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Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7a -17.8 °C (0 °F) to -15 °C (5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 10-20 feet
Plant Spread: 6-8 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Other: 2-4 inch greenish-brown egg-shaped fuzzy fruit with light green flesh. Each fruit contains numerous small black seeds.
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Spring
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Pollinators: Self

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Common names
  • Kiwi
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Actinidia chinensis var. hispida
  • Synonym: Actinidia deliciosa

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Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2022-04-16

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