Kiwi 'Arctic Beauty'

Actinidia kolomikta 'Arctic Beauty’ is a fast-growing, deciduous, woody vine. Arctic Beauty Kiwi is a male variety of Variegated Arctic Kiwi, able to grow as far north as zone 4a. This plant has beautiful heart shaped, green foliage with white and pink. While the male varieties of Actinidia kolomikta will never produce fruit, they have more prominent variegated colours than the female varieties and are a wonderful ornamental vine.

Both a male and female plant are required to produce the female's sweet, edible fruit, which appears in early fall. One male kolomikta can pollinate up to 8 nearby females. Actinidia kolomikta species cannot pollinate Actinidia arguta species, so select the species and variety accordingly.

Main interest:

tri-coloured variegated foilage, produces sweet edible fruits, fast growing vine, attractive fall colours

Exposure:

full sun to partial shade

Soil humidity:

moist soil

Growth type:

vine

Flower colour:

white

Fragrance:

Mildly fragrant

Flowering period:

June

Foliage:

green with white and pink tips

Mature height & width:

height: 20 ft (6 m) width: 20 ft (6 m)

Use:

patio overhead, trellis, fence, wall, arbour

15cm POT