Encyclopedia: Actinidia and other fruit

A cultivar yielding interestingly coloured, dark fruit of delightfully sweet taste. The shrub does not produce root suckers. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE: Medium-sized flowers, white to creamy-white, gathered in loose panicles, open in May. Berries large, round, black with grey film, exceptionally tasty, sweet and juicy. Their flesh is firm and dense, very juicy and sweet. They appear on biennial shoots. Leaves are dark green. HOW IT GROWS: Fast-growing shrub, reachin...

A shrub of tasty, red fruit and decorative, hairy shoots. Highly resistant to pest and disease. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE: Fruit small, red, juicy and very aromatic, gathered in bunches in dozens; ripen gradually in the second half of July. The shrub produces stubbly, unbranched stems. Flowers small, white, opening in June, have no ornamental value. HOW IT GROWS: Stems over 3 m long. They can be trained along fences or in espaliers. In the second year the stems pro...

A Ukrainian, autogamous variety abundant in fruit. Its valuable stems are used for decorative, medicinal and nutritional purposes. The fruit, but also to some extent the leaves and the bark contain schisandrine (toning and strengthening substance), Vitamin E and many minerals: iron, copper, manganese, nickel, molybdenum, titanium and zinc, as well as significant quantities of magnesium, potassium and phosphorus. It has been used for centuries in the traditional Chines...

A valuable climber grown not only for its ornamental and medicinal properties but also for consumption. Fruits, leaves and bark contain schisandrine (tonifying and strengthening substance), vitamin E and are rich in microelements. Flowers small, creamy-white during May and June. Scarlet, round berries, borne in grape-like clusters, ripen from August to September. It starts bearing fruit in the fourth-sixth year after planting. A hardy, high-climbing species reaching 3...

The most ornamental of all Magnolia Vines with deep red, small (about 2,5 cm in diameter) but quite conspicuous flowers in April-May, borne single on long stalks in leaf axils. Flowers are most often bisexual. Pea-sized, deep red berries gathered in nodding spikes. Oval green leaves, 6 cm long. The stems twine round the supports. It requires fertile, moist, but not waterlogged soil. It may freeze during harsh winters. An excellent connoisseur plant. Flowers best admir...

A unique female form recommended for connaisseurs looking for original, outstanding plants. Looks pretty against a house wall. When blooming, it is best admired at a close distance. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE: Flowers decorative, small, ca. 2.5 cm across, dark red , single, overhanging on long stalks growing from leaf axis; opening in April-May. Fruit also dark red, pea-sized, gathered in overhanging clusters.  To obtain fruit, a male plant of the same species should b...

An outstanding cultivar yielding large, tasty dessert fruit. The fruit ripens early, at the beginning of September. Plentiful. Grows fast and is disease resistant, however, it may suffer from frosts. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE: Fruit of dessert type, large, oblong, light yellow, very tasty; ripen at the beginning of IX when grown in the ground. Bunches are substantial – ...

A plentiful cultivar of dark purple sweet fruit ripening in September. Robust and hardy. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE: Dessert fruit, sweet, large, dark purple with a waxy coating; on ground-grown plants ripening in IX. Small, compact bunches. Leaves large, ornamental, turn beautiful yellow in autumn. HOW IT GROWS: A climber using tendrils for support. Strong-growing, reaches 10 m – 2 m per year. WHERE TO PLANT: Sunny and warm site required. Soil average, humus-ric...

A cultivar of large, tasty, yellow dessert fruit. Of all Vitis cultivars, they’re the first to ripen in the Polish climate, as early as August. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE: Tasty, sweet, dessert fruit  - round, yellow-green; ripening at the end of VIII and in IX. Medium-sized bunches. Leaves large, decorative, dark green, in autumn turn beautiful yellow colour. Flowers un...

A hardy, strong-growing cultivar. Large, deep pink fruit are gathered in small bunches. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE: Fruit quite large, deep pink, gathered in small bunches; ripening at the end of IX. Leaves large, decorative, dark green, turn beautiful yellow in autumn. Flowers unassuming, yellow, always female; open in VI. HOW IT GROWS: A climber using tendrils for s...