Parthenocissus henryana

Parthenocissus henryana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Vitales
Family:	Vitaceae
Genus:	Parthenocissus
Species:	P. henryana
Binomial name
Parthenocissus henryana (Hemsl.) Diels & Gilg

Parthenocissus henryana (Chinese Virginia creeper and silver vein creeper) is related to the grape family and the most colourful of all Virginia creepers.^[1] It was named for the Irish botanist and plant collector Augustine Henry (1857-1930) who discovered the species on his tour in Central China in the 1880s. It was introduced in Great Britain by Ernest Henry Wilson in 1903. It has a more restrained growth than the other Virginia creepers.^[2] In China it grows on moist rocks, on heights of 100 to 1500 meters.^[3]

Description

Parthenocissus henryana grows five-lobed leaves showing silvery-white veinal variegation before they turn scarlet in autumn. Height: 9 meters. Spread: 3 meters^[4]

Cultivation

Silver Vein Creeper can grow on walls and trellising, in large pots, and as a groundcover on slopes. It is propagated from seeds or cuttings. Its flowering period is June to August.^[5]

Notes

1. ^ Carolyn Herriot, A Year on the Garden Path: A 52-Week Organic Gardening Guide 2006, p. 135
2. ^ Clive Lane, Plants for Small Spaces, 2005, p. 72
3. ^ (Hemsley) Graebner ex Diels & Gilg.
4. ^ Graham Rose, The Low Maintenance Garden, p. 71
5. ^ http://libcxy.blog.hexun.com/12303770_d.html