Name (also garden grapes, wall vines, espalier vines, fence vines) for mostly very vigorous lianas of the Vitaceae family (vine family), which are mainly used to beautify house walls or walls and are grown on trellises. Fruit enjoyment is not the main focus here, but may be a pleasant side effect. The most important criteria for ornamental vines are beautifully shaped large leaves with attractive colouring in autumn, as well as actively twining tendrils that hold the spreading leaf shoots in place.
European vines (Vitis vinifera) are not well suited due to their susceptibility to fungal diseases and phylloxera. For this reason, the Asian species Vitis coignetiae (Japanese vine)...
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