Actinidia arguta ‘Ken’s Red’
Actinidia arguta Ken’s Red’ is a kiwi grape that produces small, smooth, hairless fruits. It is also known as mini-kiwi. This plant is a female variant of the kiwi grape. When this plant is pollinated by a male variant, it produces fruit. In order to get fruit, a male variety must be planted in the […]
Mini kiwi
Not self-pollinating
October picking month
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Description
Actinidia arguta Ken’s Red’ is a kiwi grape that produces small, smooth, hairless fruits. It is also known as mini-kiwi. This plant is a female variant of the kiwi grape. When this plant is pollinated by a male variant, it produces fruit. In order to get fruit, a male variety must be planted in the garden. The fruits of the kiwi grape are a lot smaller than those of the large kiwi plants. The skin of these kiwi grapes is smooth and thin and therefore easy to eat. They hang in large bunches on the plant. The cut fruit resembles a miniature kiwi, with a white core surrounded by a ring of black seeds and the typical pattern of lines. After a few years, the plant produces tasty red fruits full of vitamin C in September-October, measuring about 3 cm. The red colour of the skin and flesh is not the same every year. The kiwi grape is a climbing plant and therefore you can best help it by guiding it along a wall, climbing frame or pergola. The kiwi grape flowers in May-June with fragrant white flowers. It is fully winter Hardy and can tolerate temperatures up to -25 °C. Plant the kiwi plant in a sunny, somewhat sheltered spot. In late winter, cut back excessively long and form-disturbing branches and also remove old dried-up branches if the plant gets too big.
