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Botanical Pronunciation:
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VI-tis
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Key feature:
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Edible
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Plant type:
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Vine - Requires Support
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Garden style:
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Mediterranean
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Deciduous/evergreen:
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Deciduous
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Cold hardiness zones:
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4 - 8
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Light needs:
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Full sun
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Water Needs:
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Once established, needs only occasional watering.
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Average landscape size:
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Fast-growing vine to 20 to 25 ft. each year.
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Growth rate:
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Fast
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Special features:
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Attracts Birds, Edible, Fall Color, North American Native, Showy Fruit, Year-round Interest
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Landscape use:
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Espalier
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Flower color:
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Green
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Blooms:
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Inconspicuous
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Foliage color:
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Green
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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
Grapes can grow wherever there is direct sun and sufficient air circulation. They're traditionally trained overhead onto shade arbors over outdoor living spaces. Also popular for training along fence lines and up over arbor gateways. May be cultivated on standard wire trellis used in commercial vineyards.
Planting Instructions:
Dig hole twice as wide and just as deep as the root ball. Place the plant into the new hole making sure that the top of the root ball is level with existing soil line. Fill in the hole, using planting mix at a ratio of 2 shovels native soil to 1 shovel planting mix (pack down soil around the root ball so that your soil doesn't settle). With extra soil make a well around the plant to retain water. Don't forget the Seaweed Extract, mix in 1 and ¼ ounces of extract to 1 gallon of water pour around base of plant. In three weeks retreat with Seaweed Extract.
Fertilizing During The Season:
You will want to fertilize in April, June, and September, we suggest Yum Yum its a great organic fertilizer designed for our soil. Don't forget to use a winterizer in November and January to help promote vigorous root systems.
