Vine ID?

patsue53 · Post by **patsue53** » Sep 27, 2005 2:04 am

This vine was growing up a trellis on the back porch of a nursery I visited in MO. The leaves are heavy substance and the vine itself is quite dense. It's very pretty. I couldn't find a label on it and noone was nearby to ask.
I know my brilliant forum friends will have an answer for me!

lazygardner · Post by **lazygardner** » Sep 27, 2005 3:53 am

I tried my gardening partners here at work but the best suggestion I got was 'kudzu'. When I googled kudzu it looks like the flowers are different, and maybe the leaf shape too.

Old earth dog · Post by **Old earth dog** » Sep 27, 2005 10:55 pm

Possibly Crimsion glory vine. Although the leaf veins don't look quite right, the leaf shape, flowers, and berries are close.It gets a bright red, fall color.

viktoria · Post by **viktoria** » Sep 28, 2005 7:14 am

How about that Malabar spinach?

patsue53 · Post by **patsue53** » Sep 28, 2005 5:54 pm

oooooo, Victoria! I think you might be onto something. I did an image search on google. this looks awfully close to what we saw. Spinach on a vine! Who knew??
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Primroselane · Post by **Primroselane** » Sep 28, 2005 10:31 pm

We have it growing at our local Macomb Farmers Market and it is really a cool looking vine, kinda reminds me of the Hyancynth Vine

Old earth dog · Post by **Old earth dog** » Sep 28, 2005 10:47 pm

Never even heard of that one. Nice call Victoria!