Perennials, Woody > Actinidia > Actinidia 'Jenny'
Actinidia
'Jenny'
Jenny Chinese Gooseberry, Jenny Kiwi
Origin: China.
| Family |
| Actinidiaceae |
| Genus |
| Actinidia |
| Cultivar |
| 'Jenny' |
| Category |
| Perennials, Woody |
| Type |
| Vine |
| Synonyms |
| Actinidia deliciosa |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 7 |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| 6b - 7a |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H6 - H5 |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -18 - (-12) |
| Temperature (°F) |
| 0 - 10 |
| Height |
| Up to 6 m |
| Spread |
| Up to 4 m |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| General Description |
| Kiwi 'Jenny' is a self-fertile, hardy climbing vine with broad green leaves on red petioles and cup-shaped, cream-coloured flowers that become sweet egg-shaped green-fleshy fruit. |
| Landscape |
| Ideal for a fruit or kitchen garden, climbing along a wall, trellis or fence. |
| Cultivation |
| Grow in a sheltered, sunny location in moist, well-drained, fertile soil. Sensitive to unfavourable weather conditions. Incorporate well rotted manure or compost into the soil before planting. Provide appropriate support for the twining stems. Takes about 2 - 3 years to produce fruit, 5 years for best yield. |
| Growth |
| Fast |
| Habitat |
| Horticultural origin. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description |
| Globose, surrounded by fuzzy, light brown bracts. |
| Leaf Description |
| Broadly rounded, cordate (heart-shaped at the base with stalk attaching in the cleft), bluntly tipped, venation reticulate (smaller veins forming a network). |
| Flower Description |
| Cup-shaped, with cream-coloured petals and plentiful stamens topped with creamy yellow anthers. Self-fertile. |
| Fruit Description |
| Egg-shaped, sweet green flesh covered by a thin, fuzzy, light-brown skin, ripening in August and September. |
| Notable Specimens |
| RHS Garden Rosemoor, North Devon, England. |
| Ethnobotanical Uses (Disclaimer) |
| Fruit is edible. |
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