Climbing plants not only decorate walls and walls: They can also be a magnet for insects. Introducing our top 13 bee-friendly climbing plants.
Plants that attract insects don't have to be limited to just horizontal surfaces. Insect-friendly climbing plants also make it possible to green vertical surfaces and provide bees, bumblebees and the like with a source of food. You can transform your house wall, garage or carport into a fragrant and humming sea of flowers. In this article, we present the 13 best climbing plants for insects.
Vetch
Many people know the sweet pea (Lathyrus latifolius) from farm or rural front gardens. The well-known climbing plant is not only popular for adding color to garden fences or walls in summer - bees, bumblebees and the like literally fly onto the easy-care climbing plant.
Clematis
The Clematis (Clematis) not only delights us with its beautiful and lush flowers all summer long. It also attracts insects and bees. Some Clematis species, such as Clematis alpina, Clematis vitalba or Clematis integrifolia are also hardy and can therefore cultivated perennial.
Bell Vine
Bell Vines (Cobaea scandens) are also called bell bindweed or clawed bindweed and are valued for their rapid growth. As a result, the climbing plant quickly forms a privacy screen for the balcony or in the garden. What's more: The impressive, violet flowers attract many beneficial insects, such as bees, bumblebees and insects, to your garden from June until the first frost.
Black-eyed Susanne
A classic among climbing plants is the Black-eyed Susan (Thunbergia alata). But the plant can also be seen as an insect magnet. The orange flowers with the distinctive blackPoint in the middle are only too happy to be flown to by insects of all kinds.
Wisteria
The Wisteria (Wisteria) cannot be missing from the list of hardy, bee-friendly climbing plants. Bees, bumblebees and co. particularly like to fly at the blue flowers. The plant is also one of the bee food plants. And birds also love to nibble on the buds of the climbing plant in spring. But be careful: Wisteria is poisonous for humans!
Honeysuckle
Also hardy and an insect magnet is the honeysuckle (Lonicera henryi). The reddish-yellow flowers smell wonderful from June to July and attract all kinds of winged insects to your garden. With a growth height of up to four meters, the honeysuckle is also ideal for greening larger areas.
Virgin Vine
Nature has plenty of climbing plants to offer even for bee lovers without a green thumb. One of them is the virgin vine (Parthenocissus tricuspidata), also known as Virginia creeper. Perennial and extremely easy to care for, the virgin vine effortlessly climbs up house facades or walls. The yellow flowers are rather small and inconspicuous, but offer insects ample opportunity to eat their fill.
Winter Jasmine
The winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum) is also a bee-friendly climbing plant. It provides insects with a source of food even before many other plants are in bloom. As early as December, but at the latest from February to the end of April, the small, yellow flowers attract insects.
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Trumpet climber
With beautiful, orange-red flowers, the trumpet vine (Campsis) is not only a feast for the eyes, but also an insect magnet. It is hardy and perennial and does not make any great demands. The main flowering period is from August to the end of September.
Passion Flower
The exotic ones are a real eye-catcher in the gardenPassion Flowers (Passiflora). The flowers are not only popular with us, but also with insects: the extravagant flowers attract bees, bumblebees and Co. in droves. Some varieties of passion flower are even hardy and can be cultivated for several years. These include, for example, the blue passion flower (Passiflora caerulea) or the flesh-colored passion flower (Passiflora incarnata).
Nasturtium
Another insect friendly climber is the nasturtium (Tropaeolum). We're not the only ones who like to enjoy the spicy blossoms in salads - the red, yellow and orange blossoms are also a real feast for insects and bees.
Earth Pear
The earth pear (Apios) is a rather unknown exotic plant among the climbing plants. The lepidoptera have dark red flowers that smell spicy and provide plenty of food for the insects from August. In addition, the climbing plant is hardy.
Cucumber
When you think of bee-friendly climbing plants, the common cucumber (Cucumis sativus) might not come to mind. However, useful plants can serve as an insect buffet just as well as ornamental plants. The yellow flowers bloom from June to August and are popular with beneficial insects and other insects.
You can find our top 10 hardy climbing plants in our special article.