Cocktail Kiwi

Today's the day ....................... for something new

This is another plant in the garden that is doing noticeably better than it has before - probably as a result of that sunnier-than-usual spell of weather recently.  

It's a 'cocktail kiwi' (Actinidia arguta) - a wild relative of the familiar furry kiwi fruit (Actinidia deliciosa).  It grows as a similar sort of vine and this year, it is covered with these small rounded flowers that (fingers crossed) we hope will go on to produce 'lots of sweet, grape-sized fruit hanging in small clusters that are not only sweet but have edible, grape-like skins and tender flesh'.  

Of course this is just what it says in the blurb.  It has yet to produce anything at all - but, you never know, this just might be the year.  I'll keep you posted .....................!