Carolina snailseed
Nephroia carolina
USDA zones5 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial shade
WaterHandles dry or moist soil
Size10 to 15 feet tall3 to 6 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Bloom color
- Green
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Circumneutral (pH 6.8-7.2)
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Carolina snailseed (Nephroia Carolina) is a vine for winter interest and woodland gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes full sun to part shade and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Bright red fruit hangs in grape-like clusters from September to November, and birds eat it. Deer tend to pass it by. It spreads by suckers, so give it room.
Pairs well with River birch, Christmas fern, and Switchgrass.
Native range
AL, AR, FL, GA, and 13 more places. See all 17
AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MO, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, and VA.