Arctic Beauty Kiwi or Variegated kiwi vine is a beautiful woody fruit bearing vine. If you are growing kiwi for the delightful fruits, you will need one male Arctic Beauty to pollinate up to eight female Red Beauty vines. Variegated kiwi is a member of the Actinidiaceae family, genus Actinidia.

The heart-shaped leaves of Arctic Beauty are 10cm in length, born in purple, growing to purple, garden pink, white and green variegation for a splash of color that is a fantastic covering for fences or on an pergola.

The spectacular variegated foliage is peculiarly intensified in the male plant, with a hot pink, cream and emerald-green design. Commonly accomplishes peak color within 2 to 3 years of planting. Vines don't reach as far as other kiwis, making it easier to train on a fencing or trellis.

Bundles of aromatic creamy or purplish white, 4cm flowers bloom in summer, protected under the foliage, giving up a terrific perfume.

Female Arctic Beauty plants produce rounded, yellow green fruit, which can get to 5cm across. Fruits are a better source of vitamin C than oranges and have an enjoyable, tangy, almost strawberry-like flavor.

Arctic Beauty Kiwi vine is cold hardy and a little slower developing than other kiwi vines, making it easier to keep in line in home gardens. It is fast growing and forms a good cover on a trellis reaching up to 15 meters.

The variegated kiwi vine needs moist, about 25ml of water per week, easily drained soil and full sun but will tolerate partial shade although they might not flower to a great extent or have foliage as vivacious.

Various cultivars are accessible and it is turning more and more popular as an edible, deciduous landscape feature as well as a fruit crop.

Young plants require supernumerary phosphorus to promote good root growth. Improving your soil with compost will assist in improving the texture and water retentiveness or draining capacity. A 10cm bed of mulch will assist to preserve soil moisture and studies have established that mulched plants grow speedier than non-mulched plants.

Select the planting location for your climber carefully: pick out a support construction that it is well-set, rust-proof, and will last the lifespan of the plant and anchor it before you plant your climber. Use only soft, pliable ties or even strips of pantyhose, and check them every a couple of months.

Arctic Beauty, Kiwi, Variegated Kiwi, actinidia kolomikta

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