Help with finding the name of a vine?

Like a rounded off spade typicaly 6"to8" in dia. the leaves of this vine grew up the trellis of my folks house all of my youth.It grew fast all summer in the north east and never flowered.Also,The big leaves were dull ( not glossy ) lite lime when immature,grass green when grown and ,were so dense,you couldn,t see through them..Pointed end up, laying flat against the sun.( A pattern ) Can,t locate a pic on the web..Thought mabey here .Thanks

Help with finding the name of a vine?
Difficult, it could be so many things.





Have a look at these pics of Vitis coignetiae which is the closest I can get with your description.


http://images.google.co.uk/images?gbv=2%26amp;...
Reply:Sounds like Clematis....but no flowers? Hmmmmmm....I'm not sure about that. Could be an ivy of some kind, that's the only thing I can think of that doesn't flower. Try Googling Ivy and see if you can find it.~
Reply:Sounds like ivy, which is the hedera genus. There are various species of ivy, but what you're describing seems like hedera helix, or English ivy.


Here is a link to a page on ivy by the USDA. About a third the way down the page are links to photos.





http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symb...





By the way, ivy can be extremely invasive and hard to get rid of. I once had a neighbor with a massive ivy growing on a wooden fence. The weight eventually took the fence down. It was sprawling all over the place and it was a mess. So, be careful what you wish for ...
Reply:Calvary.