Virginia Creeper |
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Attractive climbing deciduous vine with clusters of small whitish or greenish flowers from May through July, leaves 5-6" - divided into 5 parts (almost like a hand) which turn a beautiful red in the fall, tendrils on vines ending in clinging disks which will climb on anything, produces black to dark blue berries in July & August that persist into the fall, food plant for Eight-spotted Forester caterpillars (Alypia octomaculata ), dry to average soil, sun to shade, 9'+ long. This plant can be used very effectively as a ground cover!
Other common names: Woodbine
Zone 3-9
Deer Resistant
Native range: Florida to Texas & Mexico, north to se. Maine, s. New Hampshire, Vermont, sw. Quebec, New York, Indiana, Illinois & Minnesota - spread from cultivation elsewhere
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