Identify by feature
Twining climber: which one is it?
In Belgium and the Netherlands, a climber that winds itself around a support is usually common honeysuckle, hop or hedge bindweed; in gardens also wisteria, Russian vine or kiwi fruit.
12 species with this feature
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Common honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum
Climber
Twining climber with opposite leaves and strongly scented, tubular flowers.
NativePoisonous
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Hop Humulus lupulus
Climber
Rough twining climber with opposite, vine-like lobed leaves and, in late summer, green ‘hop cones’.
Native
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Hedge bindweed Calystegia sepium
Climber
Twining climber with arrow-shaped leaves and large, white funnel-shaped flowers with two large bracts around the calyx.
Native
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Chinese wisteria Wisteria sinensis
Climber
Vigorous twining climber with pinnate leaves and long, hanging racemes of bluish-purple flowers in May.
Poisonous
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Russian vine Fallopia baldschuanica
Climber
Extremely fast-growing twining climber that is smothered in frothy white flower sprays in summer.
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Japanese wisteria Wisteria floribunda
Climber
Twining climber with pinnate leaves of many leaflets and very long, hanging flower racemes that open from top to bottom.
Poisonous
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Kiwi fruit Actinidia deliciosa
Climber
Vigorous twining climber with large, round leaves on red-haired stalks, and hairy kiwi fruits.
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Hardy kiwi Actinidia arguta
Climber
Vigorous twining climber with glossy, hairless, sharply toothed leaves and clusters of smooth, grape-sized kiwis.
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Perfoliate honeysuckle Lonicera caprifolium
Climber
Twining honeysuckle whose top pairs of leaves are fused into a little dish, with the fragrant flowers in the middle.
Poisonous
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Japanese honeysuckle Lonicera japonica
Climber
Semi-evergreen, vigorously twining honeysuckle with white flowers that turn yellow, in pairs in the leaf axils.
Poisonous
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Common jasmine Jasminum officinale
Climber
Twining climber with pinnate leaves and white, star-shaped, intensely fragrant flowers in summer.
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Star jasmine Trachelospermum jasminoides
Climber
Evergreen twining climber with glossy, leathery leaves and white, propeller-shaped, sweetly scented flowers.
Tip: Look at the leaves: opposite in honeysuckle and hop, arrow-shaped in bindweed, pinnate in wisteria. Russian vine grows four to five metres a year and smothers everything around it.