Botanical Name: Cissus rhombifolia
Common Name: Grape ivy
Type of Plant: dicot: vine
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape low, loose mounding habit – will grow up walls, fences, and trellises by means of tendrils to become a vine
Height 10-20'
Spread 10-20'
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoor partial sun or shade (full sun near coast)
Soil prefers well-draining loam – tolerates most
Hardiness some frost (zones 13, 15, 16, 21-24); prefers warm habitat
 
Morphology:
Leaves trifoliate, alternate (technically opposite, but one is modified into tendril), leaflets rhomboid, 2-4" long, toothed
Flowers tiny greenish white flowers in panicles
Fruit small purple drupe to 1/4" diameter
 
Propagation:
softwood/semihardwood cuttings, seed
 
Usage:
vine for soft foliage effects, hanging baskets, planters, low mounding filler or facer; sometimes used as a groundcover in subtropical or tropical landscapes
 
Landscape Care:
Watering regular – tolerates occasional
Fertilizing balanced as needed; correct chlorosis as required
Pruning selectively head back to maintain size
Pests/Diseases snails/slugs
Special Conditions/Other prefers a cool, moist root run but leaves will tolerate sun
 
Origin: Venezuela/Columbia
Family: Vitaceae

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