Vera’s Pride™ Silver Vine Kiwi

Vera’s Pride™ Silver Vine Kiwi

Vera’s Pride™ Silver Vine Kiwi is a very attractive female selection that bears large, sweet and tasty, light orange fruit. Vera’s Pride ™ also features large, white, fragrant flowers and very attractive, white frosted foliage.

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: For fruit, plant with Pavel™ Male. One male can pollinate up to 8 female plants.
Hardiness: Hardy to minus 35° F. or below.
Bearing Age: 2-3 years after planting.
Size at Maturity: 8-10 ft. in width on fence, trellis, arbor or other support.
Bloom Time: May
Taste: Sweet
Fruit Skin: Light orange
Flower Color: White
Ripening Time: September
Yield: 20-30 lbs.
Pests & Diseases: Kiwis are not bothered by pests or diseases.
USDA Zone: 3-8