What: The common name for Vitis coignetiae — crimson glory vine — tells it all. It is indeed glorious when clothed in its large crimson autumnal garb. Its leaves are very large, often to a foot across ...

Understanding the Context

Ursula Buchan praises the plant 'tailor-made to clamber and scramble up a mature tree' Some plants are hard to overpraise, even in this modern climate of endless hype, and Vitis coignetiae, the ...