Virginia Creeper vs Falsebox - TreeTime.ca

Virginia Creeper vs Falsebox

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Paxistima myrsinites

CUSTOM GROW

Virginia Creeper
Falsebox

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.

Falsebox is a hardy, native evergreen shrub found in forests, rocky slopes, and open woodland sites. Though small and easily overlooked among the leaves, the maroon flowers still supply nectar and pollen for pollinators such as native bees and flies. Blooming in spring, they provide an important early-season food source. Its year-round greenery adds visual interest through the winter.

Falsebox is a low-growing shrub that tolerates a wide range of conditions, including drought once established. It thrives particularly well beneath the shade of mature trees, where few other plants succeed. With its resilience and ecological value, Falsebox is well-suited for naturalization, restoration projects, and diverse landscape plantings.

Virginia Creeper Quick Facts

Falsebox Quick Facts

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Zone: 3a
Zone: 5a
Height: 0.3 m (1.0 ft)
Height: 0.5 m (1.5 ft)
Spread: 6 m (20 ft)
Spread: 0.5 m (1.5 ft)
Light: any
Light: any
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: dry, normal
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: slow
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Growth form: prostrate to spreading
Spreading: layering - medium
Suckering: high

Toxicity: berries are toxic

Foliage: evergreen, leathery leaves
Fall colour: red and purple
Bark: reddish-brown
Flowers: small, maroon-purple, fragrant
Bloom time: summer
Berries: small, hard, purple
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Native to: ON
Native to: AB, BC
Other Names: five-finger, five-leaved ivy
Other Names: false box, mountain boxwood, mountain lover, myrtle boxwood, oregon boxleaf, oregon boxwood