Texas Gardening: Texas Native Plant Pictures ( Vines ), 1 by bettydee

bettydee wrote:
Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Virginia Creeper, Vitaceae (Grape) Family, Texas native. Blooms May to August

A 20 - 30 foot deciduous perennial vine. The palmately compound leaves are usually divided into 5 coursely serrated leaflets. The vine is vigorous and is grown for its foliage which turns brilliant red in autumn if grown in full sun. Slightly paler if grown in partial shade. Very small (2 - 3 mm long) yellow-green flowers borne in panicles. Small berries (6 - 9 mm) are bluish-black when ripe. Inedible to humans, but loved by birds. The vine climbs by arial disks. The leaves at the base of the vine and on immature vines may have 3 leaflets instead of 5.

For more information, see PlantFiles:
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/1695/index.html

This message was edited Jul 25, 2005 4:52 PM