Anna Hardy Kiwi Vine

I have a male and female Anna on a trellis just about the dimensions which you listed. I live in southeast Michigan zone 5b/6a and the growth is quite vigorous. You will need to prune them through the summer to keep them under control. Over time the vines will become quite heavy so make sure that your trellis is sturdy and won't rot. Incidentally, I just got my first handful kiwi berries last summer after 5 years. They were delicious when fully ripened. I'm hoping for a lot more this year. Even without the berries, I find that the red stemmed vines and waxy green leaves have a very nice lush tropical look and create a fantastic privacy fence. Finally, if your area has late frosts, be sure to protect the buds as they are very vulnerable to damage from low temperatures.

Any male kiwi, either hardy kiwi (A. arguta) or fuzzy kiwi (A. deliciosa - if your climate supports it) will adequately pollinate an Anna female kiwi (or most any other female kiwi if bloom time overlaps).
To correct the Staff answer, Issai will NOT pollinate another female kiwi vine. All kiwis are dioecious (separate male and female plants). Issai is NOT self fertile - it is a parthenocarpic cultivar; Issai is a female plant that generates fruit without pollination and does not possess a perfect flower nor produce pollen.

I had them in Portland and they did better there than they do here in Texas. You just can't let them get soggy.

I am unsure of this: I grew eight hardy from seed. They were planted in 2 gallon bags. There was a distinct difference from three of the eight. Five grew rapidly, clung and climbed the bamboo poles in the grow bags and three did not grow as briskly nor attract to the bamboo poles. My hope for 3 males and 5 females is obviously connected with non scientific observation. (I thought of the strength of the female of the species versus the male to possibly be represented with this observation.) The eight were planted in my Olympia, WA front yard this October. Three have disappeared at ground label due moisture and snow, but not just the three 'males'. In five to seven years I may know the truth.

Nope. I live in Northeaster Pa. and mine are in an area that has little protection and they grow like crazy. My only problem is they don't get full sun so I don't get much fruit.

We have clay soil here as well! Though not as much as down there. What we do with pretty much every planting is too put some of our own compost in the hole, then the plant, then more compost. When we have no compost available, we will use some decent potting mix. My first try, I had these planted i an area where it got some excess surface water, they did not like that.The current spot dries rather quickly in comparison, and the plants are doing great--though, curiously, it seems the male plants grows much more slowly then the female ones. Good luck! OH,AND WHEN THEY SAY 'needs a lot of space"-believe it! We have a homemade rack 16' long and about 6-7' high. I am hoping this will be big enough for 2 female and one male plant.

Mine came back from - 10F this past winter. We've had colder winters in the past so time will tell.

Thank you for your question. Frost protection is required to keep the buds/flowers from being killed, which means you'll have no fruit. They are cold-hardy in the ground.

No. They are the size of a very large grape. Takes awhile to establish ,
But after that you won’t be disappointed. Prune in early spring to
push the fruiting process. Hope that helps. Where I live it can get 20 below zero and they make it.

I’m not sure… I made a dirt mount of good soil with lots of organic matter on top of our clay soil… that worked great… you can also till in some peat moss into the clay soil, then build the “good soil” mound on top of that… by the time the roots get below the mound, the organic matter will have somewhat broken down and helped the clay soil… I planted ALL my fruit trees, and berries on mounds.