Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Shrubs and Vines
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Akebia quinata
Family: Lardizabalaceae
Hardy vine to 20′. Chocolate Vine. China, Korea and Japan. Fast growing, deciduous, and ideal for covering trellises, pergolas or other structures. The compound leaves are tinged purplish when new and mature to a handsome blue-green. Rather showy, pendant racemes of vanilla-scented flowers with wide, purple to dark chocolate maroon sepals. The intriguing fruits are like fat, purple sausages, opening to reveal a white, pulpy interior with black seeds. Well-drained soil. Sun/partial shade. 3 & T1
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