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Scarletcreeper Ipomoea hederifolia
Convolvulaceae
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer
General Landscape Uses:
Vine for a fence or trellis.
Availability:
Rarely grown by native plant nurseries.
Description: Annual vine with leaves 1-5 inches long, often heart-shaped but sometimes 3 lobed or rarely 5-7 lobed. Scarlet, red-orange, or rarely white tubular flowers 1-2 inches long.
Dimensions: Vine with stems up to 10 feet in length.
Growth Rate: Fast.
Range:
Scattered in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida.
Soils: Dry to moist, well-drained sandy soils, with or without humusy top layer.
Nutritional Requirements: Low to moderate; it can grow in nutrient poor soils or soils with some organic content.
Salt Water Tolerance: Low; does not tolerate flooding by salt or brackish water.
Salt Wind Tolerance: Low; salt wind may burn the leaves.
Drought Tolerance: High; does not require any supplemental water once established.
Light Requirements: Full sun to light shade.
Flower Color: Scarlet, red-orange, or rarely white.
Flower Characteristics: Showy.
Flowering Season: Summer to fall.
Fruit: Capsule.
References: Hall (2020), Wunderlin and Hansen (2011)
Comments: We have been adding data for this species for central and northern Florida and welcome any feedback or review. If you would like to contribute information or images, please contact George Gann via the IRC staff page.
Map of select IRC data from peninsular Florida.
