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Vitis retordii

Vitis retordii
Photo: Xu Yaxing, CC BY 4.0

Vitis retordii, the woolly grape, is a climbing vine from southern China and Indo-China that bears grapes. It needs a sunny spot, a support to climb, and well-drained soil.

Family
Vitaceae (Grape family)
Grows as
Shrub, Climber
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply during dry spells and let the top of the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile loam.
Temperature
15–30 °C; protect below about 0 °C, as it is only moderately hardy.
How easy
Moderate
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
S. China to Indo-China
Climate
temperate

About

Vitis retordii is a species of vining plant native to east Asia (China, Laos, Vietnam). The plant grows at an altitudes of 200–1,000 m (660–3,280 ft) and bears large grapes. It is also known as the woolly grape.

Other Vitis plants

Mapleleaf grape · Vitis adenoclada · Summer grape · Amur grape · Canyon grape · Vitis balansana · Vitis bellula · Autumn grape · Birch-leaf grape · Vitis blancoi · North China Grape · California wild grape

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vitis retordii 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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