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Polygonaceae
Copse-bindweed
Fallopia dumetorum
Also known as Hedge buckwheat, Bilderdykia dumetorum, Climbing buckwheat, Black bindweed
Native Plants · Bindweed · Climbing Vine · Twining · Woodland · Polygonaceae · Perennial · Hedgerow · Wildflower · Groundcover
Copse-bindweed is a hardy twining perennial best suited to outdoor garden settings with partial shade and average moisture. It grows well along hedgerows or woodland edges where it can climb and sprawl naturally. Minimal intervention is needed once established, making it suitable for low-maintenance naturalistic plantings.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, keeping soil consistently moist but not waterlogged · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6.5–7
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Altay, Amur, Arkansas, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, Connecticut, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District Of Columbia
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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