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Book: Landscape Gardening in Japan, 1912
Chapter: Chapter 11. Garden Vegetation

Japanese creepers

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CREEPING PLANTS. The principal creeping plants grown on trellises and fences are:� Vitis in-constans (Tsuta), Vitis vinifera (Budo), Vitis pentaphylla (Bimbo-kazura), Vitis labrusca (Yama-budo), Vitis lceoides (Udo-kazura), Clematis japonica (Tsurigane-kazura), Clematis paniculata (Senninso), Clematis patens (Kazaguruma), Clematis florida (Tessen), Clematis apiifolia (Botan-dzuru), Trachelospermum jasminoides (Teika-kazura), Tecoma grandiflora (Nozen-kazura), Convolvulus japonicus (Hirugao), Convolvulus soldanella (Hama-hirugao), Ipom�a pes-capr� (Uchiwa-kazura), Ipom�a hederacea (Asagao), Ipom�a bona-box (Hari-asagao), Ipom�a purpurea (Maruba-asagao), Kadsura japonica (Binan-kazura), Vicia am�na (Tsuru-fujibakama), and Vicia cracea, var. japonica (Kusa-fuji). The wistaria �a gigantic creeper�has been mentioned among trees.