This woody low-growing vine can also climb trees. It tolerates most conditions so it can spread rapidly, transported by birds and animals who eat the seeds. Plant instead: Green and gold ...

I would never recommend vines to be used in this fashion,” says Jeffery Iles, PhD., professor and chair of Iowa State University’s Department of Horticulture and a woody plant specialist.

As of June 2016, the Native Plant Collection contains a total of 2,427 accessioned plants, including 353 taxa with 1,039 trees, 1,353 shrubs and 35 woody vines native to eastern North America and ...