Morning glory would work very well. In many regions certain varieties can be aggressive and have even been banned. Other options are Hyacinth Bean, Sweet Peas, Scarlet Runner Beans, and I can't think of any more right now. Good luck.

Martha

Since it's a vegetable garden something edible would fit nicely. Runner beans, some other pole bean, cucumbers? Maybe Thunbergia alata or Cobaea scandens if edible is not required.

I have a cattle panel arch as an entrance to my veg garden. Last year I had cucumbers on it, plus two morning glories. I ended up having to cut back the morning glories pretty aggressively in late summer, as they were strangling the cukes. This year I am planning on putting in grapes.

Nasturtiums 'Tall Climbing Mix' from Pinetree Seeds. All the nasturtiums here were planted on the left side, were trained up and over to about 2 feet from the bottom of the other side before I trained them back up again. Now, that was a particularly good year, but even in bad years they grow up one side and a foot or two down the other side.

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tj

What a gorgeous garden photo! I'm also trying dahlias for the first time this year and you have inspired me - your entrance is very beautiful.

I never heard off climbing nasturtiums before, and I love nasturtiums. I've ordered some morning glory seeds from an online auction, but I am also going to get the climbing nasturtiums for another arch - so beautiful, thanks for the idea!

Hi coatfetish - notice that tsugajunkie said the nasturtiums were trained to go over the arch. Thy are not really climbers, more scramblers, and they may need some guidance and a bit of tying in. The foliage can weigh a ton, especially when wet and the whole lot can blow off if not given a bit of help.

Glad you liked it coatfetish. Flora is right. Although they are named "climbing", I weave the nasturtiums in and out of the lattice and tie them loosely at the top of the arch before training them down the other side.

The flowers are a favorite treat for my wife and I as well as for hummingbirds and hummingbird moths.

tj

Last year we ran Black Eyed Susie Vine and and some plant with bright red trumpet shaped flowers up a large trellisy thing.

They filled in beautifully.

At the end of the year we just pulled them out and put them in the brush pile. This year we are putting pole beans in the same place.

climbing nasturtiums

I've picked up some "milkmaid" climbing nasturtium the past two years. Sold at Lowes. They never have done well in sun. More so in cooler and shadier areas.

Thanks for all the info, I found some trailing nasturtiums on an action site, but they are so expensive for 5 or so seeds. Haven't found any trailing nasturtium in the stores yet, but I will keep looking. I still love how it looks in your garden, tsugajunkie, so I'll cough up the dough next year if I have to - lol.
Thanks everyone!

Something's wrong if you are being quoted high prices for trailing Nasturtiums. Are you looking for a particular colour or variety? They're around 3 dollars for 35 mixed colour seeds here in the local DIY place.

Here is a link that might be useful: Johnnies Nasturtiums

Pintree Seeds has 30 seeds for $1.35.

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At the link.

tj

Here is a link that might be useful: Climbing Nasturtiums