Vines offer privacy and shade. Many also offer flowers, fragrance and fruit. There are many perennial vines, both native and introduced, suitable for Nebraska landscapes. 

With its cluster of bright orange, trumpet-shaped flowers, Trumpet Vine, Campsis radicans, is a rapid spreader, often covering 10 feet a year. Trumpet vine clings by means of small, root-like holdfasts, but it might need additional support. It becomes very heavy.

Porcelain Ampelopsis, Ampelopsis brevipedunculata, is another vigorous grower covered with small yellow berries in late summer, that ripen to a translucent lilac and finally turn robin's egg blue. All three colors can be present at once, giving the visual effect of a vertical Easter Basket.

Hall's Honeysuckle, Lonicera japonica, has fragrant white flowers that turn to yellow as they age. The vine starts to bloom in June and scattered flowers can be found into late autumn. Its handsome, bronze fall leaf color and ability to tolerate most soils make Hall's honeysuckle a popular vine and frequently used ground cover. It grows well on steep banks where stems root easily when they touch moist soil.

Sweet Autumn Clematis, Clematis maximowicziana, is covered with a froth of fragrant, small white flowers from August through early October. A vigorous grower, this vine will easily climb over anything in its path. However, its rampant growth habit is easily subdued with regular pruning. Once established, sweet autumn clematis needs little maintenance, except for a heavy annual pruning in early spring before it leafs out.