Anredera cordifolia Woodlanders Introduction and altogether low-maintenance

and altogether low-maintenance

drawing on three species at once: the Eastern Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus)

Some plants are loved for how they look

which are lobed and toothed enough to have fooled people into "flowering maple

Native peoples knew the plant well

Anredera cordifolia Woodlanders Introduction and altogether low-maintenanceMadeira vine is a fast, twining, deciduous climber with fleshy, heart shaped leaves and sprays of tiny, fragrant cream white flowers in late summer and fall. Anredera cordifolia climbs by winding tuberous stems, and a warty crop of aerial tubers along the stems, some as large as a small potato, is the surest mark of the plant and a ready means of increase. Native to South America despite the name, Madeira vine has been grown for centuries across warm