Climbing Hempvine (Mikania scandens) SEPA ecotype

Climbing Hempvine is a fast-growing, twining vine reaching 10 to 15 feet, with heart-shaped leaves and fragrant white to pink flowers. It thrives in part to full sun and moist to wet soils. In the landscape, it is an elite butterfly magnet, serving as a critical nectar source for the Monarch, Little Glassywing, and Sachem butterflies during late summer, and a host plant for the scarlet bodied wasp moth. Its best placed next to a shrub, fence, or something for it to climb and display its beautiful blooms.