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Small plants are 2nd year from cuttings, grown in a qt pot.

Cuttings are 7” long and unrooted.

Edgewood Male - This is the first time this cultivar has been offered. Grown from a seed at Edgewood Nursery this vigorous hardy kiwi was the first and most prolific producer of flowers of all the male silvervine seedlings.

Edgewood Female - This is the first time this cultivar has been offered. Grown from a seed at Edgewood Nursery this vigorous hardy kiwi produces small to medium sized orange kiwis with typical sweet/spicy flavor.

One of the lesser known hardy kiwi species, but very interesting and easy to grow from seed. These fruits taste more like a smoked pepper then a kiwi, they have the soft-squishy texture of a ripe kiwi, but along with some sweetness they are spicy with smokey overtones. Unlike any other fruit I have eaten. If that’s not weird enough for you, the leaves are also psychoactive, to cats, at least one author (W. Emboden) claims the leaves have a sedative and hallucinogenic effect on humans when eaten in large amounts. In east Asia, where these vines are from, both the fruit and leaves are eaten as food, they are also used in eastern herbalism.

Like most kiwis Silvervines are dioecious (male and female flowers are produced by separate plants, so plant at least 1 male for every 3-6 females. Unlike the more common Hardy Kiwis (A. arguta), Silvervines are quick to produce , blooming after only 3-4 years. They require a strong trellis and annual pruning once established.

Cuttings should be stored damp and cool (refrigerator or root cellar) until you are ready to root them.

To root this cutting, stick 1/3-1/2 in a solid medium (sand, potting soil, vermiculite etc) and keep damp but not sopping wet. I have had good luck with starting kiwi cuttings outdoors, in the shade without cover, this would be as the last snow is melting in the spring. You can also root them indoors, but the containers should be covered with a plastic bag and they will need light once they leaf out. Transition to ambient humidity slowly, by poking holes in the plastic bag. A cool room with bottom heat on the trays can be helpful. IBA (rooting hormone) often improves rooting and should be applied to the portion of the cutting that gets buried, damaging the bark in this area can also be helpful. I make no guarantees that cuttings will root.