While full sun generally encourages blooming, strong sunlight and heat potentially burns the foliage.

Flowering vines that tolerate full shade are rare.

Here are 13 flowering perennial vines suitable for partial shade.

Yellow flowers on vine - Carolina jessamine - jasmine - Jasminum

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Many vines that were originally introduced to North America as garden ornamentals are now consideredinvasive speciesand should be avoided.

These includeChinese wisteria,sweet autumn clematis, andJapanese honeysuckle.

The shiny light green leaves are evergreen.

Climbing hydrangea vines with lacy white flower clusters in between ribbed leaves

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Due to its high flammability rating, do not plant it close to your home.

Popular cultivars include ‘Engelmanni, ‘Star Showers’ with green and white variegated foliage, and ‘Red Wall’.

The fall foliage of Virginia creeper is outstanding.

Virginia creeper vines with small leaflets covering white wooden fence

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They bloom in summer and into fall.

Plant them in a location with afternoon shade to shelter them from the burning sun.

In the summer, it bears large, pink, sausage-shaped fruit, which gave the plant its name.

Mandevilla

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‘Cathedral Gem’ is a popular cultivar.

However, the gorgeous orange flowers are beloved by pollinators and hummingbirds.

Its fragrant flowers appear from June to July, attracting pollinators.

Holboellia coriacea

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The vine is evergreen and fast-growing, attaching to its support with its tendrils.

It also matures sooner whereas Chinese wisteria usually takes a few years to start flowering.

Mature vines have papery, orange-brown bark that complements the orange-red flowers.

Trumpet vine flowers with orange trumpet-shaped petals closeup

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This vine is evergreen in warm climates.

There are several cultivars with blooms ranging from white to rose pink to deep plum.

It tolerates partial shade conditions and grows well on a fence or trellis.

passionflower vine on a fence

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North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension.

American Wisteria (Wisteria frutescens)

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Dutchman’s pipe vines with large heart-shaped leaves on metal trellis

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Coral honeysuckle plant with red tubular flowers on end of branch hanging over fence

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chocolate vine

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Nelly Moser clematis

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