Alabama supplejack
Berchemia scandens
USDA zones6 to 9
SunHandles full sun to full shade
WaterHandles dry to wet soil
Size20 to 60 feet tall6 to 12 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Greenish-white
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Alabama supplejack (Berchemia scandens) is a vine for low maintenance gardens, woodland edges, and rain gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 6, or down to -10°F (-23°C). This plant likes full sun to full shade and dry to wet soil of most types. It climbs into trees and has smooth green bark. Small greenish-white flowers open in spring, and blue black fruits follow. Wild turkey, northern bobwhite, raccoon, and gray squirrel eat the fruits.
Pairs well with Cross vine, American holly, and Dogwood.
Native range
Central and southeast United States.