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Conservatory vine
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from Alan Gould contains these words: Yes, grape vines will survive UK winters outside and live to grow again. They will often flower and begin to bunch up too, but unless they are a hardy variety bred for that purpose (often with sharp white berries), they will seldom produce a satisfactory crop of fruit. There are some commercial vineyards in S& SW UK where local conditions permit. There are two excellent vinyards nearby (Norfolk) and one of them produced a white wine which beat all comers in an international forum to win first prize in its class a few years ago. There are several commercial vinyards in Suffolk too, and, well, all over the country. I know of a good one in Kent too. We have prolific crops from three varieties of vine in greenhouse and poly-tunnel. They all propagate well from cuttings, but none have ever done much more than survive outside. Black hamburg does well outside, if grown against a south-facing wall. I have one ready to plant, and am just amassing a lot of bones to bung into the pit I've dug for it. This will climb up the south-facing gable end of my cottage, sharing space with a Brown Turkey fig. Exit ivy! http:www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/hsefront.jpg -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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