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Vitaceae
Catawba Grape Flower
Vitis labrusca 'Catawba'
American heritage.
- Family
- Vitaceae
- Genus
- Vitis
- Native to
- Eastern United States
- Bloom season
- Late Spring
- Type
- deciduous vine
- Height
- 15-30 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Soil
- Well-drained, moderately fertile, slightly acidic
- Water
- moderate
- Hardiness
- 5-8
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- Catawba grapes were the foundation of the first commercially successful American wine industry in the Ohio River Valley in the 1830s.
- The tiny flower clusters are intensely fragrant with a sweet, musky scent that attracts countless bees.
- Nicholas Longworth of Cincinnati became America's first wine baron by producing sparkling Catawba wine in the 1840s.
- The grape is named after the Catawba River in North Carolina, near where it was first cultivated.
- Catawba grape flowers are self-pollinating, meaning a single vine can produce fruit without a second variety nearby.
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