| Parthenocissus henryana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Order: | Vitales |
| Family: | Vitaceae |
| Genus: | Parthenocissus |
| Species: | P. henryana |
| Binomial name | |
| Parthenocissus henryana (Hemsl.) Diels & Gilg |
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Parthenocissus henryana (Chinese Virginia creeper and silver vein creeper) is related to the grape family and the most colourful of all Virginia creepers.[1] It was named for the Irish botanist and plant collector Augustine Henry (1857-1930) who discovered the species on his tour in Central China in the 1880s. It was introduced in Great Britain by Ernest Henry Wilson in 1903. It has a more restrained growth than the other Virginia creepers.[2] In China it grows on moist rocks, on heights of 100 to 1500 meters.[3]
Parthenocissus henryana grows five-lobed leaves showing silvery-white veinal variegation before they turn scarlet in autumn. Height: 9 meters. Spread: 3 meters[4]
Silver Vein Creeper can grow on walls and trellising, in large pots, and as a groundcover on slopes. It is propagated from seeds or cuttings. Its flowering period is June to August.[5]