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Family description Actinidia.

Actinidia, better known as Kiwi fruit, is a vigorous climbing vine with large exotic-looking leaves. This fruiting plant, A. chinensis is best grown as a novelty or as a screen to cover a dead tree. The new shoots produced each summer can grow 6 metres or more. The flowers of Actinidia are inconspicuous, and no variety is grown for the flowers. While A. chinensis will produce edible Kiwi fruit or Chinese gooseberries if both male and female plants are nearby, it is normally grown just for the leaf coverage of barren objects. A. kolomicta, on the other hand, does not produce either worthwhile fruit or flowers, but the leaves develop a bright tri-coloured splash of colour, reddish-pink at the tips, white in the centre with a green base. When grown on trellis in full sun, these become very colourful and more than compensate for the lack of flowers.

General care.

Overgrown stems should be cut back during the winter months, and the rooting area mulched with manure.

Notes on Toxicity or Culinary usage.

Fruit can be eaten if produced.

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Species description. Actinidia kolomicta.

Plant grown solely for the colourful leaves.

 

Display characteristics for Actinidia kolomicta.

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  • Plant type: Dicotyledon. Deciduous
  • Habit: Climbing
  • Type: Shrub.
  • Height: 4.00 mtr.
  • Spread: 6.00 mtr.
  • Attractive to wildlife:
  • Preferred soil type: Clay. Loam. Silt.
  • Soil moisture requirement: Medium
  • Soil ph: Undefined
  • Suitable position: Border. Container.
  • Light requirements: Full sun.
  • Summer water requirements: Medium
  • Winter water requirements: Low
  • Minimum temperature: -20 °c
  • Safe Minimum temperature: -15 °c
  • Safe Maximum temperature: 30 °c
  • Maximum temperature: 0 °c
  • Wind tolerance: Medium
  • Salt tolerance: None
  • Drought tolerance: Low
  • Waterlogging tolerance: Medium
  • Toxicity-Edibility: Ethnic foodstuff. Use with caution.
  • Bloom attributes: Insignificant.
  • Foliage attributes: Showy display.
  • Berry attributes: Edible.
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