Akebia
Akebia quinata is a fabulous vine. It grows similar to a honeysuckle, but without the fragrance. It has lovely little chocolate flowers that cluster in bells at the top of the new growth. It’s perfect for growing and mixing with clematis or roses. You can find this at most nurseries (even the dreaded homeless depot) and they grow like crazy. I buy them in one gallons since they grow so fast, and plant them against anything they can grasp.
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Botanically Belize
It is a great vine!
That’s a cool picture.
I sure wish they did well here. We get a tiny bit too much rain and frost for them in winter. I love Akebia though!!
I’m not sure I’ve ever seen this vine, how pretty!
I was just laughing out loud as I came across your blog. You are my kind of gardening gal. I was reading your tip of the moment and it reminded me of a gardening show I listened to this weekend. I live on the east coast and with the late blight catastrophe last summer there were a ton of calls about a way to discourage it from your garden. The Ed Smith said to make a tea our of worm castings and spray it on your tomato plants. Have you ever heard of this?
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