Plant Habit: | Vine |
Life cycle: | Perennial |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade Partial or Dappled Shade |
Water Preferences: | Mesic |
Soil pH Preferences: | Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) Neutral (6.6 – 7.3) |
Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 5b -26.1 °C (-15 °F) to -23.3 °C (-10 °F) |
Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 8b |
Plant Height: | 15 feet climber |
Plant Spread: | 15 feet sprawler |
Leaves: | Good fall color Deciduous Other: Tri-lobed leaves turn an attractive yellow shade in autumn. |
Fruit: | Showy Edible to birds Other: Deep purple |
Fruiting Time: | Late summer or early fall Fall |
Flowers: | Showy |
Flower Color: | Green Other: Green - greenish-yellow (small flower) |
Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
Flower Time: | Late spring or early summer Summer Late summer or early fall |
Underground structures: | Taproot |
Uses: | Will Naturalize |
Wildlife Attractant: | Birds Butterflies |
Resistances: | Deer Resistant Humidity tolerant |
Propagation: Seeds: | Other info: dark brown seeds |
Propagation: Other methods: | Division |
Miscellaneous: | Endangered: in Pennsylvania but considered weedy in some areas of the South |