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Old 10-03-2009, 06:39 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Kiwi Fruit Vine - withstand frosts?

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Is a Kiwi Fruit likely to survive outside in this location?


Yes.

I hope you have a self-fertile variety? My year-old vines have survived
this winter, and here in East Anglia we've had sub-zero temperatures for
weeks on end - some of them rather crisp...

Jonathan and Rusty, thanks, this sounds like good news.


I forgot to say that besides the choisias dying here because of the cold
we've also lost IN THE GREENHOUSE two bougainvilleas and a hibiscus.
The Kiwifruit survives in the greenhouse but it's in few of the other
losses that we've been so wary of putting it outside.


I wouldn't know a choisia(s?) if it tripped me up. Bourgainvilleas -
know little of them, but hibiscus survives outside here - well, there
are a couple of slightly different ones which predate my occupation by a
significant period, judging from their size.

Spalding Bulbs and Plants are offering a mini Chinese Gooseberry (AKA
Kiwi) with small fruit which (allegedly) needs no peeling.

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