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Need help identifying Boston Ivy

shawn_78shawn_78 Posts: 8
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Hi guys, I've bought some Boston Ivy (Parthenocissus Tricuspidata) this spring from an online nursery. It arrived small so I couldn't tell what what it was.

After it started growing, it looked different from what I imagined it would be.

I've attached photos for your reference.

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I always thought Boston Ivy would look like below.

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I've been looking locally to find the ones with the three lobes but all I can find are these with three separate leaves.

Please advice. 

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889

    does juvenile foliage differ from adult foliage?

    Devon.
  • Lily PillyLily Pilly Posts: 3,845

    I think you have definitely got a Boston Ivy and I think what you may have expected is a Virginia creeper

    have a look on line, I maybe totally wrong but we have both. The Virginia creeper is delicate and clings more than the ivy.

    Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.”
    A A Milne
  • shawn_78shawn_78 Posts: 8

    So, from what you guys are saying. The leaves now on the plant is of the juvenile stage? It will grew out of it into the second photo later in life? Can anyone confirm this?

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147

    The top photo (green leaves) looks like Virginia Creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia 


    The second photo (red tinge) looks like Boston Ivy  Parthenocissus tricuspidata 


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • shawn_78shawn_78 Posts: 8

    I think Virginia Creeper (quinquefolia) comes in 5 leaflets only?

    image

  • Lily PillyLily Pilly Posts: 3,845

    Oops got it the wrong way round ?

    Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.”
    A A Milne
  • Mary370Mary370 Posts: 2,003

    The new growth is green, it then turns a glorious red in the autumn.

  • Rebecca110Rebecca110 Posts: 1,485

    The Boston ivy and the Virginia creeper would seem to be related but not the same plant apparently.  Hope this helps.

  • shawn_78shawn_78 Posts: 8

    I know the difference between the leaves of Virginia Creeper and Boston Ivy. I was just unsure what I have planted, it doesn't look like Boston Ivy at all? As some have said, are those the juvenile foliages? They do look awfully like Poison Ivy leaves. 

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    We don't have poison ivy in the uk so most of us are not familiar with it but looking at images on line it doesn't look like it to me. It looks like a Parthenocissus, there many. Common names are just for confusion.

    Virginia Creeper is applied to anything that climbs up a wall and turns red in autumn, how useful can that be.



    In the sticks near Peterborough
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