Eastern Concord Bunch Grape Vine Live Plant – 2 Year Old, Cold Hardy, Blue-Black Grapes, Outdoor

Overview

Introduce the joy of homegrown fruit to your garden with the exceptional Eastern Concord grape vine. This vigorous 2-year-old live plant is a classic choice, renowned for its abundant yields of sweet, juicy, blue-black grapes. Ideal for both novice and experienced gardeners, this cold hardy grape plant is specifically selected for its resilience and ability to flourish in a wide range of climates. The Eastern Concord variety (Vitis labrusca ‘Concord’) is celebrated for its distinctive flavor, making it a favorite for fresh consumption, making delectable jams, jellies, and juices, or even homemade wine. Plant this vine in a sunny location and watch it transform into a productive and beautiful addition to your landscape, promising years of delicious harvests.

Our 2-year-old Eastern Concord grape vine arrives ready to plant, having already established a strong root system. This head start ensures quicker establishment and earlier fruiting compared to younger plants. Enjoy the satisfaction of picking your own grapes, knowing they are fresh, organic, and bursting with flavor. This variety is an excellent choice for creating a living fence, covering an arbor, or trellising along a garden wall, adding both ornamental beauty and edible bounty to your outdoor space.

Key Benefits

The Eastern Concord grape vine offers numerous advantages for the home gardener, combining ornamental appeal with practical fruit production. This robust plant provides a rewarding growing experience and a delicious yield.

• Abundant Harvests: Enjoy prolific yields of large, sweet, and juicy blue-black grape vine clusters, perfect for a variety of culinary uses. The Concord grape is known for its reliable and generous fruiting.
• Exceptional Flavor: These grapes possess a distinct, classic ‘foxy’ grape flavor, making them ideal for fresh eating, juices, jellies, and even wine-making. Experience the true taste of homegrown grapes.
• Cold Hardiness: This variety is exceptionally cold hardy, thriving in USDA Zones 5-9, making it suitable for many regions across the United States where other grape types might struggle.
• Versatile Use: Beyond fruit production, the vigorous growth habit of the Eastern Concord grape vine makes it an excellent choice for arbors, pergolas, or trellises, providing shade and beauty.
• Established Plant: As a 2-year-old grape vine, it comes with a well-developed root system, ensuring a higher success rate and faster establishment in your garden, leading to quicker fruit production.
• Easy to Grow: With proper care and support, the Concord grape is relatively low maintenance and highly rewarding for gardeners of all skill levels.
• Nutritional Value: Grapes are packed with antioxidants and vitamins, offering a healthy and delicious snack straight from your garden.

Plant Care & Growing Tips

Caring for your Eastern Concord grape vine is straightforward, and with a little attention, you’ll be enjoying bountiful harvests for years. Grape vines thrive in full sun, requiring at least 6-8 hours of direct sunlight per day to produce the best fruit. Choose a location that receives ample sunlight and has good air circulation to minimize disease risk. The ideal soil for Concord grape growing is well-draining loam. While adaptable, grapes prefer a slightly acidic to neutral pH (5.5-7.0). Amend heavy clay soils with organic matter like compost to improve drainage, or sandy soils to enhance water retention.

Proper watering is crucial, especially during the first year after planting and during dry spells. Keep the soil consistently moist but not waterlogged. Once established, grape vines are relatively drought-tolerant but will benefit from deep watering during fruit development. Provide sturdy support like a trellis, arbor, or fence for your blue-black grape vine to climb. This not only encourages better light exposure and air circulation but also makes harvesting easier. Pruning is an essential aspect of grape care, typically performed in late winter or early spring while the vine is dormant. Proper pruning helps maintain vigor, encourages fruit production, and manages the vine’s size and shape. Fertilize annually in early spring with a balanced fertilizer, or use compost to enrich the soil. Monitor for common pests and diseases and address them promptly with organic or conventional treatments as needed.

Size & Details

This offering is for one Eastern Concord grape vine, a robust 2-year-old live plant. The vine typically arrives with a well-developed root system and stands approximately 2 feet tall, ready for immediate planting. When mature, the cold hardy grape plant is a vigorous grower and can reach lengths of 15-20 feet or more if not pruned, making it an excellent choice for covering large trellises or arbors. Expect the plant to begin producing fruit within 1-3 years after planting, with significant harvests typically starting in the third year. The grapes mature in late summer to early fall, offering a delightful seasonal yield. This variety is suited for USDA Hardiness Zones 5-9, capable of withstanding cold winter temperatures and thriving in warm summers.

The plant is shipped as a bare-root vine during its dormant season (late fall or early spring) for optimal planting success. This ensures the plant experiences minimal stress during transit and transplanting. With proper care, your 2-year-old grape vine will establish quickly and become a long-term producer in your home orchard or garden.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Q: How big does this plant get? A: The Eastern Concord grape vine is a vigorous grower. If left unpruned, it can reach lengths of 15-20 feet or more. With proper annual pruning, you can maintain it at a manageable size for your trellis or arbor, typically 8-10 feet.
• Q: What size pot does it come in? A: This 2-year-old grape vine is typically shipped as a bare-root plant, meaning it does not come in a pot, which is the best method for transplanting dormant grapevines.
• Q: Is this an indoor or outdoor plant? A: The Eastern Concord grape vine is an outdoor plant and requires full sun and space to grow. It is not suitable for indoor cultivation.
• Q: How much sunlight does it need? A: This cold hardy grape plant thrives in full sun, requiring a minimum of 6-8 hours of direct sunlight per day for optimal growth and fruit production.
• Q: Is this plant easy to care for? A: Yes, the Concord grape is considered relatively easy to care for, especially for those in suitable climates. It requires consistent watering during establishment and annual pruning for best results.
• Q: What condition will it arrive in? A: Your Eastern Concord grape vine will arrive dormant and bare-root, carefully packaged to ensure its health during transit. This is the ideal state for planting to minimize transplant shock.
• Q: How long until it blooms? A: As a 2-year-old vine, it has a head start. You can expect it to produce fruit within 1-3 years after planting, with significant harvests typically starting in the third year.
• Q: When is the best time to plant? A: The best time to plant bare-root grape vines like the blue-black grape vine is in late fall after dormancy sets in or in early spring before new growth begins, as long as the ground is workable.
• Q: Will it survive winter in my zone? A: Yes, the Eastern Concord variety is known for its excellent cold hardiness and thrives in USDA Zones 5-9, making it capable of surviving cold winters in these regions.
• Q: What’s the minimum temperature it can tolerate? A: This cold hardy grape plant can typically tolerate winter temperatures down to approximately -10 to -20 degrees Fahrenheit (-23 to -29 degrees Celsius) once established in its appropriate hardiness zones.