Plant
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Size
Climbing stems up to 3 m; flowers up to 7 cm acrossFlowers about the size of a saucer
Lifespan
Perennial; dies back each winter and regrows from rootstock
Rarity
Common
M vs F
N/A — flowers are hermaphrodite
Habitat
Hedgerows, woodland edges, riverbanks, waste ground and gardens — anything it can twine up
Best time
June–September
Conservation
LC
💡 Did you know?
Hedge Bindweed's large white trumpet flowers only last a day or two each, but the plant produces a steady stream of new ones right through summer.
Hedge Bindweed stems always twine anticlockwise around their support — a fixed habit shared by the whole Convolvulaceae family, regardless of which hemisphere the plant is growing in.
Often confused with
Field Bindweed (much smaller flowers
usually pink
trailing habit)
Bittersweet (purple flowers
red berries
not a true bindweed)
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