Seasonal Interest and Photographs

Akebia quinata Houtt.
 
Fiveleaf Akebia

Flowers: Curiously shaped purple flowers in early to mid April. Fragrant.

Foliage: Palmately compound leaves with fine texture. Blue-green color when mature.

Fruit: Purple, sausage-shaped fruit. Multiple clones needed for fruit set. Edible

Trunk, Branching, Twigs:

 

Location: Horticulture Research Farm, ornamental planting.

Photographs: Click on an image to see a larger version:

flowers flower stem and leaf    

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