Hops Bianca
Height: 20 feet
Spread: 3 feet
Sunlight:
Hardiness Zone: 3a
Description:
A vigorous ornamental climber with cone-shaped clusters of yellowish-green fruit; foliage emerges chartreuse and matures to light-green; tough and adaptable, use as a screen or quick cover; needs structural support; cut to the ground in spring
Ornamental Features
Bianca Ornamental Golden Hops is primarily grown for its highly ornamental fruit. It produces abundant clusters of yellow hop-like fruit from mid summer to mid fall. It attractive tomentose lobed leaves emerge chartreuse in spring, turning lime green in colour throughout the season. The brick red stems can be quite attractive.
Landscape Attributes
Bianca Ornamental Golden Hops is a dense herbaceous perennial vine with a twining and trailing habit of growth. Its relatively coarse texture can be used to stand it apart from other garden plants with finer foliage.
This is a high maintenance plant that will require regular care and upkeep, and can be pruned at anytime. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;
- Invasive
Bianca Ornamental Golden Hops is recommended for the following landscape applications;
- Hedges/Screening
- Naturalizing And Woodland Gardens
- Container Planting