This plant is a fast-growing groundcover, hedge or screen, or vine. It is considered invasive in many areas. The twining and woody vine can grow to 30 long and cover fences, buildings, trees, and any number of other things. Leaves are dark and lustrous green. Flowers are white and fade to yellow. They bloom from spring through summer. Flowers are fragrant and attract hummingbirds. 'Hals' is a preferred selection, as is 'Purpurea' which has more prominent coloring than 'Hals' and lovely purplish-red new foliage, besides being highly fragrant.
Needs support to become established if it is to be used as a climbing vine. Its a twining vine, so it has to have something to wrap its tendrils around. This is an aggressive vine, and so ought to be avoided in riparian corridor areas, or in wild-land interface areas as it could escape and over-take native plants.