Deciduous, good fall color. Most well drained soils. Sun to Shade. This vigorous vine is grown for its foliage, which is lush and green in the summer and brilliant red in autumn. It grows best in partial sun or full shade, although fall color is more subdued if grown in shade.
Mature plants produce small black berries appreciated by birds in the winter.
It clings with aerial disks, so needs no trellis. You may see three leaves at the base of the stem or on immature plants, but follow the stem up and you'll see that this plant has five leaves, so you can be assured you haven't planted and tended a lovely stand of poison ivy. Blue flowers May-August. Sun to Part shade. This drought tolerant native will put up with heavy clay.