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There is nothing more picturesque and charming than the color of a brilliant flowering vine or trailing plant climbing up the side of a house or tumbling over a fence or rock wall.

They look so natural and often times are. Yet you can duplicate nature right in your own garden, on your own fences or rock walls and against your own home when you choose the right plant for your zone and mix the saffron, powder blue, hot pink, bright lemon, piercing violet and subtle tangerine blooms together.

When you want to conceal stone or brick then plant Creeping Lemon Thyme which forms strong evergreen mats creating a base for the natural look of the hot pink flowers that will reward you each year. Creeping Lemon Thyme will give you a double hit when it turns red in the fall.

You can also include prostrate Rosemarie, not the upright kind but the trailing kind and you will be blessed with cascades of lavender flowers and green leaves as this vigorous plant climbs over itself until it becomes 3 feet tall. If you happen to live in a two story house put a window box out of one of your sunny spot windows and it will grow and trail itself clear to the ground creating an amazing landscaping statement.

Rock roses, which are really low growing shrubs with blossoms of red, yellow, pink or white, when planted along the edge of a low stone wall will create a stunning effect. These are very hardy, very drought resistant needing very little water, thrive in poor soil, however, put them in an area where you do not mind them going their aggressive way because they will soon be all over the place.

The bright tangerine or yellow of the trumpet vine will add grace and its blooms standout against their green leaves as it climbs up in the area in which is was planted as will the perennial Honeysuckle which can not only create a shade screen, but can create a solid wall when allowed to be planted between two upright poles to which you have added some trellis or even wire mesh. The one plant I put at the end of my screened in patio not only does all that but cuts down tremendous winds that we get at the end of our building.

Sweet Pea will give you not only a vigorous climber, but will add wonderful fragrance from its pink, red and white flowers. You will need to make sure you put strings from the ground to the eaves of your house or whatever you want it to climb on or else it will just wend its way along the ground.

Here is a palette of living color to paint your landscape picture. Go for it!

"Tread the Earth Lightly" and in the meantime… May your day be filled with… Peace, Light and Love,

Author's note: This article was originally written for GreenThumbArticles.com