ORNAMENTAL VINES 
There are so many different kinds of vines at the disposal of American 
gardeners that there is no need for anyone to resort to the same one for 
every situation. They vary greatly in foliage and flower, in habit of growth 
and vigor. Each one deserves to be used in the location it likes best, and it 
is better to choose a vine for the place it is to be planted than to purchase 
a vine and then try to make it grow in an unsuitable situation. 
English Ivy and Euonymus radicans vegetus are evergreen vines that are very 
vigorous in growth, but the latter is likely to be more hardy. Once started, 
it needs protection for the first winter but then flourishes. Engelmann’s Ivy 
grows quickly and clings easily to walls. Boston Ivy is another excellent 
wall covering but it is not evergreen. 
Several vines are particularly appropriate for planting beside arbors and 
pergolas. ‘The graceful racemes of the Wisteria and the pipe-shaped flowers 
of Dutchman’s Pipe are seen to best advantage when they are in such a loca- 
tion. Silver Lace Vine, with its clouds of silvery blooms, quickly provides a 
screen for a porch or trellis. The Trumpet Vine is a fine choice for rambling 
over an old stump or for training on a trellis. Its clusters of funnel-shaped, 
orange-scarlet flowers are showy amid the profuse foliage. 
For covering banks and bare patches of ground and rocks, the various 
Honeysuckles are especially adapted. The dense foliage and sweetly fragrant 
flowers of Hall’s Japan Honeysuckle make it very good for this purpose; 
Lonicera Heckrotts is unusually generous with its bloom. Besides being a strong 
climber suitable for such locations as covering tree stumps and posts, the 
American Bittersweet produces bright fruits for home decoration all winter. 
The Kudzu Vine is good for sunny places; after dying to the ground every 
fall, it grows well again the next season. 
With this selection of vines to choose from, there is no need for any 
unsightly spots around the home grounds to continue to be an eyesore. The 
graceful growth of vines seems made to order to cover or screen these places, 
and to make of the garden a more harmonious and delightful haven. 
AMPELOPSIS HETEROPHYLLA. Porcelain Ampelopsis. Handsome foliage that 
is deeply lobed, shining green. Of note are the fruits which come 
in September or October. They are pale lilac at first, changing to 
bright blue and sometimes finally to white. They are most showy 
and attractive. 
AmPELopsis Lowt. ‘The leaves of this variety are only 1/4 inches long—very 
dainty and delicate-looking—and for this reason this is a good sort to 
make a fine tracery on walls. The foliage is purplish when young. 
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