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Vines
Elegans Porcelain Berry Vine The Porcelain Berry Vine 'Elegans', 'Ampelopsis brevipendiculata ‘Elegans’, is an elegant vine and is densely covered in small leaves delicately splashed with pink and white. A very pretty accent plant. In the autumn, the foliage turns light yellow. The colorful pea-sized berries in the fall change from lavender to turquoise to metallic blue, and finally to black.
Japanese Honeysuckle Halliana Japanese Honeysuckle 'Halliana', Lonicera japonica 'Halliana', is the most commonly seen Honeysuckle and is also known as Hall's Honeysuckle. It produces rampant growth capable of engulfing wire or chain-link fences in just a couple of seasons. It is also a reliable, fragrant evergreen vine for a shade arbor. Honeysuckle can be cut nearly to the ground in late winter/early spring when it becomes too big; new shoots emerge and growth resumes in the spring. A country-garden standby often trained onto dilapidated outbuildings or into the branches of dead trees. Be aware that is can be quite invasive.
Trumpet Creeper It is also known as the Trumpet Vine and is a tough vine for hot and dry sites. The invasive nature of this plant makes it hard to get rid of but also very hardy. The abundant sprays of trumpet-shaped orange flowers cover this deciduous vine for an extra long bloom season. Trumpet Creepers are often grown with multiple trunks. This plant flowers best in a full sun location. The rapid growth makes it an excellent plant for covering fences or arbors.
Ivy English English Ivy is a strong growing, trailing variety that's great for baskets, containers, or as a groundcover. It is widely used by homewoners, hirticulturists, landscape contractors and others desiring a fast growing, low maintainence, evergreen cover. The dense growth and abundant leaves form a thick canopy just above the ground, and prevent sunlight from reaching other plants. The English Ivy, Hedera helix, is a classic, fan-shaped, silver green English Ivy from the Fall Magic collection.
Dropmore Scarlet Honeysuckle Vine Hummingbirds are always visiting this plant in our gardens. Easy to grow in fertile, well-drained soil. Dropmore Scarlet Honeysuckle Vines do best in at least a half day of full sun in consistently moist, organic soil. Be sure to give it a support to climb on right away or soon after it's planted. It has loads of fragrant scarlet-orange, tubular flowers from June to September.
Ivy Duckfoot Duckfoots have fast growing short internodes and a good self branching habit. Other uses are for groundcover indoors and terrariums. A nicely trailing variety that's especially good in baskets. The Duckfoot Vine, Hedera Helix, has small, matt, olive green, rounded, fan shaped leaves that look just like little duck feet.
Five Leaf Akebia Akebia has oval shaped foliage that starts purple and mature into a blue-green. Although flowers are unusual, they may appear in late March to early April and are fragrant. Because it is a rapid grower, one will need to cut back Akebia throughout the season and to the ground at the end of the summer.
Variegated Mountain Fleece The colorful heart-shaped leaves make this plant a favorite for cut foliage for flower arranging. As the leaves mature thay turn a marbled white and green with pink hilights and red stems.
Lemon Lace Vine It can climb up to 25’ and has small, creamy white flowers that cluster the golden foliage. The flowers can bloom twice, in late spring and early fall and are very fragrant.
Aunt Dee Wisteria The Wisteria 'Aunt Dee', 'Wisteria macrostachya 'Aunt Dee', produces showy clusters of light purple flowers in the spring. Aunt Dee needs support, such as a trellis, arbor or fence to grow and climb on. Aunt Dee blooms when very young.
Boston Ivy Boston Ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata, is also known as Cottage Ivy and Japanese Ivy.
Dutchmans Pipe Dutchman's Pipe, Aristolochia durior, is primarily grown for foliage.
Yellow Trumpet Creeper Trumpet Creepers flower best in a full sun location and it is a tough vine for hot and dry sites.
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