Parthenocissus henryana

Is anyone growing this? It sure is pretty.
Larry

I'll admit it--I was curious and unfamiliar with it. If you have it, post a pic in the PlantFiles...there is none there. =)
Debbie

Parthenocissus is Virginia Creeper. The synonymn Vitis henryana would make it a grape. I don't have it yet.
http://www.turning-earth.co.uk/photos/picpage_parth_henry.htm

Yep its everywhere here.
Nice but covers the whole house in a few years. Really good autumn colours

I have it everywhere here, too. It's growing wild & I do mean everywhere!:-)) The only problem that I have with it is that the poison ivy grows in it. I would like to keep the Va. Creeper, but I need to get rid of the PI. At the moment I have been trying to pull the Pi by hand w/o getting the Creeper....UGHHH. It's not easy, but I am a persistant soul.:-))

Do you have the real Virginia Creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia or Parthenocissus henryana?
15% of the population is not allergic to PI. The individuals in the 15% changes from year to year. Last I know I can tolerate it for a half hour. I did not start pulling PI. It was mixed in. I washed very well and only had a little rash well up the arm.
Have you ever seen a Cashew in a shell? It is a relative.

Why don't we have interesting plants like poison ivy???

I have the quinquefolia.

I am allergic to PI, but I wear extra clothing, kevlar gloves, & glasses. When it starts to choke me up is when I quit. I strip when I come in the back door, put the clothes in the washer (cold water) & then go wash me in cold water. After about an hour or so I can breath easier, but I don't go back to it for a few more days.

I have never seen the Cashew. Do you have a pic?

Joey

Hey that sounds cool. Can i grow poison ivy here? If so does anyone have poison ivy seeds?

Google Image for cashew shell has a lot of pictures. They are apparently burried in a lot of text.
Center for Disease Control
occupaional dermatoses:
www.cdc.gov/niosh/ocderm27.html

Don't dare, Mike. The world could deal with less Toxicodendron. Can you not entertain yourself walking into a hedge of Gorse/Furze?

haha now thats just cruel!

That's it.....I'm sending you some.....be back in a bit, going to look up Mikes address in the exchange......

Come take a hike in the west and you will know how cruel cruel can be if you tumble over a spot of it, if you've not had the pleasure! Oddly enough, I think I'm somewhat immune to the silly stuff.

So am I, James. I truly believe I could roll in it and not be affected much. Now, I have a daughter....who breaks out if she is even close to it, she doesnt even have to touch it!

Ewww! That cashew oil seems nasty!

As far as PI goes, MIke ~ you may have all of mine (truely).:-)) I hate the stuff...I know that the birds like it, but between my brother & myself, we feed the birds well.

I once pounced through a great patch of the stuff in Illinois to look at an Arisaema and realized where I was. In shorts. No problem. But in dryer and poorer soils, (like western riparian areas) I bet it is much more nasty, I'm not going to rub with some here in the name of science. Yet.

You're a lucky fella :) There is one pine here that I dread tackling. The leaves are as big as the leaves on my hosta's.! The vine is a good inch thick. I am really dreading it...

I wish that I didn't have to worry about getting it. I would have already ripped it off of the tree.

Don't pet the dog or cat. It doesn't bother them.

I found that out already. Jack just sits in the stuff.

Attack it in winter when it hasn't any leaves?

I may have to do just that. That's when I work on all of that greenbrier that I have & that stuff is a total headache!

I did find a spray solution recipe that I can mix to put on it...I may try that first. The directions says that it takes two applications, and at this point I am willing to try anything, within reason.

Whats the latin name for poison ivy. I really have never heard of it. Do you guys have ground elder and bindweed?
What about stinging nettles???
There must be some nasty weeds out there think we should have a competition for the hardest most violent weed!

Toxicodendron, mate
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/1629/index.html

Everyone has the most violet weed. By bindweed, do you mean Convolvulus arvensis? Or the bigger one? Look at PlantFiles and you will find a trail of complaints wherever a weed goes.

Mind, you the folks down south (with their Kudzu) by all means take the cake for worst weed.

Poison Ivy was moved from genus Rhus to its own. I think the cashew was also moved from Rhus to its own genus Anacardium.
TN license plates should be changed to read 'Kudzu State'.

I certainly feel for the folks that have that stuff! I have an aunt that lives in SC & it's terrible. I hope it never creeps this far north! :>)) My luck it will & get here about the year I finally get rid of the PI! (LOL)

Maybe you can get a job in a plant that makes (cashew shell) brake linings. Then you won't have to wait.

EWWWW!!!:-)) I worked in a plant for 20 years!...Please don't get me started...From now on I hope to work in the great outdoors.:))