| Description | A vigorous twining vine (scandent) that is prized for the yellow-orange fruit. |
|---|---|
| Plant Type | All Plants, Groundcovers and vines |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-8 |
| Sunlight | adapts to a variety of conditions, best fruit set is in full sun. |
| Moisture | average, moist |
| Soil & Site | average to poor |
| Flowers | The plants are dioecous having male and female flowers on separate plants. The flowers are yellowish white and not showy. Fruit is persistent orange/yellow, pea-sized, capsule with three valves and found on female plants. Both sexes of plant are needed to set fruit set. |
| Leaves | Leaves are alternate, simple and toothed. Foliage green in the summer and yellow in the fall. |
| Stems | A rambling, very aggressive twining vine., scandent |
| Dimensions | over 20 feet |
| Maintenance | cutting back to keep the plant within bounds |
| Propagation | seeds need to be stratified, softwood cuttings |
| Author's Notes | Although I have never planted this plant I drive past an old split rail fence that has been totally intertwined with it. I always look forward to the fall when the naked vines have the orange fruit. In one landscape I maintain, this plant is a nuisance. I cut out many feet of it each year. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #63-How to recognize Shrubs (Grimm) |
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