Attracting Birds: Vines

Common name	Scientific name	Zones	Flower	Size	Exposure	Comments
Bittersweet	Celastrus orbiculatus	4-8	--	30 to 40'	Sun to partial shade	Yellow capsules with scarlet seeds; plants grown from seeds are either male or female; can be very invasive
Carolina moonseed	Cocculus carolinus	6-9	Light green	10 to 15'	Sun to partial shade	Cluster of shiny, dark red fruit appear in fall and last into winter
Cross vine	Bignonia capreolata	6-9	Orange-red	30 to 50'	Sun to partial shade	Evergreen to semi-evergreen; native; flowers in mid-spring; leaves take on a purplish color in winter
Grape, Muscadine	Vitis rotundifolia	6-9	Inconspicuous	15 to 30'	Sun to partial shade	Blue-black grapes; needs a male and female or perfect flowering cultivar to produce fruit; yellow fall color
Greenbrier; Smilax	Smilax spp.	6-10	Inconspicuous	6 to 10'	Partial shade	Glossy green leaves; dark red to black berries
Honeysuckle, Coral	Lonicera sempervirens	5-9	Coral to red, yellow	15 to 25'	Sun to partial shade	Trumpet-shaped flowers mid-spring to fall; native; cultivars: Sulfurea (yellow), Superba, Magnifica, John Clayton, Cedar Lane, Alabama Crimson
Honeysuckle, Japanese	Lonicera japonica	5-9	White	20 to 30'	Sun to partial shade	Naturalized, rampant vine; invasive; white, fragrant flowers
Ivy, English	Hedera helix	4-9	Inconspicuous	6 to 90'	Partial shade to shade	Many small-leaved cultivars available; can be grown as a ground cover; full sun may burn leaves in the winter; established vines are drought tolerant; very hardy; adult and juvenile forms
Ivy, Boston	Parthenocissus tricuspidata	4-8	Inconspicuous	30 to 60'	Sun to partial shade	Excellent on masonry walls; prefers evenly moist soil but withstands adverse conditions; burgundy fall color; attracts bees and Japanese beetles; adult and juvenile forms
Pepper vine	Ampelopsis	7-9	Nonshowy	15 to 35'	Sun to partial shade	Native; clusters of small berries that turn white to currant-red then glossy blue-black
Rose, Virginia	Rosa virginiana	3-8	Pale pink	4 to 6'	Sun	Flowers in summer; red hips persists into winter; good fall foliage color
Rose, Swamp	Rosa palustris	5-8	Rose pink	4 to 6'	Sun	Fragrant flowers in summer; red hips in fall; native; salt tolerant
Rose, Carolina	Rosa carolina	5-9	Rose pink	3 to 6'	Sun	Flowers in summer; red hips in fall; native
Trumpet creeper	Campsis radicans	4-9	Orange-red	20 to 40	Sun to partial shade	Thrives on neglect; spreads by underground runners and can become invasive; flowers July to frost
Virginia creeper	Parthenocissus quinquefolia	6-9	Inconspicuous	30 to 50'	Sun to partial shade	Waxy blue-black berries; good fall color

Prepared by: Erv Evans, Consumer Horticulturist