Pavel™ Male Silver Vine Kiwi
Pavel™ Male Silver Vine Kiwi is a beautiful ornamental vine, this male selection features large, fragrant white flowers and silvery-white foliage. It is a great pollinator for Hot Pepper™ and Vera’s Pride™, Pavel™ Male Silver Vine Kiwi does not bear fruit.
From the Russian Far East, this attractive vine shares the hardwoods forest of that region with Arctic Beauty and Hardy Kiwi, Amur Grape, and Magnolia Vine. Silver Vine is prized for its large, white, fragrant flowers, greenish-silver foliage, and abundant crops of unique, sweet, light orange fruit. Great for covering a fence, wall, or arbor, Silver Vine, likes partial shade and is hardy to minus 35 degrees F., USDA Zone 3.
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Latin Name: Actinidia polygama
Site and Soil: Silver Vine likes partial shade and well-drained soil.
Pollination Requirements: Plant Male with Hot Pepper ™ or Vera’s Pride ™
Hardiness: Hardy to minus 35° F. or below.
Bearing Age: Male plants do not bear fruit
Size at Maturity: 8-10 ft. in width on fence, trellis, arbor or other support.
Bloom Time: May
Ripening Time: September
Yield: Male plants do no bear fruit
Pests & Diseases: Kiwis are not bothered by pests or diseases.
USDA Zone: 3-8