Virginia Creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefoliaVirginia Creeper is a vine native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 40 ft tall and 10 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water, and handles caliche and clay soil. Blooms white and green in late spring. Good for birds.
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From our guide
Village of the HillsFast climbing vine with five-part leaves turning brilliant scarlet in fall, with dark berries.
Why it works here
Best red fall color of any vine here, thrives in shade, and birds take the fruit.
Watch out
Climbs by adhesive pads that mark masonry. Berries are toxic to people. Vigorous.
The facts
8 sources- Type
- Vine
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3+ hrs)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 40 ft
- Spread
- 10 ft
- Bloom
- Late Spring · white, green
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Soil
- Takes caliche and clay · recorded on clay, limestone, loam, moist, rocky, sand, well drained
- Deer
- Moderate — deer may browse it, especially new growth. Browsed within reach, unaffected above it.
- Wildlife
- Supports birds
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
3,974 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
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.
also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.