Allotment Vegetable Growing |
Tuesday 07 February 2012 Allotment Diary |
Vegetable Seeds, Plants, Fruit and Nut Trees |
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Kiwi Fruit
Fruit Trees, Nut Trees and Fruit BushesIf you are going to plant a tree or bush, then it is going to be there for some years. So it's well worth spending some time looking at the different varieties and going for something that will be productive and providing you with a good crop in years to come. Time spent to prepare the ground properly will repay you many times over. Summerkiwi Senty (Female)A hardy, compact growing climber, with good foliage colour. It produces lovely small, white, lemon-scented flowers in May followed by sweet and juicy, oblong green fruit in August. Grow with Adam for pollination. Supplied in a 5 litre pot. Price: £24.95 More Information from Dobies Kiwiberry Maskulino (Male)An attractive climber in its own right, Maskulino boasts a long flowering season (from mid May through to the end of June) making it an ideal pollinator for our other arguta type Kiwi Berries. Supplied in a 5 litre pot.Less vigorous than its traditional kiwi cousin (making it the ideal choice for the smaller garden), this Actinidia arguta variety is a beautiful climber bearing tasty little fruits that look just like berries and can be eaten whole, without having to peel them! Price: £24.95 More Information from Dobies Kiwi JennyIdeal if you have only room for one plant. It has very attractive red-tipped early growth, and its smallish fruits are freely produced in late summer. Plants are very attractive, but quite vigorous and need to be pruned to keep them in check. Supplied in a 3 litre pot. Price: £17.95 More Information from Dobies Kiwi JennyA hardy, easy-to-grow climber which will give good crops in the UK, grown on a trellis, arch or pergola in a warm spot, or on a south-facing wall. Plants are very attractive but quite vigorous, and should be pruned to keep them in check. Jenny is a self fertile. Price: £17.95 More Information from Suttons Seeds Kiwi Berry Geneva (Female)Delicious honey-like taste Prolific crops of red-flushed berries in the autumn, which are delicious eaten straight from the vine. The fruit hang in clusters very similar to grapes and boast a sweet, honey-like taste. Needs to establish for up to 4 years for maximum crops. Requires a male for pollination. Supplied in a 5 litre pot. Price: £24.99 More Information from Suttons Seeds Kiwi Berry Maskulino (Male)Ideal choice for a smaller garden An attractive climber, Maskulino boasts a long flowering season (from mid May through to the end of June) making it an ideal pollinator for our female Kiwi Berries. Supplied in a 5 litre pot. Price: £24.99 More Information from Suttons Seeds Kiwiberry Geneva (Female)Prolific crops of red-flushed berries in the autumn, which are delicious eaten straight from the vine. The fruit hang in clusters very similar to grapes and boast a sweet, honey-like taste. Needs to establish for up to 4 years for maximum crops. Requires a male for pollination. Supplied in a 5 litre pot.Less vigorous than its traditional kiwi cousin (making it the ideal choice for the smaller garden), this Actinidia arguta variety is a beautiful climber bearing tasty little fruits that look just like berries and can be eaten whole, without having to peel them! Price: £24.95 More Information from Dobies Summerkiwi Adam (Male)Small lemon-scented blooms on a spectacular climber Not only is Adam an excellent pollinator for our female summerkiwi, it's also a spectacular climber in its own right. It produces its small, lemon-scented blooms in May, together with attractive, green-and-white leaves, which, in June, develop a breathtaking pinkish-red colour. (Foliage colour appears 2-3 years after planting and develops best in full sun.) Supplied in a 5 litre pot. Price: £24.99 More Information from Suttons Seeds Summerkiwi Adam (Male) 1 PlantAn excellent pollinator for our female summerkiwi, and a spectacular climber in its own right. It produces its small, lemon-scented blooms in May, together with attractive, green-and-white leaves, which, in June, develop a pinkish-red colour. (Foliage colour appears 2-3 years after planting and develops best in full sun.) Supplied in a 5 litre pot. Price: £24.95 More Information from Dobies Trellis Kiwi Issai Fruit KitAn unusual variety which unlike its more well-known cousins, boasts fruit with a smooth, edible skin! The little fruits are quite delicious and are produced in abundance - 1000 fruits per year is not unusual! It's self-fertile with remarkable pest and disease resistance. 1 Plant & Trellis Price: £19.99 More Information from Suttons Seeds Kiwi : Hardy KiwiThese kiwifruit are delicious eaten hole and don't need to be peeled! The fruits are generally green, with very thin 'fuzzless' skin and are the size of grapes. Cut open, they look much like regular kiwifruit with small black seeds, emerald green flesh with the typical 'rayed' pattern. Hardy kiwifruits are generally sweeter than regular varieties with sugar levels ranging from 14% (as with regular kiwifruit) to 29%. Price: £19.99 More Information from Thompson & Morgan Kiwi : Hayward & TomouriHayward is one of the best traditional varieties to grow in the UK, because it flowers later in the season and produces a heavy crop of large fruits with superb flavour. Hayward is a self sterile female plant so it must be planted next to a male plant to provide pollen in order to produce fruit. Price: £26.99 More Information from Thompson & Morgan Kiwi : JennyJenny is the only self-fertile variety in cultivation. Vigorous, hardy plants produce large attractive red-tipped early growth and a heavy crop of small (walnut sized) very sweet fruits in late summer. Ideal if you only have space for one of these spectacular climbers in your fruit garden. Price: £19.99 More Information from Thompson & Morgan Summerkiwi Senty (Female)A hardy, compact growing climber, with good foliage colour. It produces lovely small, white, lemon-scented flowers in May followed by sweet and juicy, oblong green fruit in August. Grow with Adam for pollination. Supplied in a 5 litre pot. Price: £24.99 More Information from Suttons Seeds
Please note that all prices and descriptions on this site are believed correct but should be confirmed on the relevant site prior to order. Please let me know if you find an error via the contact page Copyright Information: The Images, seed Descriptions and Titles on this page are used with permission of the copyright holders - Dobies Seeds, Suttons Seeds, Alan Titchmarsh Seeds, Thompson & Morgan
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