Grape vine
Vitis vinifera
ShrubSecondary
Production
A deep-rooted, drought-hardy climber for grapes and shade — train it up a pergola, trellis or living support. Needs hard annual pruning and a watch for mildew, but it's endlessly productive.
Tolerances & traits
- Strata
- Shrub
- Lifecycle
- Secondary
- Soil preference
- Rocky, Loam
- Soil pH range
- 5.5 – 7.5
- Min. temperature
- -18°C
- Min. rainfall
- 400 mm/year
- Wind tolerance
- Medium
- Frost tolerance
- Medium
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Irrigation needed
- Low
How to manage it
Deep-rooted, drought-hardy climber; train on a pergola, trellis or living support and hard-prune every winter to control cropping.
Watch out for
A climbing vine, not a tree — needs a support structure to grow up. Requires hard annual pruning, is prone to powdery and downy mildew, and late spring frosts can kill emerging shoots and buds.
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