Origin
South America
Light
Full sun
Watering
Weekly
Care
Easy
Flowering
Flowering
Outdoor
Lierre
It changes shape as it ages: lobed leaves while it climbs, entire and flowering once it reaches the top.
Care Profile
A guide to ensuring your botanical companion thrives.
Origin
Europe
Light
Dappled shade
Watering
Weekly
Maintenance
Easy
Two plants in one
It climbs for years in its juvenile, lobed-leaf form, then, once it reaches the light, produces adult shoots with entire leaves that alone carry flowers and fruit.
Its autumn flowers feed the last insects of the year, and its black berries, toxic to us, see birds through the winter.
"It flowers only after reaching the top."
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Styling Tip 01
It clings without parasitising
Its clinging rootlets don't pierce sound masonry, but keep it off fragile render and away from gutters.
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Styling Tip 02
Shade suits it
Green forms accept deep shade; variegated ones need more light to hold their colours.
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Styling Tip 03
Take cuttings from adult wood
A cutting from an adult flowering shoot gives an upright shrub that will no longer climb.
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Origin
South America
Light
Full sun
Watering
Rarely
Care
Easy
Flowering
Flowering