Fabaceae
Pueraria montana var. lobata
Pueraria montana var. lobata var. lobata
Also known as Pueraria bodinieri, Pueraria caerulea, Pueraria argyi, Pueraria pseudohirsuta
Native Plants · Kudzu · Vine · Climbing · Invasive · Fast-Growing · Groundcover · Medicinal · Legume · Vigorous · Shade-Tolerant
Kudzu is an extremely vigorous climbing vine that requires minimal care once established. It thrives in partial shade and average moisture conditions but can quickly overwhelm other plants. Best suited for large naturalized areas where its aggressive growth habit can be contained.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply when top inch of soil is dry · Every 7-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -10°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 10 ft – 20 ft
- Spread
- 10 ft
- Spacing
- 120 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Arkansas, Assam, Azores, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Fiji
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle
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