General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: Vine up to 30 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Taproot
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Will Naturalize
Edible Parts: Fruit
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Other info: This plant self seeds.
Propagation: Other methods: Stolons and runners

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Common names
  • Carolina Moonseed
  • Carolina Snailseed
  • Coralbead
  • Carolina Coralbead
  • Red Berried Moonseed
  • Carolina Red Berried Moonseed

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Location: Local fenceline
Date: 2016-09-14
Location: My yard in Arlington, Texas.
Date: Fall 2009
This vine very vigorous the birds eat the fruit.
Location: north central Texas
Date: 2018-10-29
Growing in the pasture
Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2020-09-25
Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2020-09-25
Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2020-09-25
Location: My yard in Arlington, Texas.
Date: Fall 2009
Looks pretty on a fence.
Comments:
  • Posted by farmerdill (Augusta Georgia - Zone 8a) on Sep 25, 2020 12:49 PM concerning plant:
    While this plant can be attractive in some settings, It is extremely difficult to control. It sends out underground runners that travel in excess of 30 feet at a 1 to 3 inch depth. New vines emerge at intervals along these long roots. It laughs at most vegetation and brush killers including RoundUp. Much more difficult to control than Kudzu

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