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Ken's Red Hardy Kiwi - Raintree Nursery

Ken's Red Hardy Kiwi

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$24.99 - $24.99
$24.99
$24.99 - $24.99
$24.99
SKU H425Q

Actinidia arguta x 'Ken's Red'

A new hardy female A. arguta var. cordifolia x melanandra kiwi, producing cherry-sized fruits with lovely burgundy red skin and flesh. The fruit flavor is just what you expect from a kiwi - sweet and delicious, with the classic kiwi punch, and no peeling!

These fast-growing, beautiful vines produce clusters of oblong kiwi fruits the size of large grapes. Lacking the rough "fuzzy" kiwi skin, these smooth fruits can be eaten whole, like bunches of kiwi-flavored seedless grapes. Originally brought to this country as an ornamental, the green fruit is similar to the fuzzy kiwi in flavor, though sweeter and easier to eat. The smooth-textured vines are very vigorous and need a strong support. Training a fruiting female vine up the legs or railings of a deck, or along an unattractive chain link fence, can create a great tropical effect and be uniquely easy to harvest! Have a hardy arguta or an early-blooming fuzzy deliciosa male for pollination, and allow 4-6 years to begin flowering and fruiting.

Cold Hardy to USDA Zone: 5

Mature Size: Up to 40' Long

Sun: Full Sun to Afternoon Shade in hot climates

Ripening Time: Early Fall

Pollination: Needs a Pollinizer - one Male for 6-8 Females

Read our Kiwi Growing Guide

 

Size: 2 Quart Pot
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  • Is this variety that says it's self-pollinating? Does that mean because the meal plant is with it or the female just can pollinate itself?

    This variety is not self-pollinating and will require a male arguta kiwi for cross pollination.

Customer Reviews

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Michael M.
Nice Plants

I have ordered and failed at growing hardy kiwi in my garden before. I am hoping that these plants do well. When they arrived last fall, they were the finest looking best packaged kiwi plants I have ever received through the mail. They are both leafing out now after are long winter. Have my fingers crossed.

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Customer
Ken's Red a favorite at Farmers Markets

I have a fair number of Ken's Red's growing, and have found, unlike prior review, that they have been, overall, rather vigorous growers. There were, however, a number of them that produced only a limited number of berries two years ago, while last year they were back to producing what appeared to be a normal amount of berries (have heard from one individual that this fluctuation seems to be more typical of Ken's Reds than other varieties, but they are so tasty that they continue to be my favorite hardy kiwi variety).

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Nick G.
tasty, but lacking in vigor

Compared to our other hardy kiwis, these are a bit anemic in growth. Good, but thinking of replacing with a more vigorous variety.