Rosea is an ornamental pink-flowered cultivar of fiveleaf akebia, grown for its fragrant mauve-pink spring blossoms and lush climbing foliage.
Variety details
Distinguishing Traits
Rosea distinguishes itself from wild fiveleaf akebia through its pale, dusky pink to lilac-rose cup-shaped flowers that release a gentle vanilla fragrance in mid-spring. The palmately compound leaves feature five oval, deep green leaflets that emerge with bronze tints.
Uses
Trained onto pergolas, sturdy trellises, arbors, or walls for fast-growing vertical coverage and fragrant springtime ornamental interest. When cross-pollinated with another Akebia quinata variety, it can produce edible purple sausage-shaped fruits.
Performance
An adaptable, vigorous twining woody vine hardy to USDA Zone 5. It thrives in well-drained fertile garden soil in full sun to partial shade, requiring minimal pest management once established.
Botanical Lineage
Taxonomic RankGeneral identification, edible-use, and cultivation information only — not medical or safety advice. It may be incomplete or wrong; do not eat or use a plant medicinally, or make growing decisions, based only on this page.