i was given a vine/plant when a friend moved away 2 years ago. i have no idea what it is, or if it is meant to flower or not, would be nice if it did! here are some pictures i have taken. any help i can get would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/virginia_creeper.htm This is it! Interesting note about virgina creeper is the berries are poisionous to humans.
thank you for your replies, now armed with foreknowledge, i will keep it in its bucket, rather than plant it in the ground. although it looks to be similar to some of the pictures in the link, i have yet to see a single 'sticky pad' in two years. this climbing vine has curly-cues which it uses to climb and wrap its self around branches which look more like the pea plants climbing thingys than the Virginia creeper . not one flower in two years or a single berry....maybe its a dif variety....only time will tell. thanks again
May I suggest giving it plant food, to encourage blooms. Sometimes, plants will limp along only just surviving, instead of thriving!
Parthenocissus vitacea has twining tendrils not sticky pads. Fertilizer won't change the flowering into something showy and may encourage feeding by insects or risks disease.
as a medical grower of fine medicine, ( for my own use under exemption ) i know the benefits of using good food, you get what you pay for! that said, i use botanicare organic foods on most of my outdoor plants the ones that need a heavier feed get super natural grow terra ( bloom terra and bud blaster ) the vine has only started to leaf out in the past 3 weeks. thanks again for your fast replies!