My Kiwi is blooming, blooming marvelous

Well I have waited 3 years from buying my kiwi  plant "actinidia arguta issai" from Aldi I think and I think it is starting to bloom. it is still in an old Morrisons type flower bucket and I still dont know where I am going to put it this year but I must find some where.

I dont know how many buds there are but I reckon may be 40 plus and the plant is about 8ft tall and growing rapidly.

I have started to feed the plant with a hydroponics solution feed that I had left over from about 3years ago. At the time I tried growing tomatoes in a hydroponics set up with plant feed from the hydroponicum (this is there website) I had mixed results, generally positive but at the time I thought I could have been better. I was inspired at the time because I had been there and it was great fun.


My next plant in flower is the wisteria "prolific" again it is still in a very small plant pot (may be a 2litre pot), Again this need finding a permenent home but I think it has started flowering. Awesome. I love wisteria flowers so they will be good to see.

Both plants are about 3years old, I cannot remember exactly and both are looking healthy.  I need to find them a permanent home the trouble is though that down the side of my garage I currently have a rose, another kiwi, a passion flower, a grape vine and 2 clematis, non very big but all taking up room.

This is the rose. I have been trying to kill it off for the last 4 years with no success. I think it is a wild rose. As I seem to be a total failure on the rose murder front I accepted defeat and put a trellis up, the bird feeder has always been there and I will say the birds seem to appreciate the rose being there for extra cover.

Wakefield today has been cool compared with the last couple of weeks, a short rain shower tonight dampened the ground and over all very pleasant

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The North Wind blows

It has turned in to a very windy afternoon here in Yorkshire. Popped out with the camera this afternoon and found a couple of planters toppled over.Wisteria and Redcurrant

Found a little wild life in the garden to. Some baby spiders hanging around between a couple of dead plants

Also spotted lots of small apples on Malus Jonagold, they do look fantastic

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Climbers every where

Here are some of my climbers and they are doing very well and I very happy with them.

This is an actinidia arguta variety "issai", otherwise known as an hairless kiwi plant. The variety issai is self fertile which is a plus

This is actinidia deliciosa "Boskoop". Self fertile and showing signs of very strong growth.

My last climber is Wisteria "Prolific", this is not fruit bearing and I still dont known if I want to keep it or not. One thing extending its stay is that it is doing very well in a 9inch pot. I cannot ask for more

All the above climbers are in pots or old supermarket flower buckets. They are all growing strongly thanks to the recent hot weather

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Wisteria, Grapes - Boskoop Glory and Kiwi - Boskoop

I bought a wisteria plant last year from Lidl. It is doing very well even though it is still in the pot. I did buy it for the front of the house however I am having second thoughts now and thinking of putting a kiwi there instead. I need to ponder more and may be make a decision, there is no rush. So it may still be in pot next year waiting.

The Boskoop Glory is slowly growing, it is about 10inch now. I still think I am lucky it survived winter, I dont think there will be any grapes this year though

The Boskoop Kiwi plant is going bonkers and I am very happy it is growing so quickly. This plant might be planted at the front of the house or a cutting from it anyway

I have an Actinidia Arguta in a pot next to the Actinidia delicisosa Boskoop, this also has potential to be planted at the front of the house. The Arguta is frost hardy to some thing silly like -30 degrees C but early shoots can be killed off quickly by early frosts

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