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I planted this in my garden about 15 years ago. It does occasionally throw up a seedling. It also is a Japanese beetle preferred food s...Read More
Have had the variegated version growing on the side of my garage for the past 15 years in Southern Ontario. No problems with it. Give it ...Read More
I'm one of the "lucky" ones who lives in a hot, dry, semi-arid location in Colorado. So I enjoy my ampelopsis vine which never spreads an...Read More
Like many plants this one displays different growing characteristics in different areas, so keep that in mind before listening to reports...Read More
It is illegal to buy, sell, transport, or plant this woody climber here in Massachusetts, because of the destruction it does in wild area...Read More
I would like to know can you graow porcelian berry in lousiana
I just moved back to Reading Pa after being gone for 16 yrs. I loved to go to the river and to the parks here. I have found this plant wh...Read More
DO NOT, I REPEAT DO NOT BUY THIS PLANT!!! And if you see your local nurseries selling it please notify them that it is a INVASIVE MONSTER...Read More
I guess everything is relative to where one lives. This plant is not invasive here. It's too dry.
We planted this vine about 10 yrs. ago, to give some privacy when neighbours put a deck on their 2nd storey. It is growing on a 10 x 20'...Read More
I'm astounded that this is sold commercially.
It is, by far, my worst enemy, variegated or not.
It can cover a shrub in a...Read More
I have not had a negative experience with my Porcelin Vine here in western NJ, maybe because of where it's planted, next to a tree. It's ...Read More
Porcelain berry is a weed of natural areas throughout the eastern US except the deep South. It is native to very cold regions of China, J...Read More
I live in La Crescenta, California, a foothill suburb of Los Angeles, Sunset Magazine zone 21, USDA zone 10, at 2500'.
T...Read More
Uh-oh. I've always admired these, and just bought one today- it was on sale and hard to resist and now that I'm checking your comments I...Read More
This plant volunteered in my backyard, along with a cedar! Birds must be spreading its seeds from somewhere else. At first, I loved the f...Read More
I've had this plant for 3 or 4 yrs. After reading this I am wondering when it is going to take over or if it hasn't by now do I not need...Read More
Hmm, seems like this vine is horror for many people and environments. For us here in Montana, this vine is well behaved although it does ...Read More
We discovered this plant on a trip to Salem, Oregon. It was growing in the garden of a beautifully restored Victorian known as the Deerwo...Read More
Zone 5a chicago, Illinois. I've had this for 4 years. It is not invasive in my yard. I did find that it attracted wasps so I moved it to ...Read More
This attractive vine has been, for me, a horror. I wish I had a picture of it consuming with a thick five-foot-deep mat) a whole littl...Read More
i live in zone 5a . i bought this plant 3 years ago at our local k mart. it has been very well behaved and i rarely have any babies from ...Read More
This plant rates right up there with kudzu, mile-a-minute and english ivy for annoying invasives. Yes, the berries are lovely, but I work...Read More
If anyone chooses to grow this plant, I still don't understand why they would buy it. It grows in every untended lot or cracked pavement...Read More
Some people think that a so-called invasive plant like porcelain berry is just not a problem if they themselves are going to plant it in ...Read More
We moved into our house 3 1/2 years ago. I let the plants in the yard do what they wanted the first year so I could see what existed bef...Read More
I love blue, so I am a sucker for this plant's beautiful berries. I have two of them, one in the sun and one in the shade. Both plants ...Read More
I may end up regretting having planted this and change my rating later, but right now the foliage is absolutely beautiful. I have it in ...Read More
Plant is very INVASIVE, once you have it chances are that it will take over any space where planted. Don't be astonished when it escape...Read More
My candidate for a very troublesome vine in zone 5a recently offered at garden centers:
Ampelopsis brevipedunculata 'Elega...Read More
I planted this in morning sun two years ago. It is good-looking and well-behaved. Plenty of berries, but no seedlings in my hard clay. It...Read More
Well-adapted to Oklahoma conditions. Prune it in the summer to keep it within the limits of its support system. No major pest problems....Read More
This robust vine's foliage is pretty. It grows rapidly and is ideal to cover a fence, arbor or other vertical space that needs filling. ...Read More
My neighbor has this vine growing and I've marveled at the variety of colors on the berries - very beautiful. Last year she had me cut a...Read More
I grow this vine in zone 5 in upstate NY near the Erie Canal. After six years the plant is well behaved in my garden despite the many bir...Read More
I am in zone 5-6 OH, it grows nicely here and is not totally invasive here. The berries are beautiful, the varigated foliage is a definit...Read More
I grew this beautiful vine on my arbor and had wonderful results. By the 4th or 5th year it was covering the arbor nicely and I never cu...Read More
I had this vine for several years (the variegated variety) and found even this one to be toooo agressive for my tastes! I dug it out bec...Read More
WARNING!!!!! Please, please don't plant this vine. It's not that showy anyway, the berries are somewhat pretty and are the only pretty pa...Read More