species
Vitis vinifera
Grape vine · Common grape vine
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Vitis vinifera belongs to the family Vitaceae, also known as Grape vine or Common grape vine, introduced before 1500 and long since part of the landscape. It reaches 4 m tall and 3 m across in about 10 years. It grows in full sun, on loam, chalk or sand soil, where the ground is neutral or alkaline and in well drained conditions, and suits sheltered positions. It flowers in June. Its RHS hardiness rating is H5 (hardy, cold winter): −15 to −10°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 4 m tall × 3 m across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H5 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Full sun
- Soil
- Loam, Chalk, Sand
- Acidity
- Neutral, Alkaline
- Moisture
- Well drained
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- In the UK
- Archaeophyte (pre-1500)
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
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