Description
Grow your own grape vine from seed and raise a productive climber for the arbour, pergola or garden wall. This purple variety produces sweet dark fruit for fresh eating, juice or homemade wine on established plants. Please note: vines grown from seed can take several years to fruit, and because this is a seeded variety, seedlings grown from it will produce grapes with seeds, unlike commercial seedless table grapes.
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- Ornamental climbing vine with attractive lobed foliage and autumn colour
- Sweet dark purple fruit for eating, juice or home winemaking
- Excellent for arbours, pergolas and fences
- Long-lived vine that improves for decades once established
Growing guide
- Prepare: soak seed 24 hours, then 8-12 weeks cold moist stratification in the fridge
- Sow: 1 cm (1/2 in) deep in free-draining mix
- Germination: 30-60 days at 18-21 C (65-70 F), often uneven
- Spacing: 1.8-2.4 m (6-8 ft) apart on a strong support
- Light: full sun, well-drained soil
- Fruiting: typically from year 3-4; hardy USDA zones 5-9; prune annually for best crops
Germination-tested seed, packed fresh and shipped worldwide from Seeds Grow In.
