| Description | A rapid growing, dense, trailing ground cover for the full sun to partial shaded areas. The leaves are green and change to plum-purple during the fall. |
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| Pronunciation | (you-ON-i-mus)(for-TUNE-ne-i) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Groundcovers and vines |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-8 |
| Sunlight | Grows in full sun to shaded areas. The middle range seems to be the preferred. In shade the plants will produce longer internodes and stretch. In full sun it benefits from a moisture site. The foliage will winter burn in full sun if there is a lack of snow cover, but the plant will easily recover by the end of the spring. |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Leaves | opposite, simple, lustrous dark green turning to plum purple and semi-evergreen to evergreen depending on the hardiness zone |
| Stems | trailing, can root wherever they touch the soil and can climb up structures attaching by adventitious roots |
| Roots | can form adventitious roots |
| Dimensions | A vigorous vine that can be somewhat invasive. Reaches 1/2 to 1 foot high, will trail over walls and climb up structures. Reported to reach 20 feet in length. |
| Maintenance | Many places mow or shear the plants low to create a close-cropped look. In mixed beds it will climb into and over shrubs and other plants. In these situations pruning the Purple Leaf Winter Creeper away from these plants will be required. |
| Propagation | stem cuttings |
| Cultivar Origin | Introduced in 1914. |
| Author's Notes | I have a planting of this at one of my gardens. Once established it can be a rapid grower. I have had a problem with Euonymus scale. I am trying to control this by constantly cutting out the infected area. |
| Notes & Reference | #68-Groundcovers for the Midwest (Voight, Hamilton,Giles) |
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