Is Grape a Climber or a Creeper?

To begin with, it’s important to distinguish between climbers and creepers:

• Climbers are plants with weak stems that need support, such as other plants, walls, or structures, to grow upward.
• Creepers also have weak stems, but instead of climbing, they spread along the ground, around other plants, or extend across surfaces.

The grapevine (grape plant) is an example of a stem-tendril climber. It grows upward with a cascading habit, producing new shoots every year. Depending on pruning techniques, grapevines can reach heights of up to 19 meters or more.

The leaves are heart-shaped or lobed, adding to the plant’s beauty, and its foliage generally lasts from April/May to October. Grapes appear in clusters, and the fruit color may vary—green, yellow, red, blue, or blue-black—depending on the variety.

From this, it is clear that the grapevine is a climber plant that grows upward while showing extensive, drooping growth.