General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: Sprawling or climbing 50-70 feet
Leaves: Good fall color
Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Other: 3/8 inch dark blue-black berries on bright red stalks; each berry contains 4 seeds.
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Flower Color: Other: Greenish-yellow
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Groundcover
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Containers: Not suitable for containers

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Common names
  • Thicket Creeper
  • False Virginia Creeper
  • Grape Woodbine
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Parthenocissus inserta
  • Synonym: Parthenocissus vitacea

Photo Gallery
Location: Nationale Plantentuin (Meise - Brussel - Belgium)
Location: Canoga Park, California
Date: 2013-10-11
Good fall color, even in zone 10
Location: Nationale Plantentuin (Meise - Brussel - Belgium)

Credit NPS
Location: Tarlton
Date: 2018-05-27
Location: My garden, Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens in South Amana, IA
Date: Fall 2010
Location: Denver CO Metro
Date: 2009-06-02
Springtime Virginia Creeper
Location: Nationale Plantentuin (Meise - Brussel - Belgium)
Date: 2019-10-21
Location: Canoga Park, California
Date: 2012-09-12
Virginia creeper has five leaflets.  Poison ivy has three.
Location: Canoga Park, California
Date: 2009-10-15
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: Sep 26, 2011 11:37 AM
Fall Coloration

Credit NPS
Comments:
  • Posted by Bonehead (Planet Earth - Zone 8b) on Aug 17, 2019 2:37 PM concerning plant:
    P. vitacea differs from P. quinquefolia in growth habit. P. quinquefolia is often high climbing, whereas P. vitacea is more sprawly. P. vitacea has less branching tendrils and lacks adhesive discs. P. vitacea also produces flowers/fruit more regularly than P. quinquefolia.
  • Posted by Skiekitty (Denver Metro - Zone 5a) on Apr 14, 2014 11:13 AM concerning plant:
    Does not seem to want to grow very fast, but I have it in very poor soil and treat it xerically, so maybe that's why. Gorgeous fall foliage.

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