50-90cm Chocolate Vine | Akebia Quinata | 3L Pot
A fragrant Akebia featuring unusually-shaped, deep-maroon blooms
This Akebia Quinata 'Chocolate Vine', will bear deep-maroon blooms, that feature a cruciform-like shape. Each three petals will encircle a prominent stamen, resulting in an unusual silhouette that will trail beautifully around a trellis or pergola. Each flower is highly fragrant, where they will occasionally be followed by the emergence of purple fruits.
Characteristics
- Arrives as: In a 2.5L Pot on a 90cm Cane
- Approx. Growth Height and Spread: 4.5m x 9m
- Growth Rate: Fast
- Evergreen/ Deciduous: Evergreen
- AGM Award Winning: No
- Hardiness: Hardy
- Habit: Climbing
- Positionl: Full Sun
- Soil: Moist and Well Drained
- Height on Arrival: 50-90cm (1.5-3ft)
- Supplied as: 3L pot
Your climbing plant will be sent directly from our trusted grower, based in the heart of England. This means that you’ll receive a nursery fresh plant which was on the growing table one day and at your door the next. Our specialist nursery has spent decades perfecting the art of watering, feeding, and pruning climbing plants and will do so until hours before they are packed.
Packaging
Your climbing plant will be expertly packaged into a specially designed, extra thick cardboard box, which will hold it securely in place. It will then be delivered via a delicate courier network to prevent any chance of damage in transit.
Please note: where your plant is supplied with a pot, your plant's 'Height on Arrival' includes the pot
Requires support when freshly planted or young inorder to sustain a healthy growth and shape. Will develop a large spread which will require trimming. Major trimming is best left for winter during their dormant period but minor cuts can be made all year round.
Regular watering is required when first planted until the root system is established but then it will only require watering during very dry periods.
Advice on hot and droopy plants
If your plants are looking a little wilted right now, don’t worry! Plants like to be filled with water to keep their structure, and when it’s hot that water evaporates.
Just give them an off-schedule watering and they’ll be right as rain in no time! Be careful not to flood them - plants don’t like extremes.
- Hardiness: The climbing plants we stock will are well accustomed to colder environments, so they are perfectly suited to the UK’s weather.
- Soil: Soil types can be an unwelcome confusion as many plants will adapt to their conditions. Nonetheless, less than ideal conditions will certainly limit your plant’s growth. Waterlogged soils will starve it of oxygen, which plays a key role in photosynthesis; causing its roots to rot and creating an optimal environment for disease.
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| Deciduous Or Evergreen | Evergreen |
|---|---|
| Common Name | Chocolate Vine |
| Features | Climbing Plants For Shade, Evergreen Climbing Plants, Scented Climbing Plants |
| Flower Colour | Red |
| Flowering Month | March, April, May |
| Is Collection/Mix? | No |
| Needs Ericaceous Compost? | No |
| Type | Akebia |
| Foliage Colour | Green |
| Annual Rate Of Growth | 1m |
| Supplied As | 2L-3L Pot |
| Type | Climbing Plants |
| Latin Name | Akebia |
| Shop By Category | Climbing Plants |