| Description | Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) is a ground cover or climbing native woody vine with palmate compound leaves. The tendrils have an adhesive disk-like holdfast. |
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| Pronunciation | (par-then-oh-SIS-us)(kwin-kwe-FO-li-ah) |
| Plant Type | Site author's observations, woody vines |
| Hardiness Zone | (3)4-9 |
| Sunlight | part sun, shade |
| Moisture | average to moist |
| Soil & Site | average to moist |
| Flowers | not showy, yellowish green cymes on terminal panicles, |
| Fruit | Forms a bluish-black berry, birds love (#1) |
| Leaves | 5 parted green, palmate compound, reds, purples crimson fall colors, adhesive tips on tendrils, leaflets listed as 3-5, I have seen 6 |
| Stems | vine |
| Dimensions | aggressive climbing or spreading over 50 feet |
| Maintenance | can be aggressive and may need annual pruning, will climb up trees, attaches to brick, mortar wood, etc. |
| Propagation | cold moist stratified seeds, cuttings |
| Native Site | Found in may parts of the United States. |
| Cultivar Origin | Introduced in 1622. Earliest American citation was in 1804 in Philadelphia. |
| Author's Notes | I have this growing in a old fence line by my house (zone #5). It is very fast growing and hardy. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #62-Manual of Climbers and Wall Plants (J K Burras, Mark Griffiths), #108-Restoring American Gardens (Denise Wiles Adams), #274-Site Authors' observations and growing experiences |
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