Fiveleaf Akebia or Chocolate Vine/Shirobana
Akebia quinata
Description
'Five Leaf Akebia', also known as Chocolate Vine is a fast growing woody, semi-evergreen vine that produces fragrant chocolate-purple or white flowers in summer and violet seed pods (about 4 inches) that split open in the fall. Great as a vine or a groundcover. Very adaptable; tolerates full sun to full shade and all types of soil conditions.
- Botanical Name
- Akebia quinata
- Height
- 20'
- Sun Exposure
- Full Sun Partial Sun Filtered Sun Afternoon Shade
- Soil Type
- Acidic Alkaline Saturated Well Draining
- Bloom Time
- Early Summer Mid Summer Late Summer
- Foliage Colors
- Dark Green