| Description | Golden Hop Vine (Humulus lupulus Aureus) is a herbaceous perennial vine that twines and trails. The leaves emerge as gold in spring and turn yellow throughout the season. |
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| Pronunciation | (HU-mu-lus)(loo-PU-lus) |
| Plant Type | Vines |
| Hardiness Zone | 5 |
| Sunlight | needs some good light to bring out the yellow color |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | dioecious (male and female flowers on separate plants), chartreuse axillary spike, apetalous |
| Fruit | achene found in strobiles (scaly cones) |
| Leaves | bright yellow to gold, 3-5 lobed, simple leaves, deciduous |
| Stems | perennial vine, twinning |
| Dimensions | at least 15 feet, a perennial twinning vine |
| Maintenance | Provide a structure to twine on. |
| Propagation | greenwood leaf bud cuttings in mid-summer, seeds, rhizomes |
| Misc Facts | The strobiles (scaly cones) on the female plant produce "lupulin" which is used to flavor beer. Humulus is derived from old German or Slav humela (hop), or from Latin humi (ground, soil, earth) with reference to an occasional prostrate habit.(www.plantlives.com) |
| Notes & Reference | #62-Manual of Climbers and Wall Plants (J K Burras, Mark Griffiths), #145-Plant Lives, (Sue Eland) www.plantlives.com |
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