Climbing Plants for Pots
Climbing plants in pots are a natural choice for patios, balconies and smaller gardens, but not all climbers are suitable for growing in containers. What you need is a compact, colourful plant which will thrive in a small space like a patio or seating area, cover an obelisk in a border or brighten up the space by your front door. We've chosen the brightest, best performing and most fragrant clematis, jasmine, honeysuckle and more for this collection, to make it easy for you to choose.
Want to know more? Our climbing plant grower, Mollie, has all the advice you need.
Powerful pockets of red and pink
- Tubular pink blooms with a creamy interior
- Unbeatable levels of fragrance
- Plant in part (or dappled) shade
- Perfumed flowers from May to August
The classiest claret blooms
- A host of deeply-veined claret red flowers
- Pruning group 3 - loves a prune
- Full sun to partial shade, fully hardy (H6)
- Flowers June to August
An explosion of pink stars
- Pastel pink, starry flowers and glossy leaves
- Blooms radiate a heady, tropical aroma
- Prefers sun (tolerates partial shade)
- Abundant pink flowers from June to August
Magenta and crimson showstopper
- Dramatic magenta and crimson blooms
- Pruning group 3 - loves a prune
- Full sun to partial shade, fully hardy (H6)
- Flowers June to September
The most delicate purple shades
- Huge, silvery lilac, single flowers
- Pruning group 2 - light pruning
- Partial shade, fully hardy (H6)
- Flowers May to September
Glorious gold-flecked foliage
- Fragrant white blooms, yellow-splashed leaves
- Twining climber with a vigorous habit
- Full sun is best (partial shade is tolerated)
- Flowers from June right through to September
Brilliant bicolour blooms
- Pink and white flowers, mid-green leaves
- Easily covers a tired fence or wall
- Happy in both full sun and partial shade
- Flowers from June to August
Clouds of purplish white flowers
- Clouds of periwinkle blue flowers
- Pruning group 2 - light pruning
- Full sun to partial shade, fully hardy (H6)
- Flowers May to June, September
A truly majestic clematis
- Trumpet-shaped flowers in fuchsia pink
- Pruning group 3 - loves a prune
- Full sun to partial shade, hardy (H5)
- Flowers August to October
Showy, scented trumpet flowers
- Carmine-pink and orange, horn-like blooms
- RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
- Partial or dappled shade is perfect
- Blooms from June to September
Stamens like an Elizabethan ruff
- Star-shaped, lavender purple flowers
- Pruning group 2 - light pruning
- Full sun to partial shade, fully hardy (H6)
- Flowers May to June, September
Velvety indigo blooms all summer
- Broad, single, indigo flowers (6 to 8 sepals)
- Pruning group 2 - light pruning
- Full sun to partial shade, fully hardy (H6)
- Flowers May to June, September
An abundance of showy blooms
- Large pink-lilac blooms up to 15cm across
- Pruning group 3 - loves a prune
- Partial shade, fully hardy (H6)
- Flowers July to September
A non-clinging fan favourite
- Spectacular lilac and violet blooms
- Pruning group 3 - loves a prune
- Full sun, fully hardy (H6)
- Flowers July to September
Flowers like a Jackson Pollock
- Stunning, fragrant, bell-shaped flowers
- Pruning group 1 - no pruning
- Full sun, hardy (H4)
- Flowers December to February
Hot pink stripes all summer
- Daisy white and hot pink single flowers
- Pruning group 2 - light pruning
- Full sun to partial shade, fully hardy (H6)
- Flowers May to September
A compact and classy clematis!
- Dusky pink and magenta single blooms
- Pruning group 2 - light pruning
- Full sun to partial shade, fully hardy (H6)
- Flowers May to July
Bright white with a red centre
- Broad, single flowers 10-15cm across
- Pruning group 2 - light pruning
- Full sun to partial shade, fully hardy (H6)
- Flowers May to June
So good it blooms twice!
- Beautiful pink, patterned, large flowers
- Pruning group 2 - light pruning
- Full sun to partial shade, fully hardy (H6)
- Flowers May to June, September
A bold burst of winter colour
- Loves full sunshine
- Grow in a border or train up a wall
- Scented yellow flowers from December to April
- RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
Sweet scents to lift your mood
- Relax in a garden full of beautiful fragrance
- Enjoy notes of vanilla, grape and violet
- Attract bees and butterflies to your garden
- Flowers all the way from May to September
This climber hits the bullseye
- Rhubarb and custard-coloured tubular blooms
- Heavily scented blooms
- Dappled or partial shade is ideal
- Free-flowering from April to August
You'll stare, not just glance!
- Delightful, pink double blooms
- Pruning group 2 - light pruning
- Full sun to partial shade, fully hardy (H6)
- Flowers May to September
Perfect for terrace growing
- Elevate your paved outdoor space
- Train up a wall, pergola or grow in a pot
- Beautiful blooms and alluring foliage
- Attract plenty of pollinators