Periploca graeca
     
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common name: |
Silk Vine |
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decoration form: |
leaves, flowers |
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flowering months: |
VI-VIII |
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is evergreen: |
no |
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plants height: |
10 m |
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annual growth: |
1-2 m |
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aspect: |
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frost hardiness: |
zones 5-9 |
A vigorous, twining climber, reaching 10m (1-2m of annual growth) on a suitable support. Leaves lanceolate, glossy, dark green, turning yellow in autumn. Flowers small, brownish-purple, borne in cymes from June to August. Performs well in moderate soils.
Suitable for growing on pergolas, gates, fences or old tree trunks. Particularly useful in full sun.
Pruning: when needed. In March-April prune back all stems that are dead, superfluously tangled or suppressing the growth of other plants.
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