Climbing plants for a south facing wall
South-facing walls receive sunlight all day long, making them warmer and brighter. They absorb the sun's heat throughout the day, emitting it through the night, making south-facing sites perfect for less hardy climbers and wall shrubs. Fruit trees can also be trained as espaliers, cordons or fans against a south-facing wall to act as a fruiting climber and save space in the fruit and veg garden. Climbers that succeed on south facing walls include Actinidia Kolomikta, Clematis plants, honeysuckle, jasmine, passion flower, vitis and wisteria. Actinidia Kolomikta is an attractive deciduous climber with slender branches and heart-shaped leaves ‘splashed’ with variegation of pink and white. It produces deliciously fragrant, small cup-shaped white flowers in spring and summer. Clematis are well-known for producing masses of distinctive flowers available in a broad palette of colours and various types and sizes. Climbing jasmine produce stunning, sweetly-scented tubular flowers, typically from June to September except winter jasmine. You may find our help and advice articles on how to choose a climbing plant and how to grow climbing plants useful.