If you’re looking for some trailing plant choices to add greenery – maybe even a splash of flower color to your wall, here are 7 excellent options! These evergreen options will give all season coverage, providing interest, character and clothing even on the bleakest winter days!

Of course, there are plenty more trailing options than these (and that means more posts on this topic), but for now, here is a short post with several lovelies for you to consider. Enjoy!

1. Russelia equisetiformis

Russelia equisetiformis. Noe Valley, SF.

Russelia equisetiformis – Firecracker Plant (Figwort Family.) USDA Zones: 9 – 11. Weeping green fine textured leaveless stems make this an excellent for spilling over a wall. Clusters of scarlet tubular flowers (look like small firecrackers) provide reliable color spring through fall. Habit: Slender, rush-like stems start out erect, then fall over into long, showy cascades. Great for training on a trellis, accenting a border, or spilling out of a tall container. Semi-evergreen. Bloom: red + long bloom time. ‘Flamingo Park’ – has paler pink flowers. Size: 4-5′ h x 4-5’w. Exposure: Sun or shade. For best blooms, provide at least 4 hours sun. Growth rate: fast. Water: Medium.

2. Trailing Rosemary

Wall trailing Rosemary. Prostrate spreading habit. Bloom: spring to summer. Flower color: Blue. Hardy to 15 degrees F. Exposure: Sun.

3. Lotus berthelotii

Lotus berthelotii trailing without flowers. (winter) Size: 1′ x indefinite spread. Exposure: Sun to part shade. USDA Zone: 10-11. Water: Moderate.

Lotus berthelotti trailing and in flower

Same plant as above, but now with a profusion of scarlet colored pea-like flowers! (summer)

4. Lantana montevidensis

Lantana montevidensis – Purple Trailing Lantana. Note: Plant in frost free areas. Size: 2-3′ x 6 -8′. Bloom time: Ever-blooming. Exposure: Full sun. USDA 9-12.

5. Lantana camera ‘Radiation’

Lantana camera 'Radiation' trailing wall shrub

Lantana camera ‘Radiation’– Rich orange red ever-blooming flowers. Size: 3-5′ x 3-5′. Note: Plant in Frost Free Areas. Exposure: Full sun. USDA 9-12.

6. Pelargonium peltatum

Pelargonium peltatum trailing in Oakland, CA

Pelargonium peltatum ‘King of Balcon’ –Ivy Geranium, Rockridge, Oakland, CA. Everblooming. Semi hardy.

7. Glechoma hederacea ‘Variegata’

Glechoma hederacea ‘Variegata’‘ – Variegated trailer for a touch or plant in mass. Size: 5-6″ to indefinite spread. Plant is hardy. Exposure: Part to full shade. Bloom: spring to summer. Bloom color: light blue.