Hardy Kiwi (Actinidia arguta)

General Plant Information (Edit)
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) 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:	25 to 30 feet or more but usually kept smaller
Plant Spread:	6 to 20 feet
Leaves:	Unusual foliage color Deciduous Broadleaf
Fruit:	Showy Other: 1 1/4 inch, hairless, greenish-yellow to reddish-purple fruits, each containing numerous black seeds.
Fruiting Time:	Late summer or early fall
Flowers:	Showy Fragrant
Flower Color:	Green Other: Greenish-white
Flower Time:	Spring Summer
Suitable Locations:	Espalier
Edible Parts:	Fruit
Eating Methods:	Raw Cooked
Wildlife Attractant:	Bees
Resistances:	Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Seeds:	Self fertile Days to germinate: 2 to 3 months. Other info: Requires male and female plants to produce fruit or seed
Propagation: Other methods:	Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators:	Bees Various insects
Containers:	Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Miscellaneous:	Dioecious

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Posted by bitbit (Baltimore County, MD - Zone 7a) on Sep 22, 2011 5:12 AM concerning plant:

Hardy kiwi produces smaller fruits than the tropical kiwi, without hairy skins. The male plants are sometimes planted as an ornamental, as it is a fast-growing vine which can have showy foliage (only some varieties) and produces fragrant spring blooms. It is much hardier to cold winters than other kiwi types. A male and a female plant are both needed in order to get fruit.

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Actinidia Hardy Kiwi (Actinidia arguta)