Virginia Creeper vs Arrowwood - TreeTime.ca

Virginia Creeper vs Arrowwood

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Viburnum dentatum

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Virginia Creeper
Arrowwood

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.

Arrowwood is a cold hardy, reliable, and vigorous shrub that can easily grow on difficult sites. Featuring an upright, rounded, and multi-stemmed form, this shrub produces creamy white flowers against a backdrop of deep green, serrated foliage.

The flowers give way to dark, blue berries that will attract wildlife to your yard. Depending on the plant, Arrowwood's striking fall color can range from yellow, red to reddish-purple.

Many use Arrowwood for naturalization or mass planting projects but, more commonly, you'll see this simple yet elegant shrub as a shrub border or planted on its own.

Virginia Creeper Quick Facts

Arrowwood Quick Facts

Zone: 3a
Zone: 2a
Height: 0.3 m (1.0 ft)
Height: 1.2 m (4 ft)
Spread: 6 m (20 ft)
Spread: 2.4 m (8 ft)
Light: any
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: normal, wet
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: medium
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: high
Suckering: high

Toxicity: berries are toxic

Fall colour: red and purple
Berries: small, hard, purple
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Other Names: five-finger, five-leaved ivy