Vitis vinifera | Wine Grape. Originated in … Armenia,Caspian Sea | Vine

Vitis vinifera belongs to the plant family VITACEĈ and Genus Vitis This Vine will grow well in a wide variety of loam or soils pertaining to most average garden situations , a pH which can apply to most normal garden soil conditions, . All plants need light to allow the photosynthesis process of converting carbon dioxide to growth sugars to take place. Some plants need more sun-light than others. For this plant those sunlight conditions are well described as … Various

We are often asked about plants for humming bird attraction. Unfortunately Vitis vinifera does not attract these beautiful hummingbird, sunbird or nectar feeding varieties of garden birds

Impressive Autumn foliage display is not shown by Vitis vinifera so look for an alternative plant for pleasing Fall leaf properties

Vitis vinifera wine grape is not known as a butterfly attracting plant

Vitis vinifera | Wine Grape is a deciduous plant which means it loses its leaves in Autumn or Fall. Deciduous trees should not be planted close to water features or fish ponds.

Almost all plants grown in gardens need to be fed using fertilzer in order to see them at their best. For this plant the suggested fertilizer program would be based upon … Typical mix of: 3 parts Nitrogen (N), 2 parts Phosphorous (P) and 3 parts Potassium (K for Latin name Kalium).

Vitis vinifera can survive cold winters where the average annual low is -10° Fahrenheit.

Vitis vinifera is deciduous in nature.

Some suggested culinary uses for this plant are … Fresh;Wine;Juice.

Fruit … too plentiful in varieties to fully enumerate; each with its own skin color, sweetness and juiciness

The fruit is too plentiful in varieties to fully enumerate; each with its own skin color, sweetness and juiciness. Vitis vinifera is most often used as juice. Wine grape is a good source for the production of wine. This plant is most often used fresh. This species has herbal applications as an astringent, as an anti-inflammatory, as a detoxifier and as an antisclerotic. See the medicinal properties section for even more traditional herbal uses. The leaves and the fruit and even the sap are used to prepare herbal remedies.

Suggested spacing for this crop to ensure plants next to each other use the space optimally without losing the benefits of sunshine and water needs is 6' in one direction and 3' in the other direction.

"Growing Unusual Fruit", Alan E. Simmons, Walker and Company, New York, 1972.

"The Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants", Andrew Chevallier, DK Publishing, New York, 1996.