• Train the flexible stems of your flowering vine to reach in the direction you want.snail vine. image by mdb from Fotolia.com
  
  Vines have several advantages. Their limber stems let you manipulate them to grow in any direction you choose. They also produce dense foliage that can provide cover for structures in your garden, such as fences, that you'd rather hide. Some propagate quickly while others self-sow, making your gardening easy. Flowering vines, such as clematis, silver lace and morning glory, also add color and sometimes fragrance to your landscape.
  
  

Clematis

• Among the 300 varieties of clematis, you'll find 'alpina', a deciduous vine native to Europe that produces blue, white, purple and pink blooms dangling from long stalks. Another cultivar is the 'China native evergreen clematis', a fast-growing vine that reaches 35 feet and makes fragrant white flowers that blossom in clusters every spring. Clematis thrive in rich, loose soil with good water drainage and air circulation. The plants' tops also require full sun while the roots need to stay cool. The solution is to grow clematis in a sunny location but to also add a generous layer of mulch around their base.
  
  

Silver Lace Vine

• Silver lace vine (also known as "Polygonum") grows to 40 feet and produces a dense screen of white flowers within its heart-shaped foliage. Its flowers mature into pinkish-white fruit with a papery texture. If there's a fence or another structure in your garden you'd rather not draw attention to, this vine will hide it for you. Silver lace vine does well in different soil conditions and doesn't need more than regular watering and a place in the sun to thrive.
  
  

Jasmine

• Jasmine is native to many areas around the world. South African, Italian and Arabian are three varieties of this widespread vine, which climbs by twining stems. Not all types produce fragrant flowers, but when they do, it's hard to miss their far-reaching sweet perfume. The flowers' appearance vary, from the summer-blooming white blossoms of the South African vine to the fragrant bright yellow flowers you see on Italian jasmine, and the white Arabian blossoms used in Hawaiian leis. Although jasmine survives poor soil conditions, it produces more flowers in sunny locations where the ground is rich with organic matter.
  
  

Trumpet Creeper

• According to the University of Missouri Extension Service, trumpet creeper is a "rampant grower". The vine self-sows from its seed capsules and can spread out quickly if you don't pull the new seedlings. This vine produces clusters of showy orange to red flowers that look like flaring trumpets. They bloom halfway through summer and into fall. Unless the ground is barren, trumpet creepers won't need fertilizing, just sun, water and protection from strong winds.
  
  

Morning Glory

• Even though morning glory vines might grow as weeds in some areas, the University of Arkansas Extension Service encourages you to consider them for your garden. This vine is available in different cultivars, each producing showy blooms that vary from blue to lavender, pink, white and magenta. The fully developed flowers can also be as small as 2 inches and as large as 5 inches. Depending on the variety, they will open first thing in the morning or not until the end of the day. Morning glories produce the most blooms in sunny areas, but they also thrive in partial shade in soil that isn't too rich.