Description
Spacing: 6-10’
Growth Habit: Climbing Vine
Planting Location: Sheltered/Cozy
Zone 3-3b
- Medium sized, juicy red grapes
- Excellent for wine, juice & jams and fresh eating
- Fruit ripens in late September; tolerates to -6°C and lasts for 2 weeks in refrigerator
- Needs a hot, sunny and sheltered spot; recommend south side of a building
- Requires a cross pollinator
- Panicles of tiny white flowers bloom in mid June
- Large, three-lobed, serrated foliage turns yellow in fall
- Requires 8+ hours of sun for fruiting & foliage health
- Growth Rate: 3-5’/year
- Growth dimensions: max 20-30’; grapes will grow to cover climbing surface provided
- Produces fruit 2-3 years after planting
- Plant pollinators within 200’ or less, closer is better
- No currently known disease/pest concerns
- Susceptible to powdery mildew if planted in shady spots or during high humidity