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Vitis coignetiae AGM

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Characteristics

Plant type

Climber/Wall Shrub

Habit

Climbing

Toxicity

Contact may irritate the skin

Resilience

Hardiness

old H4 (hardy)

Colour

Flower

Green in Summer

Foliage

Green in Spring and Summer
Red in Autumn

Fruit

Black in Autumn

Size

Ultimate height

Higher than 12 metres

Ultimate spread

2.5-4 metres

Time to ultimate height

10-20 years


Preferred common name

crimson glory vine

Family

Vitaceae


Vitis are vigorous deciduous climbing shrubs with tendrils and attractively lobed leaves, insignificant green flowers followed by often edible fruits; some have excellent autumn foliage colour

V. coignetiae is a very strong-growing, large deciduous tendril-climber with slightly lobed, broad-ovate leaves to 30cm in length, turning scarlet and crimson in autumn. Insignificant flowers and small, black berries

How to grow

Sunlight

  • Full sun
  • Part shade

Aspect

  • South-facing or West-facing
  • Sheltered

Cultivation

Vigorous decorative vine with inedible fruits, ideal for sun or partial shade in a well-drained soil, especially in a neutral or alkaline soil

Soil

  • Well-drained
  • Alkaline or Neutral
  • Chalk, Clay, Sand or Loam

Propagation

Propagate by layering or hardwood cuttings

Suggested planting locations and garden types

Wall-side Borders


How to care

Pruning

Pruning group 11 in midwinter and in midsummer, pruning group 12 for formal training

Diseases

May be affected by powdery mildews