General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 15 to 20 feet
Plant Spread: 15 to 20 feet
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Deciduous
Variegated
Other: Green with pink and white variegation.
Fruit: Other: A male cultivar: does not produce any fruit
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Bees
Various insects
Miscellaneous: Dioecious

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Common names
  • Hardy Kiwi

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Date: 2009-05-17

Date: 2009-11-05

Photo Courtesy of Secret Garden Growers.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date: 2016-05-20
Male flower: anthers with yellow pollen, but no carpel visible; t
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Comments:
  • Posted by Cyclaminist (Minneapolis, Minnesota - Zone 5a) on May 20, 2016 1:30 PM concerning plant:
    A male cultivar: the flowers only produce pollen. I grow it as pollenizer (pollen supplier) for the female cultivar Hardy Kiwi (Actinidia kolomikta 'Red Beauty'), which produces fruit. It's said to have better leaf color (pink to white patches), but mine is in mostly shade and rarely develops any color.

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