Akebia Quinata

* The fruit has a delicate flavour and a soft juicy texture. The flavour can be enhanced by the addition of a little lemon juice. * Valued more as a novelty, the fruit looks somewhat like a deep-purple coloured sausage.

The spicy scented white flowers are born in early spring on this vigorous, semi-evergreen to deciduous vine. Akebia has the potential to be invasive in some regions, particularly the eastern US, please plant and dispose of plant parts responsibly.

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Akebia has the potential to be invasive in some regions, particularly the eastern US, please plant and dispose of plant parts responsibly. Rosea is an uncommon selection of the Five-Leaf Akebia sporting spicily scented, pink to lavender flowers which...

Clusters of maroon to purple, lightly fragrant flowers are produced in early spring among the newly emerging purple tinged foliage. It can tolerate full sun to filtered shade and periodically moist to periodically dry soils equally well.The flowers may...

The quick chocolate vine growth rate has a tendency to dominate the landscape and can easily overpower smaller plants. Start seeds indoors 6 weeks before the last expected frost.off in a protected area for at least a week before planting them in the ground.When...

Though it may not look fig-like, climbing fig (Ficus pumila or Ficus repens, USDA zones 9 through 11) is a member of the fig family that features heart-shaped leaves. Reaching up to 20 feet, swamp jessamine blooms in both spring and fall.

It quickly becomes a thick, tangled mass that overwhelms and chokes out neighboring plants.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1"); });Managing Akebia chocolate vines is difficult because of how tough they are and...

Expect it to reach 15 feet high and wide, and to remain hardy to temperatures of -25 degrees F. And if you have planted another Akebia nearby, in late summer and autumn the vine will bear oblong blue fruits 4 to 5 inches long, filled with tart pulp and...

Beautiful is bountiful when you blend form and function in your gardenscape with fruiting vines. “Be aware of how much sun your site receives—at least 6 hours daily is generally required to produce a good fruit crop, so make note of your sun exposure,”...

You just have to know a few certain tricks. Whether you love them or hate them, Wisterias can be a beautiful addition to your perennial garden. Grape vines climb using tendrils which attack to trellises or arbors easily.