Question | Answer |
Fallopia aubertii
Silver Lace Vine | Alternate
leaves: simple, hastate, bright green, sparse foliage
Flowers: white, July - September
Fall color: yellow
Culture: adaptable, full sun - shade
Notes: twining, very vigorous, spreads by rhizomes |
Clematis terniflora
Sweetautumn Clematis | Opposite
Leaves: pinnate, 3-5 leaflets, entire, heart shaped
Stem: 12-18 ridges, straw colored
Flowers: small white, late Aug/early September
Fall color: weak yellow
culture: full sun - adaptable
Notes: east to grow, many flowers, twining |
Celatrus orbiculatus
Chinese Bittersweet | Alternate
Leaves: simple, rounded
Flowers: white (insig.), late May/early June
Fruit: axillary position, red
fall color: red
culture: adaptable
Notes: twining, very vigorous |
Clematis x jackmanii
Jackman Clematis | Opposite
Leaves: pinnate (mostly) sometimes simple, entire
Stem: 6 ridges, light brown
Flowers: white to purple (many colors) June
Fall color: insig.
Culture: good soil, full sun
Notes: twining, leaves twine also.great landscape plant, many cultivar |
Celastrus scandens
American Bittersweet | Alternate (native)
Leaves: simple, serrate
Flowers: white (insig.) late May/early June
Fruit: red, terminal
Fall color: yellow
Culture: full sun (adaptable)
Notes: very vigorous, will take over, twining |
Akebia quinata
Five Leaf Akebia | Alternate
Leaves: palmate
Flowers: purple, late March/early April
Fall color: yellow
Culture: sun/shade (adaptable)
Notes: twining, vigorous growth, insig. fruit, a few cultivars |
Ampelopsis brevipendunculata
Porcelain Ampelopsis | Alternate
Leaves: simple, 3 lobed, coarsely serrate
Flowers: white (insig) July - September
Fruit: berry, green > red > blue
Fall color: dark green (insig.)
Culture: full sun/part shade, average soil will adapt
notes: twining, fast growth, few culti |
Campsis radicans
Common Trumpetcreeper | Opposite (native)
Leaves: pinnate, 9-11 leaflets, serrate
Flowers: orange July-October
Fruit: pod
Fall color: yellow
Culture: very adaptable, grows anywhere
Notes: aerial rootlets at nodes, several cultivars |
Wisteria floribunda
Japanese Wisteria | Alternate
Leaves: pinnate, 13-19 leaflets, entire
Stem: twines clockwise, 2 spiney appendages at top of leaf scar, nodes far apart
Flowers: purple May
Fall color: yellow
Fruit: pod
Culture: full sun
Notes: very vigorous, root prune |
Rhus radicans
Poison Ivy | Alternate (native)
Leaves: trifolate, wavy, toothed, pointed
Flowers: white (insig)
Fruit: smooth white berries
Fall color: yellow/orange
Culture: anywhere
Notes: aerial rootlets |
Hedera helix
English Ivy | Alternate
Leaves: simple, entire, evergreen
Flowers: A. yellowish-green late June/early July
Fruit: A. following spring
Culture: better soil, full sun/shade adaptable
notes: ground cover (juv.) shrub (adult)
aerial rootlets at node |
Hydrangea anomala subsp. petiolaris
Climbing Hydrangea | Opposite
Leaves: long petiole, simple, serrate
stem: brown w/ peeling bark, large bulbous bulbs
Flowers: white late June/early July
Fall color: yellow
Culture: full sun/some shade, east wall, average soil
Notes: aerial rootlets at internodes, slow t |
Fallopia aubertii
Silver Lace Vine | Alternate
leaves: simple, hastate, bright green, sparse foliage
Flowers: white, July - September
Fall color: yellow
Culture: adaptable, full sun - shade
Notes: twining, very vigorous, spreads by rhizomes |
Clematis terniflora
Sweetautumn Clematis | Opposite
Leaves: pinnate, 3-5 leaflets, entire, heart shaped
Stem: 12-18 ridges, straw colored
Flowers: small white, late Aug/early September
Fall color: weak yellow
culture: full sun - adaptable
Notes: east to grow, many flowers, twining |
Celatrus orbiculatus
Chinese Bittersweet | Alternate
Leaves: simple, rounded
Flowers: white (insig.), late May/early June
Fruit: axillary position, red
fall color: red
culture: adaptable
Notes: twining, very vigorous |
Clematis x jackmanii
Jackman Clematis | Opposite
Leaves: pinnate (mostly) sometimes simple, entire
Stem: 6 ridges, light brown
Flowers: white to purple (many colors) June
Fall color: insig.
Culture: good soil, full sun
Notes: twining, leaves twine also.great landscape plant, many cultivar |
Celastrus scandens
American Bittersweet | Alternate (native)
Leaves: simple, serrate
Flowers: white (insig.) late May/early June
Fruit: red, terminal
Fall color: yellow
Culture: full sun (adaptable)
Notes: very vigorous, will take over, twining |
Akebia quinata
Five Leaf Akebia | Alternate
Leaves: palmate
Flowers: purple, late March/early April
Fall color: yellow
Culture: sun/shade (adaptable)
Notes: twining, vigorous growth, insig. fruit, a few cultivars |
Ampelopsis brevipendunculata
Porcelain Ampelopsis | Alternate
Leaves: simple, 3 lobed, coarsely serrate
Flowers: white (insig) July - September
Fruit: berry, green > red > blue
Fall color: dark green (insig.)
Culture: full sun/part shade, average soil will adapt
notes: twining, fast growth, few culti |
Campsis radicans
Common Trumpetcreeper | Opposite (native)
Leaves: pinnate, 9-11 leaflets, serrate
Flowers: orange July-October
Fruit: pod
Fall color: yellow
Culture: very adaptable, grows anywhere
Notes: aerial rootlets at nodes, several cultivars |
Wisteria floribunda
Japanese Wisteria | Alternate
Leaves: pinnate, 13-19 leaflets, entire
Stem: twines clockwise, 2 spiney appendages at top of leaf scar, nodes far apart
Flowers: purple May
Fall color: yellow
Fruit: pod
Culture: full sun
Notes: very vigorous, root prune |
Rhus radicans
Poison Ivy | Alternate (native)
Leaves: trifolate, wavy, toothed, pointed
Flowers: white (insig)
Fruit: smooth white berries
Fall color: yellow/orange
Culture: anywhere
Notes: aerial rootlets |
Hedera helix
English Ivy | Alternate
Leaves: simple, entire, evergreen
Flowers: A. yellowish-green late June/early July
Fruit: A. following spring
Culture: better soil, full sun/shade adaptable
notes: ground cover (juv.) shrub (adult)
aerial rootlets at node |
Hydrangea anomala subsp. petiolaris
Climbing Hydrangea | Opposite
Leaves: long petiole, simple, serrate
stem: brown w/ peeling bark, large bulbous bulbs
Flowers: white late June/early July
Fall color: yellow
Culture: full sun/some shade, east wall, average soil
Notes: aerial rootlets at internodes, slow t |
Lonicera japonica
Japanese Honeysuckle | Opposite
Leaves: simple, entire
Stem: pubescent
Flowers: white axillary June - November
Culture: everywhere, invasive
Notes: twining vine |
Lonicera sempervirens
Trumpet Honeysuckle | Opposite (native)
Leaves: elliptical, entire, end leaf fused
Flowers: red/orange, terminal, June - October
Fall color:
Culture: full sun, very adaptive
Notes: twining, new growth blooms, 12 cultivars |
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Virginia Creeper | Alternate (native)
Leaves: palmate, coarse serrate
Stem: knobby lenticels, dish leaf scar
Flowers: greenish (insig.) late May/early June
Fruit: berries
Fall color: red
Culture: adaptable. salt, pollution tolerant
Notes: aerial rootlets node, suctio |