| Common name | Scientific name | Zone | Flower | Size | Exposure | Comments |
| Dutchman's pipe | Aristolochia durior | 4-8 | Inconspicuous mahogany and cream flowers in late spring | 30' | Sun to partial shade | Primarily grown for foliage: foot-long, heart shaped leaves |
| Honeysuckle, Coral | Lonicera sempervirens | 5-9 | Coral to red | 15 to 25' | Sun to partial shade | Trumpet-shaped flowers mid-spring to fall; native |
| Hops, Common; Japanese hops | Humulus lupulus; H. japonica | 5-8 | Grown for foliage | 20 to 35' | Sun to partial shade | |
| Passion flower | Passiflora incarnata | 6-10 | Blue-white | 12 to 20' | Sun | Native; dies to the ground in the winter; edible fruit |
| Wisteria, Japanese | Wisteria floribunda | 5-8 | Bluish-purple, white, pink | 30' | Sun | Longer bloom period than Chinese wisteria; flowers (9 to 20 inches long); has 13 to 19 leaflets |
| Wisteria, Chinese | Wisteria sinensis | 6-8 | Blue-violet or white | 30 to 50' | Sun | Very fragrant flowers; growth can girdle trees; has 11 leaflets |
| Wisteria, American | Wisteria frutescens | 7-8 | Mauve | 30' | Sun | Native; flowers in spring |
Prepared by: Erv Evans,
Consumer Horticulturist
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