Here are our favorite ways to turn your garden into a blooming oasis with a trellis.
These landscaping stars can stabilize tall-growing plants and create uniquely whimsical sanctuaries smack dab in the middle of thegarden.
First, get the infrastructure in place, then set the stage with the right blooms.
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Add these 45 trellis ideas to your vision board and get ready for your garden to bloom.
These simple structures guide unruly plants (especially tomatoes) while adding vertical dimension to your garden.
Use them in your vegetable garden to train beans, cucumbers, squash, and melons on these structures.
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Thisclimbing roseis easy to grow and super tough, as it survived Hurricane Katrina.
Give it a support to grow on, full sun, and well-drained soil.
Carefree Clematis
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Clematis offers plenty of color options to suit your garden.
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Its blooms come in white, pink, red, blue, or purple.
No trellis is too tall for this vivacious climber.
It will creep along fences or up posts in your yard, offering a splash of color.
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It prefers full sun on its leaves andshadeon its roots.
Remember that the plants will need time to fill in the gaps in the trellis.
Pretty Patio
Frame your patio with a flourishing trellis.
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Relaxing outside has never been more serene.
The plants will provided shade and privacy, and if you choose flowering vines, yourpatiowill smell amazing too.
Rope In
This classic tomato trellis is all clean lines and simple squares.
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It’s a strong support system for a vertical growing plant and a wonderful addition to your veggie-forward garden.
It’s not just for tomatoes.
Use it for other garden climbers like cucumbers, squash, climbing beans, orsweet potato vines.
It’s great for growing things upward in a compact space.
Sweet and Seasonal
This trellis creates a space that’s ready for every season.
Add climbing vines like star jasmine orclimbing hydrangeafor a sweet scent.
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Garden Party
A trellis can help turn a patio into an outdoor room.
Create an intimate or romantic outdoor dining area by using thick plant cover on your overhead trellis.
Hanging lights from it adds to the mood too.
Barrier Wreath
Erect a trellis as a barrier to separate a cozy area of relaxation.
Keep it barren or add some life and soon, blooming climbing vines will be joining the party.
The arched window lets in light.
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A trellis in bloom is a wonderful way to designate a space for dining or relaxing garden-side.
Here, wisteria vines provide cover and shade for visitors to this outdoor nook that overlooks the garden.
We especially love this trellis because it is subtly interesting to the eye.
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It adds style while serving an important purpose in the vegetable garden.
you’re free to’t go wrong with this gorgeous, vibrant bloom that loves to climb high.
Annual pruning keeps them under control.
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Choose a bright flower likebougainvilleaas your climber and enjoy blooms from spring to fall.
When choosing what flowers to plant along your trellis, these are a glorious choice.
ensure the trellis used has supports thin enough for the vines to wrap around.
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Choose your most peppy and lively floral for this promising pairing.
Bright pink mandevillas make a good choice.
You’ll also find this tropical flowering vine in white, red, and yellow.
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Box It In
This expanse of trellises is wide-sweeping and prepared for a spectacular summertime show.
Soon, this space will be flush with columns of bright blooms.
The trellises will provide lots of vertical space for vegetables to grow.
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Painting your trellis a bold color is gorgeous and exciting alongside contrastingly bright florals.
Beauty meets function in this garden trellis.
Tall-growing bean vines like this one will make for a stunning and fruitful feature in the garden.
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Frame Containers
Place striking planters underneath your trellis to accentuate anycontainer garden.
A Rosy Resting Place
A trellis is just the thing to frame a garden-side resting place.
This hanging bench is cozy and whimsical thanks to a tall trellis bursting with pink flowers.
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Choose climbing roses that will offer blooms from summer through fall.
Since they don’t have tendrils or suckers, climbing roses need to be secured to a structure.
Add ivy andpotted hydrangeasfor a cottage vibe.
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Cover the shower head with a bright trellis and blossoming florals to distract from the eye-sore nozzle.
Create a Pathway
Tired of guests striding right on through your greenery?
Accentuate your pathway by framing it with a series of arched trellises.
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The wonderland this sequence of trellises creates is functional and appears out of a garden fantasy.
When in bloom, guests will want to hang out in this magical space.
It allows blossoming flowers to stand tall and set themselves apart from their budding peers.
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Over time, flora will blossom across it to create the perfect garden getaway.
Let your rock wall become an extension of your garden by allowingclimbing vinesto take hold.
Creeping fig is a fast-growing evergreen vine that offers color year-round and grows in almost any lighting conditions.
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This climbing rose pops against a neutral-colored entry.
This greenery uses abrick wallas its very own trellis and makes its way around white windows.
A rose-covered arch gives everyone a chance to make a grand entrance.
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Well-Groomed Trellis
This trellis with climbing greenery is so well-maintained that it resembles a hedge.
Luckily, it requires far less maintenance than aneedy hedgebecause of its structural trellis foundation.
It also transforms a basic parking area into a welcoming space.
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Mailbox Trellis
Your mailbox is a trellis waiting to happen, too.
Let tall flowering vinesclimb up your mailboxto impress passers-by and your favorite mail crew.
Choose from a variety of climbing plants, such as clematis, mandevilla, orpurple passionflower.
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Green Gates
In this garden haven, florals bloom beautifully atop deep green fencing.
Growing vines along the top add to the effect.
A Trellis Between Houses
Show some neighborly love by building something beautiful that you could both enjoy.
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A trellis between homes makes even the most simple pathways magical.
Brick Trellis
Brick and leafy vines are a match made in garden heaven.
Create your very own Eden by planting vines to embrace red brick walls in your garden.
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Choose a shade-loving plant like ivy for tucked-away spots.
Fenced-In Trellis
Start at the fenceand let the flowers take it from there.
Climbing hydrangea can reach 50 feet long at maturity, but it takes time to get going.
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Tent-Shaped Trellis
A towering trellis is the trick to this garden stunner.
Outdoor Room
Call it the green room.
A true outdoor room, this space is enclosed on all sides by living green walls.
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Vines grow up the columns of this lowerporchto merge indoor and outdoor spaces, creating a secluded hideaway.
Small Space Expansion
Even the smallest spaces have the potential to expand.
Thiskitchen gardenis practical and pretty thanks to a stylish trellis.
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Add a trellis to the garden to make room for plants that need a bit of extra space.
Bonus, it can be a focal point too.
Transform a pergola with anything from bright bougainvillea to sweet potato vine.
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Train vines or climbing flowers up the sides and watch them create an overhead garden.
The trellises sit slightly in front of the structure so the vines arent tempted to veer off.
Private Dining
Trellises act as walls to enclose this small patio.
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Leave them as is or allow plants to fill in the spaces.
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