Designation (also garden vines, wall vines, trellis vines, fence vines) for mostly vigorous lianas of the family Vitaceae (grapevines), which primarily serve to beautify house walls or walls and are often grown on trellises. The enjoyment of fruit is not the main focus, but rather a pleasant side effect. Important criteria for ornamental vines are well-shaped large leaves with attractive coloration in autumn.
The winding tendrils of the vines usually cling to solid structures to support the plant during growth and pull it upwards. This includes natural supports such as branches and twigs of neighboring plants as well as man-made supports like wires, stakes, or grids. However, there are also species that hold onto walls or other surfaces using adhesive discs (image left). An example is the genus Parthenocissus (species P. quinquefolia), which does not form tendrils but develops adhesive discs at the ends of the shoots.
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