Sculptural Plants

Silk Tree Nurseries graft and grow a wide range of edible, wine, and oramental grape vines, all of which are hardy in the UK climate, and will give reliable, heavy crops each year. If you are looking to plant a small vineyard or large arbour, then please contact us for quantity discounts if ordering more than 25 vines. We can also supply in vineyard quantity. The majority of our grape vines are grafted onto disease resistant SO4 rootstock.

	EDIBLE, JUICE & WINE GRAPE VINES
	Boskoop Glory - BLACK, *EDIBLE TABLE GRAPE* This grape vine, Boskoop Glory, is often mistakenly sold as a 'wine grape', but it is in our opinion one of THE best edible grapes you can grow in the UK climate. It has a really exceptional flavour, with medium sized grapes produced in quantity, even on a small 3-4ft vine. This is a fast growing grape vine, needing support such as a trellis, pagoda, or fence, or can be grown up and around another climber, or tree. Fruit WILL ripen in this country and you will have edible grapes a year after planting this vine. 10litre pot, 6ft high £35.00 (B)
	Chardonnay - White, JUICE & WINE This very well know variety of grape, Chardonnay, is grown in the millions in vineyards around the world because of it's high sugar and acid content. It used in dry, sweet, and sparkling wines. It is a heavy cropping variety that should reward you with enough grapes to attempt home brew Chardonnay every year. The vine itself is vigorous, and can cover a pagoda or trellis easily in one year. Note this is a grafted vine. 3litre pot, 2-3ft high £14.99 (A)
	Concord - Red, JUICE & WINE This concord variety of grape is a strawberry grape vine (see description of Niagara below) with a very distinct flavour.A delicious dessert grape that can be also be used to make wine (popular for American varieties). Limited number available this year. Newly grafted (available autumn 2010)
	Dornfelder - Red, JUICE & WINE Vitis 'Dornfelder' is a cross between the Helfensteiner and Heroldrebe grape and has produced a grape that is large and full of juice, so this vine is a good choice if you like squeezed grape juice. Dornfelder is also becoming popular in the vineyards of Germany, where it is used to produce full flavoured, fruity, deep red wine. 3litre pot, 2-3ft high £12.99 (A)
	Himrod - *WHITE,* SEEDLESS EDIBLE & WINE The Himrod variety is a full flavoured white SEEDLESS grape which will fruit in this country and is fully hardy. This is a commercial vineyard quality GRAFTED vine. Newly grafted 1ft stem (available autumn 2010)
	Flame - Red , SEEDLESS EDIBLE & WINE The FLAME Grape Vitis vinifera ‘Flame’, is a modern, fully hardy variety for UK gardens that produces loose bunches of medium SEEDLESS red grapes. The Flame grapes are delicious eaten off the vine and have a dark flame red colour, and are very tender fleshed. This is a commercial vineyard quality GRAFTED vine. We also offer this vine in our collection of 1 red, 1 white seedless vines. 3litre pot, Vitis Flame, 3ft high, grafted £19.99 (A)
	Lakemont - White, SEEDLESS EDIBLE & WINE The Lakemont Grape Vitis vinifera ‘Lakemont’, is a modern, fully hardy variety for UK gardens that produces large bunches of medium SEEDLESS white grapes. The Lakemont grapes are delicious eaten off the vine and have a slight honey flavour.This is a commercial vineyard quality GRAFTED vine. 3litre pot, 3-4ft high, Vitis lakemont, grafted £19.99 (A)
	Madelaine de Sylvaner - White, EDIBLE & WINE Vitis Madelaine Sylvaner is, in my opinion, the best outdoor white eating grape for the UK climate. This is an early cropping variety which will produce fruit in abundance and is realiable each year. It is disease resistant, and can be grown in a south, east, or west facing garden. 10litre pot, 6ft high £35.00 (B)
	Vitis labrusca 'Niagara' - RARE - STRAWBERRY GRAPE VINE Sweet flavoured, white SEEDLESS grape vine We are very pleased to be offering a range of 'Strawberry' grape vines that are extremely rare to find in this country, and, as far as we know, we are the only nursery in the UK to be offering these rare but delicious grape varieties. What are 'Strawberry' grape vines? They are grafted (see below) hybrid grape vines that have evolved from the Northern Fox Grape called Vitis labrusca. They are highly prized by both Californian vineyards, and European vineyards for their very sweet, very fruity flavoured grapes that give that amazing fresh fruit flavour to wines such as Ernest & Julio's Turning Leaf and White Grenache. You have never tasted anything like a 'Strawberry' grape fresh off the vine - it tastes just very sweet, and is ideal for juice on the table, and you can also use it for jam, jelly, and preserve making, as well, of course, in wine. Requires a warm sheltered wall for grapes to ripen. Newly grafted vines now available on 1ft stems (available autumn 2010)
	Pheonix - White, EDIBLE & WINE Vitis 'Phoenix' is one of the two new German hybrids that have been bred specifically for the UK climate. It is very disease resistant, cold hardy, early cropping, and vigorous. This variety is one of the best for edible table grapes that can be harvested straight off the vine and eaten. The grapes, which are very large, have a nice muscat flavour, and will ripen a golden colour in early October. This is a commerical vineyard quality GRAFTED vine. 3litre pot, 2-3ft high £14.99 (A)
	Pinot gris (Rulander) - White, WINE Vitis 'Pinot Gris', known as Rulander in Germany and Austria, is a well known wine grape, whose fruits can be copper coloured turning to pink, and often grey (gris). Very hardy and will fruit in the UK. 3litre pot, 2-3ft high £12.99 (A)
	Pinot noir (Spatburgunder) - Red, WINE Vitis 'Pinot Noir', known as Spatburgunder in Germany and Austria, is a red/ black grape used for wine making, and widely planted in the Champagne area. 3litre pot, 2-3ft high £12.99 (A)
	Regent - Red, EDIBLE & WINE Vitis 'Regent' is one of the two new German hybrids that have been bred specifically for the UK climate. It is very disease resistant, cold hardy, early cropping, and vigorous. This variety of grape is delicious as a table grape eaten straight from the vine; lovely and sweet and full of flavour - it also makes a very good wine with a distinct, fruity red flavour. This is a commerical vineyard quality GRAFTED vine. 10litre pot, 6ft high, grafted £35.00 (B)
	Reisling - WHITE , WINE GRAPE The Reisling grape is a world known grape which makes fine white wines. It will fruit in this country and is fully hardy. This is a commercial vineyard quality GRAFTED vine. 3litre pot, 2-3ft high £12.99 (A)
	Reliance - RED , SEEDLESS EDIBLE & WINE The Reliance variety is a full flavoured red SEEDLESS grape which will fruit in this country and is fully hardy. This is a commercial vineyard quality GRAFTED vine. 3litre pot, 2-3ft high £14.99 (A)
	ORNAMENTAL GRAPE VINES
	Brandt - FIRE VINE You have never seen anything quite like the spectacular colours of the Fire Grape Vine, Vitis 'Brandt'. One of the most vigorous grape vines available, it can cover an arbour in just one season(!). It fruits madly with bunches of black grapes, but this grape vine is mostly grown for it's magnificent autum foliage. Take a look at the picture to the right - this was taken of our own vine last autumn - incredible scarlet red with yellow veins, and these leaves cover the vine all through late summer to early winter. It has been the talking point of our garden for the last 3 years. 2Litre pot, £14.99 (A) -
	Spetchley Red - RED FLAME VINE The ornamental Red Flame Vine, Vitis Spetchley Red, is grown for it's spectacular autumn display of fire red leaves. Darkening with each day of autumn, the leaves turn from purple to crimson to a deep scarlet. On a large vine, covering a pagoda, this can give a most dazzling late autumn display. This is a FULLY HARDY vine, able to withstand harsh winters, and is quite vigorous. It has edible black grapes, but is really grown for its wonderful foliage. 3Litre pot, 3-4ft