Cissus antartica | Kangaroo Ivy | Vine
Cissus antartica belongs to the plant family VITACE and Genus Cissus This Vine prefers Dry soil , a pH which can apply to most normal garden soil conditions, . All plants need light to allow the photosynthesis process of converting carbon dioxide to growth sugars to take place. Some plants need more sun-light than others. For this plant those sunlight conditions are well described as … Various
We are often asked about plants for humming bird attraction. Unfortunately Cissus antartica does not attract these beautiful hummingbird, sunbird or nectar feeding varieties of garden birds
Impressive Autumn foliage display is not shown by Cissus antartica so look for an alternative plant for pleasing Fall leaf properties
Cissus antartica Kangaroo ivy is not known as a butterfly attracting plant
Cissus antartica | Kangaroo Ivy is either a deciduous plant which means it loses its leaves in Autumn or Fall or it can be classed as an evergreen but only for warmer climates (maintains leaves all year round). Beware using trees that lose their leaves around fish ponds.
Almost all plants grown in gardens need to be fed using fertilzer in order to see them at their best. For this plant the suggested fertilizer program would be based upon … Typical mix of: 3 parts Nitrogen (N), 2 parts Phosphorous (P) and 3 parts Potassium (K for Latin name Kalium).
This somewhat tender plant can only survive cold winter nights that dip to 30 Fahrenheit. It prefers dry soils. Cissus antartica tolerates occasional periods of drought.
Cissus antartica will under good growing conditions survive and prosper between 3 and10 years.
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Cissus antartica is a perennial.
"Xeriscape Gardening: Water Conservation for the American Landscape", Connie Lockhart Ellefson, Thomas L. Stephens, and Douglas Welsh, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York, 1992.