| Author's foreword | 2 |
| Getting Started | |
| Climbers and wall shrubs | 3 |
| Range of climbers | 4 |
| Climbers for all places | 6 |
| Seasonal displays | 8 |
| Looking After Climbers and Wall Shrubs | |
| Buying a climber or wall shrub | 10 |
| Supporting a climber | 12 |
| Pruning climbers and wall shrubs | 14 |
| Pruning climbing roses | 18 |
| Pruning rambling roses | 19 |
| Increasing climbers | 20 |
| Routine care of climbers and wall shrubs | 22 |
| A-Z of Climbers and Wall Shrubs | |
| Flowers | 24 |
| Climbing annuals | 32 |
| Attractive leaves | 34 |
| Autumn-coloured foliage | 36 |
| Seedheads, fruits and berries | 38 |
| A-Z of Climbing and Rambling Roses | |
| Climbing and rambling roses | 40 |
| Using Climbers and Wall Shrubs | |
| Covering walls | 48 |
| Dressing pergolas | 50 |
| Clothing arches and tunnels | 51 |
| Arbours | 52 |
| Free-standing screens | 53 |
| Clothing trees and tree stumps | 54 |
| Cottage-garden climbers | 55 |
| Climbers in containers | 56 |
| Fragrant climbers and wall shrubs | 58 |
| Fragrant climbing and rambling roses | 60 |
| Plant associations with climbers and wall shrubs | 62 |
| Plant associations with roses | 66 |
| Climbing and scrambling vegetables | 68 |
| Wall-trained fruit | 69 |
| Formal garden displays | 70 |
| Climbers as hedges | 72 |
| Climbers as ground cover | 73 |
| Small-garden climbers, wall shrubs and roses | 74 |
| Colour parade | 75 |
| Problems with climbers | 76 |
| Glossary | 78 |
| Index | 79 |