Growing Ornamental Grapes: some members of the family might surprise you!

[@pocketsofmayhem]

As always … education and entertainment 👏😊

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching!

[@Sarragota]

Another great video, thank you! My favourite grape genus is Cissus, so many weird and wonderful species...

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Glad you have grape expectations. Regards Stephen

[@season9073]

Delightful program! Thank you gentlemen.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching!

[@naomikirsch8158]

Thanks you two! Another interesting and delightful video.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching!

[@Flowergarden6159]

Thanks again. We watch every video. My wife makes fabulous wreaths out of v.qinquefolia when plant has shed leaves. It's amazing how long they last.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching this one too!

[@julieburness8719]

Thanks, this was so interesting, I learn so much from you each week

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching!

[@dianwilliams239]

SUCH a very interesting video. I have the Ampelopsis growing along wires from one veranda post to the next and I love it. I find that the uninteresting flowers brings hordes of bees.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

You are right about the bees and I should have remembered that and included it in the video. Regards Stephen

[@GardenEvolution]

Absolutely loved this! Had to subscribe 😊 I have a variegated Virginia creeper that I’m have work it’s way in and up a wire fence. Can’t wait to have it weep over it!

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for the kind words and I hope you enjoy our other videos. I don't think the variegated form is here in Australia but who knows one might pop up in my garden it's happened before with other plants so I can live in hope. Regards Stephen

[@ryanharvey1098]

Loved this! Thanks!

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching!

[@jaqmackie]

I enjoyed this very much. So interesting. I’ve just planted an ornamental grape.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching and good luck with it!

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

So interesting about virginia creepers - I have Henryana, which was recommended to me as being less invasive than quinquefolia, but I love the idea of quinquefolia going up trees....do I have a tree one could go up....hmmm???

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Stephen's look fabulous up trees, even up the eucalyptus which sheds its bark so the creeper can never get that clingy!

[@Stettafire]

So interesting, I'd love to hear more about the European ivy's though

[@thehorti-culturalists]

We consider most true Ivy to be an environmental weed in Australia so we probably won't be doing a video on them. Regards Stephen

[@cassieryan8839]

Those porcelain vine berries look magical! Shame it won't grow in the tropics :(

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Ah but some of the tropical climbers that you can probably grow that I would die for! Regards Stephen

[@ensi6796]

Good morning Stephen and Matthew: beautiful vines! I have seen the colorful berries while walking in some dry woodlands in Maryland and did not know the name. Now I know. Are these vines leaves edibile? In many cultures we stuff the grape vines with meat or a vegetable mix and they are delicious. Can you do the same with any of the ornamental vines?

[@thehorti-culturalists]

No don't use just any grape vine relative for dolmas just the proper ones. The others may not poison you but won't taste as good. Regards Stephen

[@kerryjean2223]

I don't know why but I thought the Virginia Creeper and the Boston Ivy were the same plant... Upon inspection, I actually have one of each. I have a very wonky Jacaranda Mimisofolia which I think has grown that way itself to dodge the two different type of Jacaranda that is growing on the neighbours side of the fence. It has beige coloured berries with clusters of lavender and white coloured helicopter small flowers. I think a dangling Virginia Creeper could look nice hanging off of my tree.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Great idea. Regards Stephen

[@garyholland4227]

Thank you Stephen and Matthew for another terrific episode. I think Boston Ivy may be the solution to moderate the heat on the Western side of my corrugated iron shed. The Western wall is approximately 3m x 12m, would one plant be sufficient or would you recommend planting more? Cheers Gary.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

One plant would cover it reasonably quickly but more would do it faster. You may need to shade the wall a bit to give the Boston Ivy a start. Regards Stephen

[@mathewhalpin]

I loved that episode. Thanks guys! Now... I live on the edge of a village in the lower mountains of Crete/ Greece. Either side of my getting wilder by the year garden are neighbour's vegetable gardens. I grow my Virginia creepers in posts as I thought they send underground shoots as far as ten meters away? Am I okay to plonk one in the ground and not worry about it turning up next door?

[@thehorti-culturalists]

It is more likely to run along the ground rooting as it goes so fairly easy to control with a sharp spade. Regards Stephen

[@annettearellano9482]

I wish you mention what zone this grow, good video thanks

[@thehorti-culturalists]

We don't have zoners in Australia so it is a bit difficult to deal with it however the plants in this video are all cold hardy and should grow in most temperate to cold zones but not usually happy in humid tropical zones. Regards Stephen

[@annettearellano9482]

@@thehorti-culturalists thank you

[@HorsesAndCucumbers]

The berries of the humulifolia are gorgeous! Are they edible/poisonous?

[@thehorti-culturalists]

certainly not edible. However I don't think they are poisonous. Regards Stephen

[@HorsesAndCucumbers]

@@thehorti-culturalists thanks! You were great at the Yarra valley plant fair by the way!

[@gavinmatthews5618]

Great nesting for wasps, management when they get above the second level of the house can be dangerous during autumn.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for the warning but I’ve never had this issue. Regards Stephen

[@gavinmatthews5618]

@@thehorti-culturalists are a very prevalent problem in inner-city suburbs of Melbourne I mostly work in the southeast. Maybe just the gardens I work in :(.

[@kowen3377]

Thanks for providing this very entertaining and informative channel! I have a question regarding Parthenocissus henryana. I'm trying to coax mine to grow over and cover an old concrete water tank, but it does not seem at all interested in self-clinging, despite being helped along with wooden stakes holding it close to the tank surface. Is it really a tendril climber and therefore, is my hope for a self-clinging P. henryana ill-founded?

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Parthenocissus henryana is only lightly self clinging so perhaps not the best choice. It needs to just lie on the ground and find it’s own way up the tank. a better choice would probably be Boston ivy. Regards Stephen

[@kowen3377]

@@thehorti-culturalists Thank you for your very prompt reply. Your advice is noted - Boston ivy would be lovely as well.

[@MDA-rs4uf]

this video brings the question .... if my large tree has english ivy growing all through it .... will it kill the tree or is it acceptable to leave it alone....??? i know it's english ivy because it is evergreen as you mentioned .......

[@thehorti-culturalists]

As long as the tree is fully grown and it’s not allowed to go right out on the limbs where it could course breakage due to weight and exclude sun to the foliage of the tree. Regards Stephen

[@MDA-rs4uf]

@@thehorti-culturalists it is 60 ft. or so and just one the trunk.... not the limbs.....it's thick on the truck for sure though so we'll see..... thanks.......m.