softly tapered and gently arching
well-drained soil that never dries out
and the season's first hummingbirds to the sweetly scented trusses
the foliage turns warm shades of orange to deep red
Stauntonia hexaphylla prophouse-on-the-horizon softly tapered and gently archingStauntonia 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,