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grape 'Muscat Bleu'
grape vine (syn. Vitis vinifera 'Muscat Bleu')
A popular and reliable black dessert grape, ideal for beginners, 'Muscat Bleu' bears dark purplish-blue-skinned bunches of fruit...
2 litre pot | 60cm cane
£14.99
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available to order from late spring
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Plant description
A popular and reliable black dessert grape, ideal for beginners, 'Muscat Bleu' bears dark purplish-blue-skinned bunches of fruit with red flesh and a sweet ‘Muscat’ taste. Cropping well in most parts of the UK, it also shows good mildew resistance.
Eventual height & spread
Flowering period
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Plant features
Position
Full sun
Rate of growth
Fast-growing
Soil
Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil
Hardiness
Fully hardy
How to care for grape Muscat Bleu:
When planting incorporate plenty of well-rotted organic matter in to the planting hole. It will need some help to clamber up a tree, wall or pergola so you will need to provide some support and tie it in as it grows. Once it has developed a good framework you should shorten all the lateral shoots to within two or three buds from the main stem. It is essential that the majority of the pruning work is tackled in mid winter as the sap tends to 'bleed' at other times of the year, but you can cut back the odd over-long stem to a healthy bud in summer.
Please note:
This climber is deciduous so it will lose all its leaves in autumn, then fresh new foliage appears again each spring.
Warning
Dogs: Harmful if eaten
