Pepper Vine Nekemias megalophylla
Other Common Name(s):
Other plants called Pepper Vine:
Previously known as:
- Ampelopsis megalophylla
- Phonetic Spelling
- neh-KEE-mee-as meg-a-low-FILL-ah
- This plant has low severity poison characteristics.
- See below
- Description
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Pepper vine is a deciduous Woody Vine native to China. It has hairless stems and bluish-green young leaves that become yellow-orange to red in the fall. It is typically grown for its foliage on a trellis or along a wall.
It is toxic if ingested.
- See this plant in the following landscape:
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Nekemias
- Species:
- megalophylla
- Family:
- Vitaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial
- Woody
- Recommended Propagation Strategy:
- Seed
- Stem Cutting
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- China
- Wildlife Value:
- Birds eat the berries.
- Play Value:
- Colorful
- Screening
- Wildlife Food Source
- Climbing Method:
- Tendrils
- Edibility:
- non-edible
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Ground Cover
- Poisonous
- Shrub
- Vine
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Habit/Form:
- Erect
- Growth Rate:
- Rapid
- Maintenance:
- Low
- Texture:
- Medium
- Appendage:
- Tendrils
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
- Soil Texture:
- Clay
- Loam (Silt)
- Sand
- Soil pH:
- Acid (<6.0)
- Alkaline (>8.0)
- Neutral (6.0-8.0)
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- Moist
- Available Space To Plant:
- 3 feet-6 feet
- NC Region:
- Coastal
- Mountains
- Piedmont
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b
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Fruit:
- Fruit Color:
- Black
- Blue
- Green
- Fruit Type:
- Berry
- Fruit Description:
- The berries are dry or slightly fleshy, bluish, or greenish dark purple. The berries turn black in the fall.
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Green
- White
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Insignificant
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Summer
- Flower Description:
- Small greenish-white flowers in late summer.
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Leaves:
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Leaf Color:
- Blue
- Green
- Leaf Value To Gardener:
- Showy
- Deciduous Leaf Fall Color:
- Gold/Yellow
- Orange
- Red/Burgundy
- Leaf Type:
- Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Alternate
- Leaf Shape:
- Elliptical
- Oblong
- Ovate
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Length:
- > 6 inches
- Leaf Description:
- Its leaves are the largest of any hardy vine.
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
- Stem Surface:
- Smooth (glabrous)
- Stem Description:
- A hairless stemmed plant that may be multistemmed.
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Landscape:
- Landscape Location:
- Naturalized Area
- Landscape Theme:
- Winter Garden
- Resistance To Challenges:
- Poor Soil
