5 beautiful flowering creepers that double up as living curtains

Gardeners of today's smaller cities prefer vertical gardening for aesthetic purposes. As urban houses tend to become more compact, the demand for flowering creepers grows. They help create living curtains for balconies, terraces, and fences in gardens and offer shade, privacy, and colourful touches to the garden décor. In fact, they can be considered an environmentally friendly way to decorate the house. As experts say, they do not require constant care but create a very appealing garden view.

The first flower to mention is the bougainvillea that serves as a living curtain because of its dense foliage and vibrant colours ranging from red and orange to pink and purple. Moreover, it is characterised by rapid growth and quick covering of fences, grill gates, and trellises. Once planted, it needs little watering and grows in bright sun. For these reasons, it is a great choice for creating a living curtain with lots of colour.

Rangoon creeper is another fast-growing creeper famous for its unique colouring. Its flowers start white, turn pink and then become deep red and look absolutely beautiful in any garden décor. Besides that, it is known for releasing a mild fragrance that becomes more pronounced in the evening. Being tolerant of hot climate conditions, this plant grows quite well in tropical areas but requires pruning from time to time.

Passionflower is a rather exotic creeper famous for unusual and colourful flowers that look like artistic ornaments. It is known for rapid coverage of fences, arbours, and trellises. It grows brightly coloured flowers—purple, white, and blue depending on the variety – which creates a spectacular effect. It prefers partially shaded areas and well-drained soil. Moreover, the vines are valuable for their ability to attract butterflies and bees.

Morning glory is a fast-spread creeper with large trumpet-like blooms in various shades of blue, purple, and pink. The distinctive feature of this plant is its tendency to open its flowers early in the morning and close them at dusk, so one can enjoy daily bloom. This creeper quickly grows along fence lines, arbours, and trellises, which makes them convenient plants for living curtains.

Finally, we would like to talk about a beautiful creeper called Madhumalti that is characterised by abundant blooms with mild fragrance, especially during the night. The flowers appear in clusters and are red, pink, and white. The creeper forms thick, floral curtains due to its density and fragrant smell. Besides, being tropical plants, they can grow on arbours and fences.