General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 20 feet, 30 feet or more
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Other: Dark blue to purple when mature.
Flowers: Fragrant
Flower Color: Green
Other: Small greenish-yellow flowers in panicles of 4 to 5 inches in length.
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Edible Parts: Fruit
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Summer Grape
  • Pigeon Grape
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Vitis aestivalis
  • Synonym: Vitis aestivalis var. smalliana
  • Synonym: Vitis sinuata

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Location: Aberdeen, NC 
Date: April 29, 2023
Summer grape # 432; RAB p. 695, 120-2-5; LHB p. 649, 120-1-3; AG
Location: Aberdeen, NC (my garden 2023)
Date: April 29, 2023
Summer grape # 432; RAB p. 695, 120-2-5; LHB p. 649, 120-1-3; AG
Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park
Date: May 2, 2023
Summer grape # 432; RAB p. 695, 120-2-5; LHB p. 649, 120-1-3; AG
Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park
Date: May 2, 2023
Summer grape # 432; RAB p. 695, 120-2-5; LHB p. 649, 120-1-3; AG

photo credit: James H. Miller
Location: Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Date: 06/04/2017
photo by Doug McGrady via Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/d

Date: c. 1908
photo from Hedrick's 'Grapes of New York', 1908

credit: Botbin

USDA photo

photo credit: James H. Miller
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