Periploca sepium: Flower Description
Dark purple outside and greenish inside, ill scented flowers.
Plant Profile: Periploca sepium
Names
Chinese Silk Vine
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
Fragrant
Star
Attributes
Twining
Whole Plant Traits
Cultural Conditions
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
6a
6b
7a
7b
8b
8a
Fruit
Gold/Yellow
Leaves
Stem
Landscape
Malodorous
Periploca sepium Image Gallery
Periploca sepium Flowers
Periploca sepium: Flower Color
Green
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
6a
6b
7a
7b
8a
8b
Periploca sepium Fruit
Periploca sepium: Fruit Color
Gold/Yellow
Periploca sepium Leaves
Periploca sepium: Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics
Broadleaf Evergreen
Deciduous
Needled Evergreen
Semi-evergreen
Periploca sepium: Leaf Color
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
