Sweet Winter Grape
Herb latin name: Sweet Winter Grape,Sweet Winter Grape Extract
Latin name: Vitis cinerea
Family: Vitaceae (Grape Family)
Habitat of the herb: the herb: Rich low thickets, bottoms and banks of streams. Grows up trees in forests. Other uses of Sweet Winter Grape: A yellow dye is obtHabitat of the herb: the herb: Rich low thickets, bottoms and banks of streams. Grows up trees in forests.
Other uses of Sweet Winter Grape: A yellow dye is obtained from the fresh or dried leaves.
Propagation of the herb: Seed - best sown in a cold frame as soon as it is ripe. Six weeks cold stratification improves the germination rate, and so stored seed is best sown in a cold frame as soon as it is obtained. Germination should take place in the first spring, but sometimes takes another 12 months. Prick out the seedlings into individual pots when they are large enough to handle and grow them on in a cold frame for their first winter. Plant out in early summer. Cuttings of mature wood of the current seasons growth, December/January in a frame. These cuttings can be of wood 15 - 30cm long or they can be of short sections of the stem about 5cm long with just one bud at the top of the section. In this case a thin, narrow strip of the bark about 3cm long is removed from the bottom half of the side of the stem. This will encourage callusing and the formation of roots. Due to the size of these cuttings they need to be kept in a more protected environment than the longer cuttings. Layering.
Cultivation of Sweet Winter Grape: Rich low thickets, bottoms and banks of streams. Grows up trees in forests.
Medicinal use of the herb: None known
Known hazards of Vitis cinerea: None known
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