muscadine
Vitis rotundifolia
USDA zones5 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial shade
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size60 to 80 feet tall
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Vine
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn, winter
- Bloom color
- Yellow , green
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Muscadine (Vitis rotundifolia) is a fruit vine for food gardens, privacy screens, hedges, and naturalized areas. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes full sun to part shade and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Shiny, purple-black to bronze berries ripen in September and October and fall promptly. It is grown for making jelly. Give this fast climber plenty of room, since it can reach lengths over 90 feet.
Pairs well with Virginia strawberry, Black raspberry, Blue Fortune Bill Williams Mountain giant hyssop, and Sundrops.
Native range
AL, AR, DE, FL, and 13 more places. See all 17
AL, AR, DE, FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, and WV.