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When you plan your garden for next summer, you may want to think vertically; with vines that is. Our Better Homes and Gardens expert tells us how.

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Audra Lowe: When you play in your garden for next summer, you might want to think vertically with vines, that is our garden expert shows us which annuals we don’t want to forget to plant this time around. Doug Jimerson: Hi, I’m Doug Jimerson of Better Homes and Gardens Magazine for quick color of privacy that can’t beat annual vines like this Morning Glory. Plant them in the spring and by mid summer, your arbors and trusses will be smothered with flowers. Like other annual vines, Morning Glories need a stay location at least six to eight hours of sun per day. This is an heirloom—will cover shed, truss, or arbor with bloom. Morning Glories get their name because they open their flowers in the morning then close them in the afternoon. Then the annual flower will die back after the first frost. They do over—it to recede and come back each year. Morning Glories come in a variety of colors and flower types like this stripe mix here. Black Eyed Susan vine or Thunbergia generally comes in yellow or orange. But this is a New Viride that has white flowers. It’s dense foliage in cherry blooms with black centers. This vine also does want hanged baskets or pots. It can grow 10 to 12 feet tall and full sun in the garden and the flowers stay open all day. The Mexican Flame Vine is an easy vine that loves hot, sunny conditions. It provides vivid orange flowers in the late summer that butterflies enjoy. It doesn’t climb as well as other vines, but loosing wide its way upward. Sometimes the foliage of annual vines, it’s just as pretty as the flowers. This is called Cup and Saucer vine. It clings to any structure you planted next to it. And by late summer, it develops you the purple or white hanged flowers that look like cup and saucers. Another easy annual vine that grows is Mandeville. This is the brand new variety called Crimson Parasol. The big difference with Mandeville is that you start Mandeville from plants as supposed to seeds. You can bring it into your home over winter and then return to your garden on a spring. Otherwise, it will die back in the fall with Mandeville vines. Hyacinth Bean Vine is a vigorous annual vine that has beautiful purple foliage and blue flowers on the late summer. They also produce these purple pods with bean seeds on them, so you get beautiful flowers and gorgeous pods. Scarlet Runner Bean is an edible ornamental annual vine. It can grow up to be eight feet tall with red flowers and pods of delicious beans. It’s a nice combination of beauty and practicality. When you will play in your garden, think vertically. Annual vines are snap to grow and they’ll frame your garden with flowers, all summer long. I’m Doug Jimerson, for Better. Audra Lowe: And if you want to check out more tips on perfecting your garden, all you have to do is pick up a copy of Better Homes and Gardens magazine which is in stores now.