I'll move this along. Thanks. Kat

Hi Gang, I found a native vine 2-3 years ago with bright red berries, sort of translucent red, and shiny. I cleaned up the fruits and each one had a single unique seed. So, it was easy to identify the vine as Moonseed Vine, or Carolina Moonseed Vine--even though it grows wild in the greather Houston area. I put the seeds out in the top 1/4 or 1/2 inch of good potting soil, in a gallon container and left them over winter--exposed to the rain and sun. The seeds germinated in spring and after the tops were a few inches high I put them up into individual containers for another year. Then, I planted them out. The vine is not exactly slow growing, but it is a well behaved vine--not at all rampant. It will grow to the top of a small tree (plum tree) or over some shrubs and is mostly not noticeable until the berries ripen. Then it is very attractive. The link below can guide you to a seed source so you can grow your own vines. Cordially, Joe Conroe TX Here is a link that might be useful: Botanic Garden Vine Article

Very cool! Thanks!!!PJ

It will compete with pine, a dogwood, oak and a couple other hardwoods I don't know the name of. (It would be at the back corner of my property which borders the woods.) There's also other invasive stuff nearby like privet and some really hateful almost shrubby eleagnus and the soil is infested with invasive vine roots like Carolina Moonseed Vine. What was I thinking??!! I was thinking that the ground there would be very fertile bcs there has been a compost pile there for several years. And that the hosta would be going dormant by the time the trashy tree behind it started dropping it's sooty sap that killed the beautiful holly tree I once planted there. Never even gave a thought to the root problems. Now I remember why I put the compost pile there! P).S. Your hosta is beautiful!