Catalog Description
Vigorous twining vine needs no pollinizer plant to produce delicious smooth-skinned fruit. Good production from a showy landscape specimen. Attractive on arbor or trellis. Fast grower to 20 to 25 feet long. Full sun. Deciduous. |
Design Ideas
Kiwi vines are ideal candidates for training onto virtually any kind of arbor or trellis. Grow along the top of a fence line for a long run of foliage. Will arch over a covered gateway too. |
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Average Landscape Size
Fast grower to 20 to 25 ft. long. |
Key Plant Benefits
Vigorous twining vine needs no pollenizer plant to produce delicious smooth-skinned fruit. Good production from a showy landscape specimen. Attractive on arbor or trellis. Deciduous. |
Care Instructions
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer. Provide support such as a trellis or arbor. Prune annually to control size. |
Growth Conditions
| Heat Zones |
 High:
| 8 (>90 to 120 days) |
| Low: | 1 (< 1 days) |
| Cold Hardiness |
| High: | 8 (10 to 20 F) (see map) |
| Low: | 3 (-40 to -30 F) |
| Water Requirements |
| Water regularly, when top 3 in. of soil is dry. |
| Sun Exposure |
| Full sun |
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Flower or Bloom description:
| Flowering Time/Season |
 | Fragrant white flowers in spring. |
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Propagation
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Attributes
Edible Fruit
Espaliers
Fruit-Bearing |
Foliage
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Plant Lore
The genus was named from the Greek for ray, by John Lindley in the early 19th century, referring to the radiating styles of the flower. |
Plant History
This is the signature genus of the Actinidiaceae family which includes many types of woody tropical vines. This species was named by Friedrick Miquel, a botanist of Utrecht, Holland. It was collected first from eastern Asia where it is native to Japan, Korea and Manchuria. Due to self fertility, this species has been grown for many centuries in China. |
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