Fenway Park (Parthenocissus tricuspidata 'Fenway Park') - foliage plant, illustrated plant cardIllustration

Fenway Park

Parthenocissus tricuspidata 'Fenway Park'

Fenway Park is grown for its foliage rather than flowers, giving the garden structure and color all season long.

Bloom time
Foliage plant
not yet checked
Hardiness
Zones 4–8
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Sun
Part sun
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Water
Moderate water
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Mature size
33 ft × 10 ft
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Type
Climber
house classification

Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.

Growing Fenway Park

Plant it in part sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 4–8. Expect it to reach about 33 ft tall and 10 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 4 years (not yet checked).

Verification
What this means

Written with AI assistance and not yet checked plant by plant against recorded sources, so treat every fact above as a starting point. Its scientific name was checked against botanical registries, an audit keeps its values consistent with the rest of the library, and a July 2026 review re-read the main facts of every plant then in the library against horticultural authorities without recording a source for each, which is why none of that counts as checked here. The source-by-source check is working through the whole library in the open, and a checked plant says so in this row.

When to plant Fenway Park

Plant Fenway Park in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 6, the middle of its hardy zones 4 to 8, spring means March to May and fall means August or September.

Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 6, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 6 in March. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.

How big does Fenway Park get?

Illustration of Fenway Park drawn to scale beside an adult33 fttall5 ft 7 inan adult10 ftwide
About 33 ft tall and 10 ft wide at maturity: about 6 times as tall as an adult.

See Fenway Park in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.

How far apart to plant Fenway Park

Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.

Give Fenway Park about 10 ft of clear ground in every direction, measured from its center. It is one plant with room around it, not a row, and a raised bed is too small for it.

Clear ground around it
10 ft in every direction

Add Fenway Park to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.

Good to know about Fenway Park

Curated from university extensions, botanic gardens and other primary sources, with the source named on every note.

Safety

Berries are toxic to people and pets: they hold oxalic acid and needle-like oxalate crystals. Eating them can cause mouth and stomach pain, vomiting, and diarrhea. per NC State and Wisconsin

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One of 3 in the Boston Ivy group. Same plant, same care.

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