Grape - Canadice

Grapes need a good support system like fences, walls, trellises, arbors or other structures. This grape tolerates a wide range of soil conditions, but must have good drainage. It is a woody, deciduous, tendril climbing vine which typically grows 15-20 feet long, unless pruned shorter. The grape vines can be quite attractive year-round and can provide good cover, screening, or shade to areas around the home. Candice is very vigorous with good winter hardiness. The Candice Grape, Vitis 'Canadice', is a very good red seedless variety with compact fruit clusters of large berries. A single grapevine produces enough new growth every year to roof an arbor, arch a walkway, or shade over a terrace or deck. Birds love grapes, so be sure to plant some to share. Grapes are primarily grown for fruit production in home fruit gardens where they provide good ornamental value: bold summer foliage, showy fruit, some fall color and shaggy, twisted trunking and branching often best seen in winter. With its large, shallowly-three-lobed, green foliage, it has flowers that are attractive to bees and ripe fruit is attractive to some hornets and wasps. Grapes need full sunlight and high temperatures to ripen, so plant on southern slopes, the south side of windbreaks, or the south sides of buildings. Ripening in early September, it is considered to be a good grape for jams, jellies and fresh eating. ... find out more