Vines are a group of plant that cannot stand erectly by themselves;they need to draw support from other plant or backstop to grow upwardly.Vines have many virtues,which are growing rapidly,needing land few,greening area largely,planting or managing easily.They are widely used in urban greening,especially in vertical greening.The urban vertical greening may divide into six forms:wall greening,column greening,fence greening,slope greening,pergola greening and roof greening.Vines' characteristics and application principles were summarized,and various selection and disposition technology of vines in different vertical greening were introduced.