Vitis vinifera
Wine grape
Common names: Grape vine
Photo: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen · Public Domain · Source
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Description
The wine grape is a long‑lived climbing plant that grows on trellises, pergolas, or house walls and produces sweet grapes in sunny locations. Disease‑resistant varieties such as 'Regent' or 'Muscat bleu' require little spraying and are ideal for a home garden. Over time it develops a strong, woody trunk.
Care instructions
Plant the vine on a warm, full‑sun south wall with well‑draining soil and pull a main trunk up a sturdy wire framework. Prune in winter when no severe frost is expected (February, week 8) to a few buds per fruit cluster, pruning determines yield. Harvest the grapes when fully colored and sweet (September, week 39).
Soil & site
Soil pH
Soil type
sandy, loamy, well-drained, lime-loving
Feeding
Medium feeder
Months
Mar, Apr, Sep
Pruning
Propagation
Methods
- Cuttings
- Layering
- Grafting
Companion planting
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Varieties
10 varieties‘Birstaler Muskat’
You will enjoy *‚Birstaler Muskat’*, a greenish‑yellow table grape from Switzerland that combines a fine muscat character with a pleasantly robust nature.
‘Boskoop Glory’
You’ll enjoy a proven old blue table grape from the Netherlands, prized for its robustness against the wet climate of northwestern Europe.
‘Lakemont’
A seedless white table grape with vigorous growth and large, tightly packed bunches.
‘Muscat Bleu’
A robust blue dessert grape with vigorous growth that is popular as a fungus resistant cultivar, especially for sunny house walls and pergolas.
‘Nero’
An early ripening blue table grape from Hungarian breeding with good fungal resistance.
‘Palatina’
An early ripening, fungus resistant white table grape from German breeding with loose, golden yellow bunches.
‘Phönix’
A fungus-resistant white wine grape that you can nibble as a green table grape or turn into pale juice or must.
‘Regent’
A fungus-resistant (PIWI) red wine grape from German breeding that you can grow in the home garden without a hard spray schedule.
‘Vanessa’
A seedless red table grape from Canada that you can eat straight off the vine without spitting out pips.
‘Venus’
A very early ripening, almost seedless blue table grape that is ready to harvest from the end of August, good for locations with a shorter season.
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