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Vines That Look Like a Chameleon Plant

The chameleon plant, Houttuynia cordata, has elongated heart-shaped leaves with pink, yellow, cream and green markings that change to red and gold depending on sun exposure and age. A low-growing groundcover, it spreads rapidly by underground rhizomes and can become invasive. It bears small, white flowers in May, and both the flowers and foliage have a lemony scent. A few vines have leaves that resemble those of chameleon plant, although chameleon plant does not twine or climb.

  1. Arctic Beauty Kiwi

    • The hardy kiwi vine, Actinidia kolomikta, has heart-shaped leaves with pink and white markings against dark green. The male vine, which does not bear fruit, is grown for its ornamental value and reaches about 30 feet long. It thrives in part shade and moist soil and produces creamy white, fragrant flowers in early summer. Actinidia kolomikta is hardy to minus 35 degrees F, which is U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zone 3.

    Actinidia Pilosula

    • Another variety of hardy kiwi, Actinidia pilosula, has narrower leaves brushed with white and pink with a deep red edge It bears larger, showier flowers than Arctic Beauty, later in the summer. The flowers are pink bells about the size of a dime that grow in clusters. It prefers a moist site in dappled shade but is not fussy about soil type and reaches about 20 feet long. Less hardy than the Arctic kiwi, it survives winters where temperatures do not go below zero degrees F, in zone 6.

    Porcelainberry Vine

    • Richly patterned leaves adorn the variegated variety of Ampelopsis brevipedunculata, porcelainberry vine, which grows in partial shade in any type of soil. The leaves, which resemble those of a grapevine, are mottled with white, pink and green specks. The flowers, small clusters of tiny white blooms, produce turquoise berries against magenta bracts in late summer, a real showstopper. Hardy to minus 20 degrees F, in zone 4, porcelainberry vine grows rapidly to more than 60 feet and reseeds rampantly.

    Japanese Knotweed

    • While not a true vine, Fallopia japonica is a bushy, upright plant with long, red stems often trained against a trellis. It grows 10 feet tall and 15 feet wide in moist soil in part shade. The heart-shaped leaves of the variegated variety resemble those of chameleon plant, with white, pink and green markings. Sometimes called silver fleece vine, Japanese knotweed blooms with plumes of tiny white flowers in summer. It is hardy to minus 15 degrees F, in zone 5, and is considered invasive in some areas because of its vigorous growth and reseeding.

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