Add a beautiful native vine this year

Flowering vines make a great addition to your Pacific Northwest garden. They create interesting vertical space,; attract hummingbirds, butterflies, and other pollinators; and they work well as a garden privacy screens.

When choosing vines, you can't go wrong considering one of our lovely natives. Native vines offer a number of benefits. They are well adapted to local soil, water, and weather conditions.

Try any of the following and you be happy with the results.

Clematis Vines

• Wisley Cream (Clematis cirrhosa) has a creamy bell-shaped bloom from November through February. As temperatures cool, the glossy green leaves become a dappled bronze.

• Avalanche (Clematis x cartmanii) gives a bundle of white blooms in early spring with attractive lime centers. The foliage on this clematis is almost lace like.

Other Pacific Northwest Native Vines

• Orange honeysuckle (Lonicera ciliosa): Also called western honeysuckle, this vine produces red/orange flowers from May through July. Try growing If you want to attract hummingbirds.

• Woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea): good for a variety of soils and sun exposure. It blooms in a variety of hues from May to July.

• Whitebark raspberry (Rubus leucodermis): has white or pink blooms in April and May. It is thorny like a raspberry bush and makes not only a privacy barrier but a security device.