Introducing Hydrangea anomala subsp. anomala -- the other climbing hydrangea vine. Rarely offered, and less showy than its more common cousins, anomala’s robust, shiny dark green leaves and pleasant white flowers are a refreshing change of pace for the discerning eye. Deciduous. Zones 5-8.

A lusty and large growing climber, Schizophragma integrifolium var. molle tolerates more sun than most of the climbers and grows with intent. Blooms huge. Zones 6?-9.

A lusty and large growing climber, Schizophragma integrifolium var. fauriei tolerates more sun than most of the hydrangea climbers and grows with intent. It clings by holdfasts to your tree, wall or house, but not your leg (we’re not talking Akebia here). Unless you’re a statue. And if so, pay in advance -- well in advance. Huge white blooms in late spring will make a tremendous addition to almost any vertical space. Zones 6?-9.

Hydrangea seemannii is indeed an evergreen hydrangea vine but it is difficult to site in this country where it is happy & so is rarely seen. Apparently it grows well along portions of the west coast where the climate is moderate. Native to the Sierra Madre mountains in Mexico it is usually listed as a Zone 8 plant. We have not been successful in growing it outside here at the nursery, but it thrives when we protect it through the winter in a container. The flower is white, mostly fertile with only a few sterile sepals. Handsome, dark lustrous foliage.

Schizophragma hydrangeoides ’Moonlight’ has luminous silvery-green foliage with dark green veins in its youth. The summer flowers are white, lacecap inflorescences. A true clinging vine, it grows most happily on stone or brick or up a shady tree. Were it never to bloom the foliage alone is dazzling. Part shade to shade. Zones 5-7.

Schizophragma hydrangeoides ’Roseum’ is a blush-pink flowered form of the Japanese climbing hydrangea vine. It is pink for us in the south only upon first opening, becoming blush white under our heat & humidity. But for those few days it reminds us that spring is a time of wide possiblity. Even pink. A true climber it will attach to your wall or tree and head up. Deciduous, for shade in zones 5 to 7, it may reach 30’ in time. Slow to bloom if it can climb.