Plant Profile: Periploca sepium

Names

Chinese Silk Vine

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Phonetic Spelling:per-RY-ploh-kuh SERP-ee-um

Genus:Periploca

Species:sepium

Family:

Chinese silk vine is cultivated primarily for its striking, glossy dark green foliage, which retains its vibrant color until the leaves fall. However, it produces unpleasant-smelling purple flowers, and both its fruit and sap are toxic.

Periploca sepium Feature Summary

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Tags

#deciduous
#deciduous vine
#malodorous

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Periploca sepium Feature Summary

Flowers
Dark purple outside and greenish inside, ill scented flowers.
Purple/Lavender
Green
Attributes
Cultural Conditions
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
Fruit
Gold/Yellow
Landscape
Malodorous

Periploca sepium Flowers

Periploca sepium: Flower Description

Dark purple outside and greenish inside, ill scented flowers.

Periploca sepium: Flower Color

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Green
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Purple/Lavender

Periploca sepium: Flower Value To Gardener

Edible
Fragrant
Good Cut
Good Dried
Long Bloom Season
Long-lasting
Showy

Periploca sepium: Flower Shape

Bell
Cross
Crown
Cup
Dome
Funnel
Irregular
Lipped
Radial
Saucer
Star
Trumpet
Tubular
Urn
Wheel

Periploca sepium Attributes

Periploca sepium: Climbing Method

Clinging
Scrambler
Tendrils
Twining

Periploca sepium Whole Plant Traits

Periploca sepium: Plant Type

Annual
Bulb
Carnivorous
Edible
Epiphyte
Fern
Ground Cover
Herb
Herbaceous Perennial
Houseplant
Mushroom
Native Plant
Ornamental Grasses and Sedges
Perennial
Poisonous
Rose
Shrub
Succulent
Tree
Turfgrass
Vegetable
Vine
Water Plant
Weed
Wildflower

Periploca sepium: Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics

Broadleaf Evergreen
Deciduous
Needled Evergreen
Semi-evergreen

Periploca sepium: Growth Rate

Slow
Medium
Rapid

Periploca sepium: Texture

Fine
Medium
Coarse

Periploca sepium Cultural Conditions

Periploca sepium: Light

Dappled Sunlight (Shade through upper canopy all day)
Deep shade (Less than 2 hours to no direct sunlight)
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)

Periploca sepium: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone

thermostat
6a
thermostat
6b
thermostat
7a
thermostat
7b
thermostat
8a
thermostat
8b

Periploca sepium Fruit

Periploca sepium: Fruit Color

grass
Gold/Yellow

Periploca sepium Leaves

Periploca sepium: Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics

Broadleaf Evergreen
Deciduous
Needled Evergreen
Semi-evergreen

Periploca sepium: Leaf Color

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Green

Periploca sepium: Hairs Present

No
Yes

Periploca sepium Stem

Periploca sepium: Stem Is Aromatic

No
Yes

Periploca sepium Landscape

Periploca sepium: Problems

Allelopathic
Contact Dermatitis
Frequent Disease Problems
Frequent Insect Problems
Invasive Species
Malodorous
Messy
Poisonous to Humans
Problem for Cats
Problem for Children
Problem for Dogs
Problem for Horses
Short-lived
Spines/Thorns
Weak Wood
Weedy