'Arctic Beauty' Kiwi, Hardy Kiwi

Actinidia kolomikta 'Arctic Beauty'

Actinidiaceae (Kiwi Family)

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Actinidia kolomikta ‘Arctic Beauty:’ Hardy Kiwi, ‘Arctic’ Beauty Kiwi

No known location near campus.

·         has simple, deciduous, alternate, dark-green, oval to heart-shaped leaves 3-6” long and 3-4” wide with pointed tips that are often white, pink or silvery in appearance; leaves have serrate margins and smooth upper surfaces, with some hairs on underside or on under midrib

·         stems are smooth, brown, with many lenticels, slightly swollen at the nodes, with brown, chambered pith

·         grows 15 to 20 feet long/tall and climbs by twining around objects

·         flowers are white, fragrant, about ½ inch diameter in clusters of 1-3 in axils of leaves in May-June

·         fruit is an egg-shaped or oval yellow-green, fleshy berry fruit that is edible

·         native to Asia