Akebia Species, Chocolate Vine, Three-Leaf Chocolate Vine

Well behaved and moderate growing vine to about 20 feet (mine grows in light shade under high deciduous trees). Leaflets are larger and m...Read Moreore attractive with some shade, and have a tropical look. Looks attractive all summer without supplemental watering. Recovers quickly after heavy pruning and does not spread aggressively like Akebia quinata. Deciduous in the Seattle area.

Can be pretty invasive. I ended up taking it out.

I have one growing in a semi-shaded area on a lattice fence. Deciduous here, but bare branches (big, twining and woody) don't look scruf...Read Morefy like a clematis. Combine nicely with a clematis. Flowers only very faintly scented. Hard to notice from a distance, but striking up close. Leaves a light green color, some on new growth is tinted with red veining; very attractive foliage both up close and from distance. Branches twine around the lattice and themselves. Akebia quinata is reported invasive and destructive to natural forested habitatis...Since they are so closely related, I would be careful not to let it escape. If the sauge-shaped fruits develop, I would pick them (and eat?) to keep the seeds from spreading. One site reports "When planted with another specie of Akebia cross pollination will occur which is needed to develop the sausage - like 4"-5" fruits."

Akebia trifoliata THREE-FINGER AKEBIA SEG (z5) (Fra)
"An elegant climber"(Hillier) with large 3-parted leaves, dark-purple flower...Read Mores and pale violet sausage-shaped fruits. Sun-PSh/Med.moisture