What plant is Boston ivy? A complete guide to understanding it
Boston ivy originates from China and is widely distributed throughout the country. It is a beautiful landscaping plant, a deciduous large liana of the Boston ivy genus in the grape family. It is mostly planted by courtyard walls, can be grown in pots, and can also be used for winemaking!
Other names for Boston ivy
Other names for Boston ivy include: climbing wall tiger, digeng, flying centipede, false grapevine, stone-binding dragon, maple vine, little bug lying grass, red silk grass, red kudzu, crawling mountain tiger, red grapevine, and more. It is also called "Bashan tiger" or "evergreen ivy".
Habits of Boston ivy
A deciduous large liana of the grape family, with branches and tendrils, and suckers at the tips, with a heart-shaped base and serrated edges.
It grows in a surrounding, closing form; the berries are spherical, mostly black, and grow among the short branches and leaves. The flowers are mostly small and yellow-green.
This vine is drought-tolerant, cold-tolerant, rarely short of water, and has extremely strong environmental adaptability. It mostly grows in moist, shady soil.
Its flowering period is in June of the hot summer, and its fruiting period is in late autumn. Seeds are collected in October, and it is propagated by cuttings, layering and sowing.
The flower meaning of Boston ivy
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