Adding vining fruit plants in your garden will make it more lively, but people stop expanding their collection after planting grapes and passionfruit, while there are more to explore. Here are 6 Rare, high-yielding vining fruit plants to elevate any garden.
1. Akebia
Also known as chocolate vine, it is a unique variety that blooms fragrant purple flowers and produces premium sausage-shaped fruits which have a mildly sweet-bitter taste.
- Harvest – Late summer to fall
- Growing Tips – Needs some kind of support and partial to full sun to thrive.
- Zone – 4-8
2. Hardy Kiwi
It’s also known as kiwi berry because of the tiny, bite-sized fruit it produces, and it usually grows in colder regions. It has a sweet taste similar to grapes.
- Harvest – Fall
- Growing Tips – To get fruits, you need to plant both male & female.
- Zone – USDA 4-8
3. Maypop – Passiflora Incarnata
It’s commonly known as purple passion fruit, which also produces unique flowers that look like an alien species.
- Harvest – Mid to late summer
- Growing Tips – If not pruned, because of its vigorous growing nature, it can become invasive.
- Zone – USDA 5-9
4. Malabar Spinach – Basella Alba
It’s an edible plant variety that can be a perfect addition to your spring salad bowl. Not only can it be used for culinary purposes, but its deep green or purple leaves with red stems add a tropical green vibe to your garden.
- Harvest – All summer
- Growing Tips – thrives well in a hot and humid environment.
- Zone – USDA 10-11
5. Chayote – Sechium Edule
You will be shocked by seeing its fruiting power; it produces dozens of pear-shaped fruits per vine.
- Harvest – Late summer to frost
- Growing Tip – Don’t be in a hurry; it needs a long growing season to start producing in abundance.
- Zone – USDA 8-11
6. Hops – Humulus Lupulus
This plant is primarily grown for beer brewing purposes as it adds a mild bitterness and flavor to it, but you can grow it as a privacy screen in your garden.
- Harvest – Late summer
- Growing Tips – Needs full sunlight to thrive.
- Zone – USDA 4-9
Bonus Section – How To Train Vining Fruits
- Use a trellis or an arbor to provide a support system.
- Requires timely pruning for productivity
- The lower space can also be optimised by planting companion plants.
Conclusion
Skip the usual climbers and transform your garden with these delicious, rare vines. Whether you’re after beauty, function, or flavor, these picks will turn heads and fill baskets.
