Grapevine

Grapevine Overview

Vitis is also known as grapevine, this genus contains around 79 hardy, deciduous, woody-stemmed tendril-climbing species. These are grown ornamentally for their foliage, which displays autumn colour when exposed to warm, sunny conditions and also for their edible fruit bunches, commonly called grapes. Flowers are wind pollinated, small, green-white and arranged in dense clusters. This genus is distributed across the Northern Hemisphere and is an economically important plant, grapes are consumed as food and fermented to produce wine and other products.

How to propagate Grapevine

Cuttings

You can propagate from hardwood cuttings in late autumn.

Special features of Grapevine

Attractive fruits

Other uses of Grapevine

Grown for their foliage and fruits (grapes), which are produced in bunches.