Habitat

• native to China and Japan
• hardy to zone 4
• Special Note: This species has demonstrated an invasive tendency in Connecticut, meaning it may escape from cultivation and naturalize in minimally managed areas. For more information, Click Here.

Habit and Form

• a twining vine
• deciduous
• variable size, limited only by what is grows on
• fast growing
• medium texture

Summer Foliage

• simple, deciduous leaves
• alternate leaf arrangement
• orbicular leaves
• 2" to 5" long
• serrated leaf margins
• rich green leaf color

Autumn Foliage

• yellow fall color
• very showy

Flowers

• not showy

Fruit

• dehiscent capsules
• yellow seed color
• red aril around seeds
• very showy
• mature in September

Bark

• tan stems
• prominent lenticels

Culture

• full sun
• tolerant of most conditions
• prefers a structure to grown on

Landscape Use

• bank cover
• for fruiting effect
• for fall color

Liabilities

• weedy
• invasive
• will go on or over anything

ID Features

• small flowers held in racemes
• yellow capsuled fruit with red aril
• alternate leaf arrangement
• orbicular leaf shape
• serrated leaf margins
• globose buds
• brown bark with prominent lenticels
• vigorous twinning vine, no hold fasts

Propagation

• by seed

Cultivars/Varieties

Occasionally, nurseries will sell sexed plants of C. orbiculatus. 'Diana' is one such female, fruiting cultivar.