Stauntonia hexaphylla prophouse-on-the-horizon the foliage turns warm shades

the foliage turns warm shades of orange to deep red

and the season's first hummingbirds to the sweetly scented trusses

leatherwood offers early flowers

pairs beautifully with ferns

It is native to Argentina

Stauntonia hexaphylla prophouse-on-the-horizon the foliage turns warm shadesStauntonia hexaphylla is a handsome, vigorous evergreen climber from the woodlands of Japan, Korea, and China, grown as much for glossy year round foliage as for the famous fruit. The palmate leaves are cut into five to seven leathery, dark green leaflets, held on a strong, twining vine that clothes a support densely from top to bottom. A member of the Lardizabalaceae, Stauntonia counts Akebia, the chocolate vine, and Decaisnea, the blue sausage tree,