Virginia Creeper vs Gray Dogwood - TreeTime.ca

Virginia Creeper vs Gray Dogwood

Cornus racemosa

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

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(new stock expected: fall of 2025)

Gray Dogwood
Virginia Creeper

Gray dogwood is a thicket-forming, deciduous shrub with greenish-white blossoms in open, terminal clusters. Young twigs are red and the fruit pedicels remain conspicuously red into late fall and early winter.

Fruit itself is a white, 1/4 in. drupe that usually does not remain on the shrub for long.

Great for naturalizing wild areas, this shrub attracts birds and other wildlife.

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.

Gray Dogwood Quick Facts

Virginia Creeper Quick Facts

Zone: 4a
Zone: 3a
Height: 3 m (10 ft)
Height: 0.3 m (1.0 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Spread: 6 m (20 ft)
Light: any
Light: any
Moisture: any
Moisture: dry, normal
Growth rate: slow
Growth rate: fast
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: medium
Suckering: high


Toxicity: berries are toxic
Fall colour: deep, reddish puple
Fall colour: red and purple
Berries: small, hard, purple
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Native to: MB, ON, QC
Native to: ON
Other Names: five-finger, five-leaved ivy