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Old 05-05-2003, 02:08 PM
N. Thornton
 
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"John Wheeler" wrote in message . ..

Thank you John.

I don't know much about the climate in South England, except that from
what I've heard it's a fair bit warmer than western Pennsylvania, where I
am. But I can comment on the plants.

Pink-leaved kiwi will not produce fruit, because only the male vines have
pink leaves.


I was planning to plant males and females together to get both.

However, I have seen Actinidia kolomikta advertised as
"Arctic kiwi", so the female vines should produce fruit, even on the north
side of the house. (I presume the fruit would be "edible", but
"palatable" might be a whole different story.)


Good point. Presumably some sun would help. I believe its capable of
excellant quality fruit, smaller than New Zealand kiwis. Actually
where its going it will get a bit of direct sun once its 6' high.


Akebia is listed as an invasive species in southeastern Pennsylvania, so
it should produce fruit wherever you plant it.


Yes, I'm told it only manages to ripen them some years tho, so I guess
it will need south facing. Akebia Quinata is the chocolate plant,
hardy too. Different plant to the famous one, similar taste.

You definitely don't want to overly pamper apples, especially if you are
subject to late frosts. The flowers will open early and be killed off.
The west wall would be okay, but fruit trees generally do better if they
get plenty of air circulation.


How would this affect ripening? Apples are generally given south walls
here. Although our winters are quite a bit milder, so are our summers.

Chocolate? as in Theobroma cacao? I thought that was a tropical plant. I
would definitely put that in the most protected position possible (which
might not be the south side; early-morning sun and wind protection are
important, too.)

++JohnWheeler



On Sat, 29 Mar 2003 04:35:47 +0000, N. Thornton wrote:

Hi

Can you tell me if these plants would do well in South England:

Pink leaved kiwi, on north facing wall, actinidia kolomikta. Would it
ripen OK on north?
Akebia quinata on either south of west facing wall (is that right?
afternoon sun anyway) - would it be ok? would it ripen ok? I suspect not.

I was thinking of putting apples on the south facing wall: or would west
be OK for them? Then I could put the chocolate on the south wall. Thanks.

Regards, NT