Alamo Vine

Merremia dissecta

Hills guide picknative · Central Texas

Alamo Vine is a vine native to Central Texas that grows 12 ft tall and 10–12 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low to medium water, and handles caliche and clay soil. Blooms white in May–Nov. Good for butterflies.

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From our guide

Village of the Hills

Fast twining vine with deeply cut leaves and white flowers with red throats.

Why it works here

Quick summer cover for a fence with no irrigation.

Watch out

Vigorous to the point of weedy — do not plant it where it can reach a tree. Reseeds heavily.

The facts

6 sources

Type: Vine
Sun: Full sun to part shade (3+ hrs)
Water: Low to medium
Height: 12 ft
Spread: 10–12 ft
Bloom: May–Nov · white
Foliage: Deciduous
Soil: Takes caliche and clay · recorded on calcareous, caliche, clay, dry, limestone, loam, moist, sand, well drained
Deer: Moderate — deer may browse it, especially new growth. Some browsing on new growth.
Wildlife: Supports butterflies

Size, sun, water and foliage from the Village of the Hills guide; the rest resolved across sources.

Where it grows

Recorded in this EPA Level IV ecoregion in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:

Northern Blackland Prairie

Can you buy it?

In the Village of the Hills guide, but not on the grower stock lists we read yet. Ask a native-plant nursery.