Vitis coignetiae

In our stock ground we have acquired a collection of different forms of Vitis coignetiae; it wasn't planned like that, but different acquisitions have turned out to be different forms of a variable species.

We only propagate two of them currently (even we have some limits); the "traditional" form with a large, matt leaves and autumn colour which can be red, orange or yellow and V.c. 'Sunningdale' which has glossier leaves, which are more toothed, bronzy when young and reliably turn scarlet in autumn. Its downside from our point of view is that it is harder to propagate. This species in general is only grown for the leaf colour, but last year it, and all our other ornamental vines, produced a lot of grapes.