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Other Names:  Bower Actinidia

Description:

A fruit producing variety, paired with a male pollinator, selected together for a higher yield of delicious smooth skinned fruit; handsome foliage and fragrant white blooms in early summer; very hardy and adaptable, great for arbors and trellises

Edible Qualities

Kiwi Magic™ Hardy Kiwi Combination is a woody vine that is commonly grown for its edible qualities, although it does have ornamental merits as well. It produces small green oval fruit with a red blush which are usually ready for picking from early to mid fall. The fruits have a sweet taste and a fleshy texture.

The fruit are most often used in the following ways:

• Fresh Eating

Features & Attributes

Kiwi Magic™ Hardy Kiwi Combination features dainty fragrant white buttercup flowers with yellow anthers along the branches from mid to late spring. It has dark green deciduous foliage. The large heart-shaped leaves turn yellow in fall. It features an abundance of magnificent green berries with red blush from late summer to mid fall.

This is a dense multi-stemmed deciduous woody vine with a spreading, ground-hugging habit of growth. Its relatively coarse texture can be used to stand it apart from other landscape plants with finer foliage. This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Aside from its primary use as an edible, Kiwi Magic™ Hardy Kiwi Combination is sutiable for the following landscape applications;

• Hedges/Screening
• General Garden Use
• Orchard/Edible Landscaping

Planting & Growing

Kiwi Magic™ Hardy Kiwi Combination will grow to be about 25 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 24 inches. As a climbing vine, it should be planted next to a fence, trellis or other rigid structure where it can be trained to grow upwards on it. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 15 years. This is a self-pollinating variety, so it doesn't require a second plant nearby to set fruit.

This woody vine can be integrated into a landscape or flower garden by creative gardeners, but is usually grown in a designated edibles garden. It does best in full sun to partial shade. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.

This plant is not reliably hardy in our region, and certain restrictions may apply; contact the store for more information.