Habitat

• native to western China and Russia
• 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 deciduous vine
• twining
• 25' to 35' long
• medium texture
• fast growth rate

Summer Foliage

• alternate leaf arrangement
• simple, deciduous leaves
• ovate
• 1.5" to 3.5" long
• hastate leaf base
• bright green leaf color
• reddish new growth

Autumn Foliage

• no fall color

Flowers

• greenish, white flowers borne in panicles
• fragrant
• 0.2" in diameter
• numerous
• blooms throughout summer

Fruit

• three sided achene
• pinkish
• not of ornamental importance

Bark

• not important ornamentally

Culture

• easily transplanted
• spreads by rhizomes
• full sun to shade

Landscape Use

• fast cover
• grows in sun or shade

Liabilities

• can become weedy in appearance
• Japanese beetle

ID Features

• a deciduous twining vine
• hastate leaf base
• greenish white flowers
• reddish new growth

Propagation

• by seed
• by cuttings
• by division

Cultivars/Varieties

• none