15 Chocolate Vine Edible Fruit Akebia Trifoliata Flower Seeds

• You will get 15 Seeds of Chocolate Vine Edible Fruit Akebia Trifoliata Flower Seeds.
• Name: Chocolate Vine.
• Other Common Names: Threeleaf Akebia / Wild Banana.
• Scientific Name: Akebia Trifoliata.
• Color: Red-Brown Flowers.
• Plant Seeds: Outdoors After Frost / Fall / Cold Stratify / Indoors Weeks Before Last Frost.
• Bloom Time: Mid Spring (April).
• Hardiness Zone: 4 – 8.
• Plant Height: 4 - 6'.
• Plant Spacing: 9 - 12".
• Light Requirements: Sun - Part Shade.
• Soil & Water Preferences: Average.
• Quantity: 15 Seeds.
• Other: The Chocolate Vine is a fast growing ornamental with edible fruit. The beautiful flowers are fragrant with a sweet light chocolate scent! The fruit pods are 5" long & look like bluish-purple cucumbers! The pulp of the fruit is eaten, & can be enjoyed raw, dried, or uséd to make juice, wine, or jelly. The pulp is gelatinous & has a sweet delicate tropical flavor, slightly similar to coconut milk. These lovely plants can grow in full shade, & will tolerate rocky, sandy, or clay soil. The Chocolate Vine’s leaves are evergreen in warmer climates. The leaves are uséd to make a tea, & the stems are uséd for basket weaving.