• A trellis can enhance the artistic appeal of your garden.Joey Kotfica/Creatas/Getty Images
  
  Whether the trellis in your garden is a simple wooden affair or a piece of angular modern art, the plants grown on it will enrich your overall landscape. Trellises provide support for vines, climbers and rambling plants. Use trellises to create a focal point in the yard, as strategically placed privacy screens, or to display the vibrant foliage, flowers and fruit of a plant you love.
  
  

Kiwi Fruit

• Bring edible landscaping into your garden with kiwi plants. Select a variety bred for cold hardiness in your climate. Kiwi plants require a substantial trellis with sturdy poles and cross-members. You need both a female and male plant in order to produce fruit; plant one at either end of the trellis to ensure fertilization. A high trellis allows for ease in picking the fruit when it ripens. Mature kiwi plants cover the trellis with rich green through the summer and autumnal red tones in the fall.
  
  

Clematis

• A white, arched trellis covered with clematis is a traditional feature for cottage gardens. The versatile clematis is equally appropriate in a formal garden; the plant's lush foliage and showy flowers soften the edges of a symmetrical trellis or one made of modern materials. Your choice of clematis varieties and blossom colors is vast. Pick from purples, reds, shades of pink or white to complement the color scheme in the area of your garden where the trellis is located.
  
  

Morning Glories

• Old-fashioned favorites, morning glories grow rapidly to cover a trellis and provide color from early summer until autumn frosts. Morning glory is an annual vine that thrives in sunny locations and tolerates poor soil conditions. Plant seeds directly in the ground at the base of your trellis in the spring, enjoy the pastel blossoms throughout the growing season, and remove the vines from the structure for winter.
  
  

Scarlet Runner Bean

• A vegetable plant that doubles as an unusual ornamental, scarlet runner beans are fast-growing annuals. The vines twine and climb up a trellis, fill out with an abundance of greenery, then put on a display of bright scarlet flowers in midsummer. Each flower stem can have up to 20 blossoms, all of which eventually fade, drop and are replaced with actual green beans. Pick the beans when they are still immature if you want to eat them fresh; the older beans are tough, stringy and generally unpalatable. Allow the pods to dry on the vine if you want to save the seeds for next season's planting.
  
  

Climbing Roses

• Position a trellis covered with climbing roses near your patio or seating area to capture the flowers' soft scents as you relax. Antique roses in particular bring both fragrance and muted colors to the garden. Ensure that the trellis is strong, firmly planted and set at a far enough distance from walls or other obstructions to allow good air circulation. Climbing roses require routine fertilization, pruning and spraying for insect pests; in exchange, a trellis covered with roses in full bloom is a bold accent in your garden design.