Climbing Hempvine
Mikania scandens
Climbing hempvine is a vigorous native vine that drapes wet thickets and marsh edges with clusters of fuzzy white flowers in fall, a major late-season nectar source. Give it room to ramble.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- vine
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–1 ft
- Spacing
- 3–6 ft apart
- Light
- shade
- Soil moisture
- wet, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- container, rain garden, erosion control
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA