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Akebia quinata 'Shirobana'
(Chocolate Vine 'Shirobana')

Family - Lardizabalaceae
Category - Climber
Season of Interest - Spring
Hardiness - H6
Height - up to 10m
Width - up to 8m

Description: A semi-Evergreen climber that is good for training against walls or over pergolas. Grey-green to mid-green, palmate leaves have oval to obovate leaflets. Small, cup-shaped Blooms are ivory-white and have purple centres. The flowers are held in pendent Racemes and are produced in early spring. The flowers have a chocolatey fragrance.

Synonym - Akebia quinata 'Alba'

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Flower:

Ivory-white, cup-shaped blooms have purple centres. The flowers are held in pendent racemes in March and April. The flowers have a chocolatey fragrance.

Flower colour: White, purple

Flower shape: Cup-shaped flowers held in racemes

Flowering time: March, April

Foliage:

Grey-green to mid-green, palmate leaves have oval to obovate leaflets. The leaves are Alternately arranged on long, twining stems.

Foliage Senescence: Semi-evergreen

Foliage Shape: Palmate leaves with oval to obovate leaflets

Propagation:

Cuttings, layering, seed.

Cultivation:

Best in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.