As well as being attractive garden features Vines add versatility and height to the landscape, whether they're flowering or foliage-focused. Climbing vines can be used to add background to a garden bed, shield an unsightly view, or supply fragrance.

Vines, either evergreen or deciduous, can be broadly categorized into two types. Those that cling to walls by way of aerial roots, and those that are the twining evergreens. The twining plants either twine their stems or leaf tendrils around supports such as other plants or trellis, whilst those with aerial self clinging roots, normally use them up rigid surfaces such as walls and sometimes fences.