Virginia Creeper vs Purple Leaf Sand Cherry - TreeTime.ca

Virginia Creeper vs Purple Leaf Sand Cherry

Prunus x cistena

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

CUSTOM GROW

COMING SOON

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Purple Leaf Sand Cherry
Virginia Creeper

Purple Leaf Sand Cherry provides bright reddish-purple leaves that turn bronze-green in the fall. In the spring, tiny flowers with a pinkish white hue bloom. The flowers are small, but the impact comes from the shrub blossoming all at once.

The Purple leaf sand cherry can be susceptible to pests and diseases in more humid areas; a typical life span is approximately 15 years. Not suitable for a privacy hedge on its own but is often alternated with lilacs. Often used as an accent plant that attracts birds and bees.

Virginia Creeper is a fast-growing, climbing vine. Its root-like tendrils attach themselves to any non-smooth surface, even brick, but will also grow as a ground cover.

Virginia Creeper makes a beautiful ornamental plant for your garden; its attractive foliage turns from green to deep red in the fall. Birds will love its red berries.

Purple Leaf Sand Cherry Quick Facts

Virginia Creeper Quick Facts

Zone: 3a
Zone: 3a
Height: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Height: 0.3 m (1.0 ft)
Spread: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Spread: 6 m (20 ft)
Light: any
Light: any
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: dry, normal
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: fast
Life span: short
Life span: medium
Suckering: low
Suckering: high

Toxicity: the leaves and seed are slightly toxic

Toxicity: berries are toxic
Foliage: purple leaves
Fall colour: dark red
Fall colour: red and purple
Bark: dark red to purple
Flowers: pinkish
Fruit: dark red fruit
Berries: small, hard, purple
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Other Names: purpleleaf sandcherry
Other Names: five-finger, five-leaved ivy