Fabaceae
Pueraria montana var. montana
Pueraria montana var. montana var. montana
Also known as Shuteria vestita, Zeydora agrestis, Pueraria thunbergiana var. formosana, Soja javanica
Native Plants · Kudzu · Asian · Vine · Climbing · Vigorous · Medicinal · Legume · Shade-Tolerant · Groundcover · Fast-Growing
This Asian variety of kudzu is a robust climbing vine that requires minimal maintenance once established. It adapts well to partial shade and average watering conditions but grows very aggressively. Suitable only for large spaces where its spreading nature can be managed or 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
- China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Inner Mongolia, Laos, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nansei-Shoto, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle
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