| Scientific Name: | Actinidia arguta |
| Common Name: | hardy kiwi |
| Family Name: | Actinidiaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Vine - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 5 - 7m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Climbing |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Summer interest, Urban agriculture |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Oblong, Ovate, Dentate, Spinose |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, White, Jun |
| Fruit: | Berry (true), Green-yellow, Purple, Red, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves usually ovate, sometimes ovate-oblong, 6-12cm long x 5-10cm wide, margin sharply serrate, apex abruptly acuminate, base rounded to slightly cordate, petioles 3-7cm long; florets greenish yellow or white, 1.2-2cm wide when fully open, 4-6 petals 7-9mm long; anthers black or dark purple; kiwi 2-3cm long x ~2cm wide, greenish-yellow (some red-purple cvs.). Winter ID: twigs twining, pubescent, pith white to brown; most buds concealed in thickened area above leaf scar, terminal bud absent. | |