Akebia quinata Seeds- Chocolate Vine.

A delightful climbing vine featuring both edible fruit and ornamental chocolate and vanilla-scented flowers! The fruits grow to about 4" and have a sweetish flavor. The leaves can be used to make tea. The vine is hardy to well below 0F and will grow in most climates. Makes a beautiful ornamental and edible addition to any garden Akebia quinata is a robust twining vine that climbs to 20'-40' or spreads as a lacy groundcover. Its dangling flowers are dark purple against graceful blue-green foliage and have a spicy fragrance. This is a frilly vine, excellent for fast cover on trellises and fences, and very easy to grow. Native to China and Korea, Chocolate Vine is hardy to zone 5, may lose its leaves in northern climates, but the new foliage is purple, very cool. Akebia does best in partial shade, is not fussy about soil and is fairly drought-tolerant.Akebia quinata - Chocolate Vine Scarification: Soak in water, let stand in water for 24 hours. Stratification: cold stratify for 30 days.