woofie said:This site says it will grow in zones 4-9, and they offer seeds. A bit dear though:
http://www.georgiavines.com/ca...
Agoo said:Hello, just came across your post. If you are still wanting some silvervine seeds, I can send you some for free. Just tree mail me if you still want some.
KATLADY58 said:I live in Missouri and my cat loves silver vine Is there anyway possible that you still have some free seeds
ediblelandscapingsc said:So its kitty opium
ediblelandscapingsc said:I grow silvervine kiwis. I have a named male and named female that produces high quality fruit. Wild strains are said to be pungent and spicy but my female makes sweet elongated fruits.
Keith they will grow in your area if you or anyone else wants cuttings this winter shoot me a tree mail. I've had problems with cats chewing through the base of my plants and had to put a net around the bottom 4 ft of the vines.
vamelnick said:Hi, I just found this group. I am looking for some Silvervine/Actinidia Polygala seeds or cuttings. I am building a catio and want to have some plants growing in it. It would be fun to have a jungle of these. Thanks in advance!
ediblelandscapingsc said:I grow silvervine kiwis. I have a named male and named female that produces high quality fruit. Wild strains are said to be pungent and spicy but my female makes sweet elongated fruits.
Keith they will grow in your area if you or anyone else wants cuttings this winter shoot me a tree mail. I've had problems with cats chewing through the base of my plants and had to put a net around the bottom 4 ft of the vines.
DWRead said:Keith,
Yes, the fruit is edible, but I've heard it is not as tasty as supermarket kiwi fruit.
None of the five seeds I received from Georgia Vines was viable.
Last year I mail-ordered ๐๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฅ๐ช๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ญ๐บ๐จ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข 'Pavel' from One Green World.
I was disappointed to find that my cats are not at all interested in it, even though they have responded to purchased silvervine powder from Japan.
There's an NIH article on a related species, ๐๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฅ๐ช๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข. The scientists found little or no amounts of cat attractants in their plants. That could be due to the immaturity of their plants, compared to established groves in the wild.
Perhaps my plant is just too young to contain much cat attractant.
Or, perhaps I should have purchased a female kiwi plant. I haven't seen any research on whether or not gender matters.