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Actinidia rubricaulis

Actinidia rubricaulis
Photo: 江国彬, CC0

Actinidia rubricaulis is a deciduous woody climber (liana) from southern China and northern Thailand, in the kiwi family. It is a little-known species in cultivation, so its care is usually treated like other hardy Actinidia vines: give it a sturdy support and fertile, well-drained soil.

Family
Actinidiaceae (Actinidi family)
Grows as
Climber
Light
Part shade
Water
Water regularly during the growing season and keep the soil evenly moist, but never waterlogged.
Soil
Fertile, moist but well-drained loam with plenty of organic matter.
Temperature
Hardy to around -15 °C; protect young plants from hard frost and drying summer heat.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. China to N. Thailand
Climate
temperate

About

Actinidia rubricaulis is a species of plant in the Actinidiaceae family. It is found across southern China and southeast asia as far as northern Thailand.

Other Actinidia plants

Tara vine · Actinidia callosa · Gooseberry Chinese · Actinidia chinensis var. setosa · Kiwi · Actinidia chrysantha · Velvetvine · Actinidia henryi · Arctic Beauty · Actinidia laevissima · Actinidia latifolia · Actinidia macrosperma

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Actinidia rubricaulis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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