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Vine / Virginia Creeper

Virginia Creeper can be used in a number of ways, including up the side of a building, training on a large trellis or as a groundcover on a slope. In the carasol of pictures, it is shown growing up the back fence and covering the bird cage.

Features:

Insignificant flowers in summer followed by dark blue berries. Green foliage turning a beautiful crimson in the fall.

Companion Plants:

Friendly.

Care and Dead Heading:

Pruning to shape can be done anytime throughout the year. Thinning of overcrowded stems or a radical rejuvenation type pruning are normally done during the winter months.

Planting Instructions:

Virginia Creeper will grow in a variety of soils in sun or shade and is relatively fool proof. Dig a hole about twice the depth and width of the pot you are planting out of. Fill the bottom half of the hole with a mixture of good topsoil and well-rotted manure or compost. Place the root ball in the hole so that the old soil of the root ball is barely covered at ground level. There is no need to bury any stem. Backfill with a handful of bone meal mixed with topsoil.

Type:

Perennial

Zone:

3a -40F to -35F

Exposure:

Full sun to part shade

Blooms:

Mid summer

Toxic To:

Safe

Cautions:

No cautions

Soil Conditions:

Loose, well drained

Height:

Over 35 feet

Space:

20 inches