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Homes & Gardens
Thomas Rutter

Winter climber ideas – discover the best plants to add interest in your yard

Green ivy climbing over a wall with a green gate.

Despite the dark and cold of winter, your backyard can still provide interest and impact in the form of climbing plants. If you are looking for winter garden ideas, adding some vertical interest to an otherwise dormant space can help brighten up a garden wall or structure, such as trailing over a pergola or crawling across a trellis. 

Climbing plants can help maximize the color in your yard, and whilst many of us romanticize and fixate on rambling roses and showy clematis flowers that have prolific blooms during the height of summer, many climbers can help to add some greenery during the winter months. 

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