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 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 12 to 15 feet
Plant Spread: 12 to 15 feet
Leaves: Good fall color
Deciduous
Other: Green with red variegation, turning red in fall.
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Other: Oval green berries, about an inch long
Fruiting Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Bees
Miscellaneous: Dioecious

Common names
  • Hardy Kiwi

Comments:
  • Posted by Cyclaminist (Minneapolis, Minnesota - Zone 5a) on May 20, 2016 1:40 PM concerning plant:
    A female cultivar that produces small green berries in early fall. When ripe, they are soft and aromatic, with a very fruity smell, almost as if they're overripe. When unripe, they're firm and crunchy, sour with a strangely corrosive feeling in the mouth.

    I grow it next to Hardy Kiwi (Actinidia kolomikta 'Arctic Beauty'), which produces pollen.

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