers like Passiflora Amethyist or Passiflora Constance Elliott are nearly hardy even outside.
• Lapegeria rosea has pink-red bell-shaped blooms from autumn through winter. Use ericaceus compost and train it up a trellis.
• Annual colour can be provided by morning glories Ipomea lobata.
• Also an annual Thunbergia Black-eyed Susan are worth considering
• Evergreen climbers including Ficus and ivies, Rhoicissus rhomboidea Grape ivy, Philodendron scandens Sweetheart vine and Scindapsus aureus Devil’s ivy.

Warmer areas 7º C Plus

• Bougainvilliea with thrive if given enough space. They grow up to 10′ in a season so beware.
• Mandevilla Brazilian Jasmine like the one above and Lophopermum are other choices.
• In smaller conservatories Jamine, Plumbago and Rhodochiton can be kept under control with a bit of trimming.
• Hoya is a tropical climbing plant with thick leaves and fragrant, waxy flowers.

Supporting Climbers

• Fix a series of horizontal wires to walls to give the climbers support.
• On the glass sides fix wires to wooden supports.
• Alternatively push long canes or trellis into containers for support.
• Tie twinning stems and tendrils to the supports.
• Non-clinging plants need more regular tying.