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6 Climbing Vines that Thrive in Texas Full Sun

May 24, 2025
, Plants

As we welcome the opening of the summer season, North Texans still want to enhance their outdoor living areas and continue improving their lawn and landscape. One simple and effective way to use space and add more life to your landscaped areas is to grow vines. Not only can vines make a wooden structure or fence more appealing, but they also make use of narrow spaces in your yard that are not large enough for planting rows of shrubs. Here is a list of 6 full-sun climbing vines that will prosper in Texas summer heat.

Madame Galen Trumpet Creeper

Madame Galen Trumpetcreeper, besides being quite visually appealing, is also surprisingly low-maintenance. While it doesn’t produce fruit, it produces large tubular orange blooms in the summer. If taken care of and given full sun, this vine can grow up to 15 feet high and 30 feet wide. As it is often invasive, it is a good idea to prune back the old or dead wood on the vines in early spring or late winter. Lastly, Madame Galen Trumpet Creeper grows by twining, so you will not have to continue to support new growth once it is settled into a structure or landscape.

Evergreen Clematis

Evergreen Clematis, similar to Trumpetcreeper, is a twining vine, meaning its tendrils will naturally coil around a support structure without outside assistance. Apart from this, Evergreen Clematis is known for its creamy white blooms and stunning foliage. This vine can be in both partial and full sunlight, growing to be as large as 15 feet tall and 10 feet wide. If properly cared for, this vine will emerge with its blooms in the spring and maintain its green foliage throughout the year, as it is evergreen.

Lady Banks Climbing Rose

The Lady Banks Climbing Rose is an evergreen vine that thrives in full sunlight. This vine produces either yellow or white blooms in the spring and fall. Lady Banks Climbing Rose can grow to be 20 feet in height and width. Unfortunately, this vine does not twine, and will require some guidance. Some climbing roses in general can attract diseases and insects, so make sure this vine is well-maintained and cared for. Lastly, this vine may require special kinds of soil to assist drainage and aeration.

Wisteria

This deciduous vine emerges with fragrant panicles of purple and white blooms in the spring. Wisteria prefers full sunlight and can grow to be an astonishing 40 feet in height and width. While it is not self-climbing, Wisteria is a twining vine that will attach to support structures like arbors and pergola built in your backyard. Wisteria may also require a special type of soil, as many alkaline soils have iron deficiencies.

Mandevilla

Mandevilla is an evergreen vine that emerges with large, single pink flowers in the summer and fall. Though it is evergreen, it is a tropical perennial and may die in cold weather, so it’s a good idea to protect this vine in North Texas from frost. Mandevilla thrives in full and partial sunlight and can grow to be 8 feet high and 6 feet wide. Lastly, Mandevilla is a vine with twining characteristics, so growing it within a support structure is easy.

Passion Vine

This deciduous vine emerges with various blooms in the summer and fall, including white, pink, purple, and red flowers. Passionvine thrives in partial and full sun, growing to be 10 feet in height and width. Similar to Mandevilla, Passion Vine is a popular tropical landscaping perennial in North Texas and should be protected through the harsh winter seasons to prevent it from damage. Lastly, this vine is not only twining but also has tendrils to more easily stick to a support structure.