Product Overview
Edible Qualities
Lady Finger Grape is a woody vine that is commonly grown for its edible qualities. It produces large clusters of light green elongated fruit with chartreuse overtones which are usually ready for picking from late summer to late fall. The fruits have a sweet taste and a juicy texture.
The fruit are most often used in the following ways:
- Fresh Eating
- Preserves
- Juice-Making
- Wine-Making
Features
Lady Finger Grape has green foliage throughout the season. The lobed leaves turn yellow in fall. The flowers are not ornamentally significant. It produces abundant clusters of light green grapes with chartreuse overtones from mid summer to mid fall.
This is a dense multi-stemmed deciduous woody vine with a spreading, ground-hugging habit of growth. Its relatively coarse texture can be used to stand it apart from other landscape plants with finer foliage. This is a high maintenance plant that will require regular care and upkeep, and requires a special pruning regimen to reliably produce fruit: consult a specific reference guide or contact the store for proper pruning techniques. It is a good choice for attracting birds to your yard. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration:
- Spreading
Aside from its primary use as an edible, Lady Finger Grape is sutiable for the following landscape applications:
- Hedges/Screening
- General Garden Use
- Orchard/Edible Landscaping
Planting & Growing
Lady Finger Grape will grow to be about 15 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 20 feet. As a climbing vine, it should be planted next to a fence, trellis or other rigid structure where it can be trained to grow upwards on it. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 20 years. While it is considered to be somewhat self-pollinating, it tends to set heavier quantities of fruit with a different variety of the same species growing nearby.
This woody vine is typically grown in a designated area of the yard because of its mature size and spread. It should only be grown in full sunlight. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone in winter to protect it in exposed locations or colder microclimates. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.
