Higgins Muscadine Grape
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Description / Higgins Muscadine Grape
These beautiful round berries ripen to a glowing, pink-tinged shade of bronze. Expect them to reach 1 to 1½ inches in diameter -- quite large by muscadine standards, and protected from cracking by their thick, aromatic skins. They are ready to harvest in early fall -- late in muscadine season, and a spectacular finish to the year!
Higgins is a very vigorous vine, as you would expect of an American native. The foliage on this deciduous vine is handsome from spring through fall, and spring brings a few flowers (not too ornamental, but important for attracting the bees that carry the pollen!). Train this vine up a grape arbor, pergola, or back fence; it grows quickly in full sun and any well-drained soil.
Higgins is a female, so should be planted within 25 feet of a self-fertile variety such as <#prodlink#"35751">Southland. Both varieties will fruit heavily this way, and you'll get two kinds of muscadines for even more delicious wine, pies, and juice!
Bred from the old variety Yuga plus a male pollinator, Higgins offers good disease resistance but is a bit more sensitive to cold; keep it mulched if you live on the northern edge of its hardiness range. The vine reaches 30 feet or more long if unpruned. Zones 6-10.
Product Details
SKU | 35751 |
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Item Form | Bareroot |
Genus | Vitis |
Species | rotundifolia |
Variety | 'Higgins' |
Product Classification | Fruit, Perennials, Plants |
Habit | Vining |
USDA Zone Low | 7 |
USDA Zone High | 10 |
Sun / Shade | Full Sun |
Bloom Season Start | Mid Spring |
Foliage Color | Medium Green |
Harvest Season | Early Fall |
Resistance | Disease Resistant, Heat Tolerant, Humidity Tolerant, Pest Resistant |
Special Features | Arches, Berries, Bird Lovers, Bloom First Year, Easy Care Plants, Edible, Fall Foliage Changes, Fragrance, Native, Trellises |
Uses | Border, Cuisine, Outdoor, Vines and Climbers |
Zone | 7, 8, 9, 10 |
State Shipping Restrictions | CA, GU, HI, ID, NY, OR, PR, VI, WA |
Shipping Method Restrictions | none |