Genus: Parthenocissus

Thank you for your information, that's very helpful. Maybe I can keep it trimmed to the point where it won't get into the eaves, etc. and the thought about the long handled pruner is a good one. I read your bio and saw that you as well as many others are from the UK. I have a daughter who married a lovely man from Ingatestone in Essex 4 years ago and is living there now. The absolute highlight of my life was in 05 when I traveled over there to visit them. What a beautiful country you have. My husband and I plan to go next year as well. I love seeing all the gardens, it's so picturesque. It's such fun getting ideas from gardens in a totally different environment.

I planted a new one about 18 months ago and it has grown up about 14'. That's the rate of growth. I wouldn't worry too much about trying to prune it, the growth is soft and when it reaches the top of the wall, it can just flop over with pretty tendrils. I can't climb ladders either! My roses on the front of the house have to be cut back with a long-handled extending gadget - or they wouldn't get pruned at all. As to watering, I just watered it frequently for its first few months and not since then. it's tucked into a dry corner and copes well there.

Thanks for the info. My husband has stated that he won't be the one to keep it in check and I have an aversion to heights, so from what you've said, I am afraid to try it as our house has three levels. Someone on the websight had said that it didn't run as rampant as the more common one but I have no idea how quickly either of them grow. Perhaps I should try it on a fence or some other way before putting it on the house. Again, thanks for your thoughts.

Virginia creeper does not have self clinging tendrils so therefore requires support to climb. Usually done by wires, as it establishes the main stems begin to cling to brickwork .So left unchecked it will eventually provide itself with support to climb.

The variety you mention is lovely with marbled veins of white through green leaves that change in autumn.Also known as Chinese creeper doesnt mind shade but prefers a sheltered position as all varieties shed leaves so the windier the site the quicker they lose them.

If you decide on be ruthless with the pruning to the height you happy with as can get to a height and under eaves. Brickwork not the problem a head for heights is if left unchecked.

I will have to look for it...thank you again...!

I always think a climbing hydrangea (h.petiolaris) looks good on a North wall with a creeper growing around and through it

All right I finally have a plan for that wall...wonderful...than you!

They are excellent for a North facing wall. North-west sounds ideal as the late afternoon sun should be enough to turn them red in the Autumn

I need to find a wall to start some Virginia Creeper on..what is the best face for it...I have a north west facing wall that might work, but it does not get a whole lot of sun except for in the afternoon...

I wouldn't be suprised if mine started turning tomorrow, we have our first local frost forecast for tonight.

I have a climbing rose on one side of mine and a rambling rose on the other, but this year it has been the bindweed that has made most use of the arch :-(

I think this one must be related to mine,
it is rather reluctant to change colour. :-)

Amy, it should grow in any soil.
It does require good drainage though so if you try again just add a couple of handfuls of horticultural grit into the bottom of the hole before planting.
Now is a good time, it would give the roots a few months to establish before it takes off again in the Spring.

no problem mate you scratch my back etc

Wow, I just love that color, so very beautiful.
I wonder if they would grow in Washington State, I think I will look them up.

beautiful colour

Lovely leaf colour.

Thanks

oops i already have the normal virginia creeper and this one.there starting to look stunning now in there autum colours.if you want a new one you just let a new shoot lay on the soil in a pot with the help of a stone .eventualy it will put roots down.when established you just cut it from the parent plant

wow that is lovley .i want one.it looks healthy enough to me.most plants take a year or so to settle in before they start growing leaves.they get there root system working first.lots of plants dont like being moved.very un natural realy if you think about it.i got a fern planted it etc.it looked lovley for about a week but totaly died down..i was just about to pull it out and when i realised it had new shoots .i hope ive helped take care bye for now
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very colourful

Wonderful.

Gorgeous - think I hate you x Everywhere you point that camera in your garden another lovely shot ...sigh

Thank you.

Beautiful, Beautiful ,Beautiful

your garden is fantastic looking Spritz

Mine hasn't started colouring yet...it had a set back earlier in the season with a beetle's larvae chewing it naked...but has come back even fuller than before with lots of lovely berries...

Lovely..., I came see autumn is already in the air where you live ! I don't know about you..., but I 'm not ready to give my gardening up just yet !

Lovely colours

beautiful

beautiful colours on this leaf

I love it when it turns red , I,ve tried to grow it twice here , it,s died both times , I dont think it likes our soil :o(

Superb colour. I planted 6 of these at the top of my bank hoping they would grow and cover the fencing but they don't appear very happy there. Only one has a lot of leaves otherwise the rest are so slow and spindly I don't know what to do. Do they need netting over the fence or will they cling on to a sparred fence?

The leaves of the Whitebeam are turning brown but the Virginia Creeper is still very green and romping up the wall of the house ..... must catch it before it gets beyond my reach !

There are little signs of it too here Chris.

We had the same thought today!

Lovely garden :-)

Your garden looks so neat.

Beautiful garden !

I like Boston Ivy :)

Another photo that displays the magnificent array of colour to be found in a garden.

You soon discover that pink isn't just pink, green isn't just green.

x

Again- the colour is lovely here- although I'm not sure what this is? Boston Ivy....of course!

Gorgeous..!!!

Fantastic way to display this vine..! I love it's fall color.

I love Virginia Creeper, but it tends to be too invasive here (Southern USA). Our warm climate and humidity make it very vigorous. Yours is beautiful.

Hi Peter- this is pretty much its autumn colour- this leaf has gone over prematurely.I'll post more pics as the change.

Thanks for that Mike. Looking forward to next year now :) Sorry if I'm making lots of comments lol but my fingers tend to run away from me!!

Fantastic colour on this, does it turn this pink towards autumn?

Hi Maple, thanks for all your comments! I recently took some virginia creeper down to make way for an extention and it hadn't done any damage (although it hadn't been up long).It certainly doesn't cling as tightly as ivy. I'm sure you could grow it over a frame- or even through other shrubs.
best wishes, Mike

I would love some Virginia creeper but since we don't own the property would need to know if it's damaging to brickwork? Or can you grow it over a wire framework?