Smiles peeps,
We are finally enjoying some beautiful, sunny cooler days,
My garden is smaller, so I use a lot of vertical gardening, vines.
Today I want to share with you one of my most favorites.
Porcelain Berry Vine - it was originally grown around the 1870's as a bedding plant (originally from China). It is a very fast grower and easily fills my trellis during a summer. It can be considered aggressive, but I prune mine hard down to the ground each fall.
It is part of the grape family and the Latin name is Ampelopsis brevipedunculata
There are two main reasons to love this vine, its variegated leaves and the incredible fruit it produces.
The fruit is hard, and has the appearance of porcelain, and changes in color from white to a series of pastel shades of yellow: lilac, and green before finally turning a sky blue. All the colors can often be found oh a single
fruit cluster.
Such pretty colors, the fruit colors will change more as we head in to fall.
Birds, Bee and Butterflies are very attractive to this vine.
Just realize it is a beautiful vine, but it is aggressive in growth and can spread! It is easy to contain by hard pruning in late fall and pulling out new shoots sprouting for the fallen seeds.
OK, got to go, headed out to sit in my garden!
Wow, I've never seen that vine before, but then in FL we don't have a lot of what everyone has in other areas. I wonder if it could grow here. That fruit is amazing! It looks unreal. Is it possible to remove it and preserve the color? What great decorative uses it would seem it could have. So pretty! Love that you take time to enjoy your garden.
Liz
I have never seen this vine before ~ I just love the different shades of the fruit...so lovely!
What an interesting vine! I have a smallish garden as well, so look for vertical growers. The fact that it attracts birds and butterflies is really important to me, so I'm going to look around for this. I'll bet it's pretty in arrangements too.
Love the look of that vine! The colors and variegation is just beautiful!!!!
xoxo laurie
Your porcelain berry vine is just gorgeous, Cathy. I have one too, but mine is not as large as yours, and we are in a cooler climate, so mine is only just barely beginning to show some color in the berries. My vine shares a trellis with a 'Princess Diana' clematis, and some climbing roses. Our house has deep turquoise accent trim, and I am always on the lookout for turquoise-colored plants, and this vine is one of my favorites! I also like Cerinthe major 'Purpurescence' for its light turquoise foliage.