Hardy Kiwi is a deciduous, fruit producing plant (vine), indigenous to Korea, Northern China, and Siberia. It is a member of the Actinidiaceae family.


Hardy Kiwi is a green to purple skinned fruit, also known as Baby Kiwi and Kiwi Berry. Fruit is about 2.5cm long, much like a miniature kiwi in appearance and with a very similar flavor but a great deal sweeter. The fruit could be eaten whole. The trunk of the vine has catnip like scent.

Hardy Kiwi is little known fruit bearing plant (vine) but its fruit is destined to turn popular as commercial production is commencing. Hardy Kiwi or Baby Kiwi is a very hardy, fast-growing, climbing vine and can survive slow winder temperature falls below -30 oC.

However, this fruit producing vine will need a frost-free growing season of approximately five months, but it’s not damaged by late cold whether. Baby Kiwi vines can also grow in low-chill regions. Flowers are sweetly scented and fruits are formed on second year wood and also on fruit spur on older wood.

Hardy Kiwi favors a deep, loamy, neutral soil and total sun is most effective for fruit production. Propagation hardy kiwi is mostly by seed, but improved cultivars are produced when propagation is by cuttings and grafting. The hardy kiwi could be grafted onto the common kiwi. It is notably resistant to honey fungus.

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