| Botanical name | Vitis vinifera |
|---|---|
| Plant Care |  Deciduous Deciduous – Sheds Its Leaves Annually  Full Sun Full Sun – Prefers 6 or more hours of sun per day.  Frost Hardy Frost Hardy – Can Handle frost without damage.  Moderate Watering Moderate Watering – Requires Regular Watering.  Pruning Required Pruning Required – Needs to be Pruned.  Non Indigenous Non Indigenous – Exotic to South Africa. |
| Categories | |
| Common name(s) | Grapes |
| Origin | |
| Foliage | This plant bears variable sized foliage, rounded or palm-shaped 3 to 7 lobed, toothed, heart-shaped at the base. |
| Uses in landscape design | This plant can be trained over trellises, pergolas, shading for carports, arches, along walkways or grown along fences. Small gardens |
| Maintenance | Plant vines about 3m apart during spring. Cut back the newly planted vines to two eyes. During summer, let these two shoots grow so that a strong root system can develop. The following winter choose the strongest shoot, cut it back to two eyes, and remove all other shoots. Train one shoot from these eyes to become the main stem. Remove the weaker shoot when about 200mm long, train the other one up the height of the trellis or pergola, and top the main stem. Train two shoots arising from eyes at the top of the main stem in both directions to form the framework of the vine. next winter, cut back these side shoots to two or three eyes, and with each subsequent winter cut back again to two or three eyes. (Prune ‘Crystal White’ grapes to five or six eyes.) Keep vines well watered during dry weather, especially in winter in the summer- rainfall regions. |
| Fruit | Pick grapes when they are really sweet; they do not ripen after they have been picked. |
| Soil conditions | Moist, richly composted soil. |
| Uses | Fresh leaves can be used as a wrap in several dishes – wrapped around spicy mince, or around mushrooms and cheese, and it can be cooked in a tomato sauce, used in salads or stir-fries. The fruit can be used to make juice or jam and used in fruit salads. The seeds are even used to make grape seed oil. |
| Interesting planting ideas | Plant near chamomile, chives, garlic, perennial, basil and sage. |
| Common pests and diseases | Beetles; powdery and downy mildew in damp weather. |
| Harvest | Pick grapes when they are really sweet; they do not ripen after they have been picked. |
Vitis vinifera (Grapes)
- Botanical name: Vitis vinifera
- Common name(s): Grapes
- Categories: Climbers and Creepers
Plant description:
Grape vines are hardy, deciduous climbers. They are ideal in smaller gardens as they can be trained over trellises, pergolas and carports, or grown along fences. Vines are self-fertile.
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Botanical Pronunciation: viht-ihs vihn-IF-uh-ruh
Vitis vinifera requirements and features
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Moderate Maintenance
Requires moderate maintenance.
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This plant bears variable sized foliage, rounded or palm-shaped 3 to 7 lobed, toothed, heart-shaped at the base.
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