Virginia Creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Height: up to 50 ft
Bloom Time: May-July
Sunlight: Full Sun to Shade
Soil Moisture: Wet, Moist, Medium, Dry, Very Dry
Life Cycle: Perennial Vine

Virginia Creeper is a woody vine with compound leaves that consist of five leaflets. In fall, the green leaves turn a maroon color and a brilliant scarlet. This species is an important host plant for a variety of moth caterpillars. This includes multiple sphinx moths, like the showy Pandorus Sphinx. The blue/black berries are used by many birds as a food source, including woodpeckers, thrushes, titmice, and chickadees. Virginia Creeper thrives in a variety of soil moistures and in both sun in shade. As a vine, it should be given plenty of space to spread. Unlike non-native invasive vines, it does not wrap around the trunks of trees and strangle them.