Virginia Creeper

Description: Also called Woodbine, or American Ivy (Parthenocissus quinquefolia), the Virginia Creeper is a woody vine, in the grape ... more

Virginia Creeper ... family that climbs by means of disk-tipped tendrils. It is commonly found in eastern North America and is often grown as a covering vine for walls, fences, and trunks of large trees. Its fall colour ranges from yellow to red-purple. Several cultivated varieties, with smaller leaves and shorter tendrils, have been developed to provide denser coverage.

Newest Review: ... to grow and when the winter arrived it was about four feet tall. I had forgotten about it when it sprouted again in the ... more

... following spring. The first year it covered one end of my outhouse and from then onwards if has gone mad. The tendrils on this plant allow it to hold on quite tightly to any surface but I prefer to give it something to cling to. I bought some green garden wire and made a kind of criss-cross pattern on the wall by stringing the wire between a few nails. The leaves change colour during the summer and the vine produces some small white flowers which you would never notice unless you went in search of them. I have had...more

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	Virginia Creeper Release Date: 2004 - 03 - 01, Audio CD, Zoe Last Update 23.11.2009 05:46	£ 5.87
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Virginia Creeper: A Free Show of Fabulous Autumn Colours (329 words)
by - written on 06/10/09 (Very useful, 47 readings)
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I bought a Virginia Creeper about three years ago. It just looked like a stick with roots and I must admit that when I opened the packaging (it was via mail order) I was not happy. I really thought I had paid for a dead stick. Anyway, I planted it and just left it, not expecting it to do anything. This was in august. Within two weeks it had started to grow and when the winter arrived it was about four feet tall. I had forgotten about it when it sprouted again in the following spring. The first year it covered one end of my outhouse and from then onwards if has gone mad. The tendrils on this plant allow it to hold on quite tightly to any surface but ... Read the complete review

Verging on the Rampant (317 words)
by - written on 25/06/01 (Very useful, 2390 readings)
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I have a rather high fence down one side of my garden, and needed a climber to cover it. I decided against the unstoppable Russian Vine, and decided to try Parthenocissus quinquefolia aka Virginia Creeper instead. I had, of course, seen it growing up the walls of houses and watched it turn that beautiful shade of red in late autumn, and thought how lovely it would look growing along my fence. Was this a good choice? On balance, no I do not think it was, for three reasons:- 1)Yes, it looks pretty in the autumn when it turns red. This does not last very long, perhaps two weeks, then the leaves all fall off. Through the winter all you get to look at is the ... Read the complete review