Actinidiaceae
Actinidia arguta var. arguta
Actinidia arguta var. arguta var. arguta
Also known as Actinidia rufa subvar. dulcissima, Actinidia rufa var. cordifolia, Actinidia melanandra var. latifolia, Actinidia platyphylla
Native Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Kiwi · Hardy Kiwi · Vine · Edible Fruit · Climber · Deciduous · Cold Hardy · Fruit Vine · Vigorous
Hardy Kiwi is a vigorous climbing vine producing small, smooth-skinned edible fruits. Requires both male and female plants for fruit production and strong support structures for the heavy vines. Best grown in areas with cool winters and warm summers.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply, maintaining consistent soil moisture especially during fruit development · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–8
- Temperature
- 10°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 8a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 10 ft – 25 ft
- Spread
- 15 ft
- Spacing
- 120 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Connecticut, Japan, Korea, Kuril Is., Maine, Manchuria, Masachusettes, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Sakhalin, Taiwan, Uzbekistan
- Attracts
- Bees
Sources: trefle
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