journey11
Garden Master
My MIL gave me two of these starts off of her very large one last fall. They are doing great and have filled out so much since I got them. She bought the vine on sale many years ago and it didn't have a tag. I've scoured so many plant catalogs and I've never seen anything like it in any of them!
It is rather grape-like in most of it's characteristics. Some of the leaves will be varigated, some will be solid, all on the same plant. The older the specimen, the darker the cranberry color of the vine itself, much darker than mine pictured here. The leaves are also larger on an older specimen, but smaller than a grape vine, about 3" in width. It produces a blue grape-like cluster of berries (the berries on mine are just getting started) that as it ages turns to a really neat PEARL color, they look like clusters of little pearls. They are not edible, to my knowledge. The birds don't seem to care for them either. The japanese beetles LOVE the leaves of this plant and will chew it up quickly if you don't take care of them.
Anybody seen one of these before or know anything about it's propagation? I am thinking it should reproduce well from cuttings, although I haven't tried it yet since mine are so small. These came from seed. The seeds do not reproduce readily. It doesn't spread from the roots either. My MIL was only able to get about 8 starts to give away to her friends/family. I got TWO, so you know my MIL must really love me!!
It is rather grape-like in most of it's characteristics. Some of the leaves will be varigated, some will be solid, all on the same plant. The older the specimen, the darker the cranberry color of the vine itself, much darker than mine pictured here. The leaves are also larger on an older specimen, but smaller than a grape vine, about 3" in width. It produces a blue grape-like cluster of berries (the berries on mine are just getting started) that as it ages turns to a really neat PEARL color, they look like clusters of little pearls. They are not edible, to my knowledge. The birds don't seem to care for them either. The japanese beetles LOVE the leaves of this plant and will chew it up quickly if you don't take care of them.
Anybody seen one of these before or know anything about it's propagation? I am thinking it should reproduce well from cuttings, although I haven't tried it yet since mine are so small. These came from seed. The seeds do not reproduce readily. It doesn't spread from the roots either. My MIL was only able to get about 8 starts to give away to her friends/family. I got TWO, so you know my MIL must really love me!!
