Hardy Kiwi Vine
Actinidia arguta 'Issai' (Self-fertile female)
Vigorous twining vine needs no pollenizer plant to produce delicious smooth-skinned fruit. Good production from a showy landscape specimen. Attractive on arbor or trellis. Deciduous.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | ak-ti-NID-e-a ar-GU-ta |
| Key feature: | Edible |
| Plant type: | Vine - Requires Support |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Deciduous |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 3 - 8 |
| Light needs: | Full sun |
| Sunset climate zones: | 1 - 10, 12, 14 - 24, 31 - 41 |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | Fast grower to 20 to 25 ft. long. |
| Growth rate: | Fast |
| Special feature: | Edible |
| Landscape use: | Espalier |
| Flower color: | White |
| Blooms: | Spring |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 0139 |
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Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer. Provide support such as a trellis or arbor. Prune annually to control size. Pruning time: winter.
Design Ideas
Kiwi vines are ideal candidates for training onto virtually any kind of arbor or trellis. Grow along the top of a fence line for a long run of foliage. Will arch over a covered gateway too.
Companion Plants
To create a warm season fruit garden, plant kiwi with other producers such as Dwarf Redblush Grapefruit, (Citrus paradisi 'Dwarf Redblush'), Southmoon Blueberry, (Vaccinium x 'Southmoon'), Flame Seedless Grape, (Vitis vinifera 'Flame Seedless') and Indian Summer Raspberry, (Rubus idaeus 'Indian Summer').
History
This is the signature genus of the Actinidiaceae family which includes many types of woody tropical vines. This species was named by Friedrick Miquel, a botanist of Utrecht, Holland. It was collected first from eastern Asia where it is native to Japan, Korea and Manchuria. Due to self fertility, this species has been grown for many centuries in China.
Lore
The genus was named from the Greek for ray, by John Lindley in the early 19th century, referring to the radiating styles of the flower.
Vigorous twining vine needs no pollenizer plant to produce delicious smooth-skinned fruit. Good production from a showy landscape specimen. Attractive on arbor or trellis. Deciduous.
Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer. Provide support such as a trellis or arbor. Prune annually to control size. Pruning time: winter.
Design Ideas
Kiwi vines are ideal candidates for training onto virtually any kind of arbor or trellis. Grow along the top of a fence line for a long run of foliage. Will arch over a covered gateway too.
Companion Plants
To create a warm season fruit garden, plant kiwi with other producers such as Dwarf Redblush Grapefruit, (Citrus paradisi 'Dwarf Redblush'), Southmoon Blueberry, (Vaccinium x 'Southmoon'), Flame Seedless Grape, (Vitis vinifera 'Flame Seedless') and Indian Summer Raspberry, (Rubus idaeus 'Indian Summer').
History
This is the signature genus of the Actinidiaceae family which includes many types of woody tropical vines. This species was named by Friedrick Miquel, a botanist of Utrecht, Holland. It was collected first from eastern Asia where it is native to Japan, Korea and Manchuria. Due to self fertility, this species has been grown for many centuries in China.
Lore
The genus was named from the Greek for ray, by John Lindley in the early 19th century, referring to the radiating styles of the flower.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | ak-ti-NID-e-a ar-GU-ta |
| Key feature: | Edible |
| Plant type: | Vine - Requires Support |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Deciduous |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 3 - 8 |
| Light needs: | Full sun |
| Sunset climate zones: | 1 - 10, 12, 14 - 24, 31 - 41 |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | Fast grower to 20 to 25 ft. long. |
| Growth rate: | Fast |
| Special feature: | Edible |
| Landscape use: | Espalier |
| Flower color: | White |
| Blooms: | Spring |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 0139 |
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