Vitis riparia - grape - vine

🌿 General Description

• Type: Deciduous climbing plant (vine)
• Habit: Very vigorous, can climb or trail on the ground
• Origin: Canada and northern United States (native)

👉 This is a "wild" vine primarily used for:

• rootstock
• stabilization
• biodiversity

📏 Size / Growth

• Length: 10 to 20 m easily
• Growth: Very fast

👉 It can become invasive if not controlled.

🍇 Fruits

• Color: Black / dark purple
• Size: Small grapes
• Taste:
  • Very acidic
  • Slightly sweet

👉 Not pleasant to eat fresh, but:

• good for jellies
• rustic wine
• processing

🌸 Flowering

• Spring
• Discrete flowers
• Attracts pollinators

☀️ Exposure

• Full sun to partial shade

👉 Very adaptable

🌱 Soil

• Tolerates:
  • poor soils
  • wet soils
  • riparian zones

👉 HUGE advantage:
➡️ tolerates conditions that other vines hate

❄️ Hardiness

• Zone 2 to 6
  👉 Ultra hardy → perfect for Quebec without any protection

💧 Maintenance

• Very low maintenance
• Pruning recommended to control growth

🛡️ Resistance

• Very disease resistant
• Good tolerance:
  • extreme cold
  • humidity
  • insects