The care secret that transformed my Virginia Creeper

I'd had Virginia Creeper for about eight months with acceptable but unremarkable results. Then I started really paying attention to feeding with a high-potassium fertiliser in summer to encourage flowering and the difference over the next two months was dramatic.

ability to soften hard architectural features naturally became much more pronounced. The plant in a boundary wall or fence for screening and softening now looks like a completely different specimen. bare structure in winter revealing the interesting stem framework confirmed that I'd finally unlocked what this plant can do. slow establishment in the first season before taking off has been less of a problem since I got the overall conditions right. If your Virginia Creeper is underwhelming, look at feeding with a high-potassium fertiliser in summer to encourage flowering first.