Debi, your pic doesn't work. It says deleted or moved. Tell me, did you win your Cissus on Ebay? The seller had several auctions, titled grape/oak leaf ivy. Of course I had to have one..it arrived today..it's not a grape ivy, it's oak leaf ivy..I'm happy. Walmart sometimes sells grape ivy's, and although they're beautiful, especially when mature and hanging in a sunny spot, I prefer oak leaf.. So let me know if you won your plant on Ebay. The Oak Leaf won is big. I've got to dl new plant pics, haven't had time since I've been repotting. 3 days of repotting! lol..Try another picture..Toni One more thing. Ppl have different concepts regarding light conditions..What one might deem 'x' window full sun, someone else might call it bright light. There's confusion when ppl discuss light conditions. When I worked at Rentokil and Home Depot, customers would ask questions about light. Because a tag said, bright light, they jumped to the conclusion that plant needed desert sun. lol..NOT! Unless someone literally sees a room during the day, we can only assume. See if your AV flowers. If it doesn't, then it's not because the area didn't have sufficient light. It could be your AV. Oversized pot, lack of fertlizers, etc. If your AV's potted in soil-less mix, it need more fertilizer than a plant potted in soil. Good luck..Toni

Well w/ a botanical name, you can now search for European nurseries which carry Cissus, right?

Thank you, gardengal, for the info. I will have to watch for berries on that mysterious plant to help identify it. I should find a better word than invasive. They are undesirable because of their propensity to spread and their difficulty to remove. While technically, this is the PNW, this side of WA is very hot and very dry during the growing season, nothing like the Seattle area. Yes, this is somewhat of a woodland setting and there are tall conifers, however, we had many of the tall pines - 40+ - felled to let in more sunlight and we have amended the soil to be able to grow roses. We now have good soil that the roses seem to like. It is possible to grow roses in this setting. One of the most well known rose growers, Northland Rosarium, is in this area, also an extensive, popular rose garden at Manito Park. Since these non-invasive, but undesirable, plants are here, and not bad looking, I will just go around them for the expansion of my garden, giving them plenty of latitude so they do not become part of my garden.

It could be mites (plant lice), especially because they love to hide between your fingers. Does it itch worse at night? Mites are more active at night. One year, we made a scarecrow costume for my son and stuff dead grass up around his ankles and wrists. The next day, he was covered with a horrible rash halfway up his arms and legs. The doctor took a scraping and said it was plant lice, that they overwinter on dead grass. He gave us some permethrin cream and it cleared it right up, but we never did THAT again. Put some vaseline all over the rash in case it is mites. It will smother them. You can get RID for lice and rub that on those spots. Also, virgin coconut oil is very good at killing them, if you want to stay natural. I had a horrible itch on my arms once that was so painful at night that I had to put icepacks on my arms to get to sleep. I started rubbing coconut oil on my arms every night, and within a week, it was gone and has never come back.