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Five-leaf Akebia
Five-leaf Akebia ‘Leucantha’ is often called the chocolate vine for its cocoa-colored pods. This is a semi-evergreen climber with rounded leaves composed of 5 entire leaflets notched at the tips, dark green above and blue-green below. They are tinged purple in winter. Spicy smelling brownish-purple flowers are produced in pendant racemes in early spring followed by fruit.
Soil:
Moist
Plant Shape:
Creeping
Exposure:
Full Sun
Partial Shade
Bloom Time:
May - June
Bloom Color:
White
Landscape Use:
Groundcover
Vine
Plant Type:
Vine
Hardiness Zone:
4 - 8