Frontenac Grape

Description:

A newer wine grape that's gaining popularity, produces an abundance of large aromatic reddish-purple fruit in fall, excellent for wine or juice; a vigorous vine, use as a screen for arbors or trailing along fences, requires regular pruning and full sun

Ornamental Features:

Frontenac 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 burgundy grapes in mid fall, which are excellent for wine-making. This is a self-pollinating variety, so it doesn't require a second plant nearby to set fruit.

Landscape Attributes:

Frontenac Grape is a dense multi-stemmed deciduous vine with a twining and trailing habit of growth. Its relatively coarse texture can be used to stand it apart from other garden plants with finer foliage.

This is a high maintenance vine 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

Frontenac Grape is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• General Garden Use
• Hedges/Screening
• Orchard/Edible Landscaping

Plant Characteristics:

Frontenac Grape will grow to be about 20 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 24 inches. As a climbing vine, it tends to be leggy near the base and should be underplanted with low-growing facer plants. It should be planted near a fence, trellis or other landscape structure where it can be trained to grow upwards on it, or allowed to trail off a retaining wall or slope. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 20 years.

This vine 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 zones.

This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.