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Discovering the best grape vine varieties for your New Zealand garden is both rewarding and inspiring. Whether you’re keen on fresh table grapes, home winemaking, or simply enhancing your backyard with leafy vines, selecting the right grape vine varieties is key. From robust red wine grapes to sweet, juicy seedless cultivars, there’s a grape vine for every purpose, climate, and taste. Read on to explore the diverse range of grape vine varieties available, their uses, and how to grow them successfully in our unique Kiwi conditions.

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Grape Flame

Grape 'Flame' is a popular seedless grape variety known for its crisp texture and sweet red berries, making it ideal for fresh eating in NZ gardens. This vigorous vine produces reliable crops and thrives in warm, sunny conditions. With lush foliage and strong growth, Grape 'Flame' is perfect for pergolas, trellises, and fences, offering both ornamental appeal and a rewarding harvest.

Suited to regions: All regions
Plant type: Grapevines
Height: 5.00 m
Spread: 5.00 m
Flowering time: Spring
Garden uses: Arches, Living areas
Garden styles: Backyard, City & Courtyard, Frontyard, Japanese, Mediterranean, Modern
Cissus rhombifolia trailling over the sides of a planter with lush foliage.

Cissus rhombifolia (Grape Ivy)

Cissus rhombifolia, commonly known as the Grape Ivy plant, is an evergreen perennial grown for its colourful and trailing foliage. Hanging stems host leaves which emerge bronze and age to a fresh green colour as it typically grows to 15 cm tall and 50 cm wide. Cissus rhombifolia is commonly grown as a potted plant indoors and is well suited to office environments. It can be grown outdoors where conditions favour, and in these circumstances, suits being planted around outdoor living areas, planted to trail over a wall or to spill out over steps, included in tropical gardens, or simply maintained in a container.

Suited to regions: Subtropical
Plant type: Indoor Plants
Height: 15 cm
Spread: 50 cm
Garden uses: Borders, Containers, Living areas, Paths & Steps, Patios, Pool areas
Garden styles: Backyard, City & Courtyard, Frontyard, Japanese, Mediterranean, Modern, Tropical
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Grape Albany Surprise

Grape 'Albany Surprise' is a reliable grape variety known for its sweet, flavoursome fruit and strong growth in NZ gardens. This vigorous vine...

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Grape Himrod

Grape 'Himrod' is a highly regarded seedless grape known for its sweet, juicy golden fruit and excellent flavour. Well suited to NZ conditions, this...

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Grape 'Kyoho' dark purple fruit.

Grape 'Kyoho'

Grape 'Kyoho' is a highly regarded table grape known for its very large dark purple to black fruit and exceptionally sweet juicy flavour. This...

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Grape Candice Seedless

Grape 'Candice Seedless' is a popular table grape known for its sweet, juicy red berries and excellent seedless eating quality. Well suited to NZ...

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'Pinot Gris' grape vine with pink fruit amidst lush, green foliage.

Grape 'Pinot Gris'

Grape 'Pinot Gris' is a popular grapevine valued for its high quality fruit used in producing crisp aromatic white wines and for fresh home growing...

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Grape Sauvignon Blanc fruit hanging on a vine.

Grape 'Sauvignon Blanc'

Grape 'Sauvignon Blanc' is a world-famous white wine grape known for producing crisp, aromatic wines with notes of tropical fruit, lime, and...

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Grape Buffalo

Grape Buffalo is a variety of eating grape that produces fruit that ripen in early autumn. It features large sized, juicy, dark blue-black berries...

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Grape Steubens

Grape 'Steubens' is a popular table grape known for its sweet, juicy red berries and reliable performance in NZ gardens. This vigorous vine produces...

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Grape 'Chardonnay' fruit on a vine.

Grape 'Chardonnay'

Grape 'Chardonnay'

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Grape 'Pinot Noir' dark purple fruit on a vine.

Grape 'Pinot Noir'

Grape 'Pinot Noir' is one of the world’s most celebrated wine grape varieties, prized for producing elegant wines with flavours of cherry, plum, and...

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Parthenocissus tricuspidata with lush green foliage growing on a wall.

Parthenocissus tricuspidata (Boston Ivy)

Parthenocissus tricuspidata, commonly known as Boston Ivy, is a deciduous vine grown for its attractive and colourful foliage. The ivy-like foliage...

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Pandorea pandorana (Wonga Wonga Vine) plant with an elegant cluster of cream coloured flowers.

Pandorea pandorana

Pandorea pandorana, known as the Wonga Wonga Vine, is a climber that carries lush and glossy, dark green leaves which become adorned with masses of...

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Pyrostegia venusta

Pyrostegia venusta, commonly known as Flame Vine or Golden Shower Vine, is an amazing climber that produces masses of bright and unusual flowers. It...

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Penstemon Grape Taffey

“Grape Taffy” is a variety of Penstemon grown for its colourful and dainty flowers. It produces upright stems carrying numerous bell-shaped, two-tone...

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Lush green foliage on Tecomanthe speciosa.

Tecomanthe speciosa

Tecomanthe speciosa, commonly known as the Three Kings Climber, is a NZ native vine grown for its foliage and flowers. It features large, glossy...

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Muehlenbeckia axillaris growing as a ground cover.

Muehlenbeckia axillaris (Creeping Wire Vine)

Muehlenbeckia axillaris, commonly known as Creeping Wire Vine, is a hardy New Zealand native groundcover with wiry stems and small, dark green...

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Phaseolus caracalla

Phaseolus caracalla, commonly known as the Snail Vine, is a climber grown for its fragrant, corkscrew-like flowers which are coloured pink, purple...

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Callisia repens

Callisia repens goes by several common names such as the Bubbles Plant, Turtle Vine, and Pin Panther Plant. The Turtle Vine is a very popular indoor...

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Solanum jasminoides Grandiflora (Potato Vine)

“Grandiflora” is a variety of the commonly known, Potato Vine, and is an evergreen climber grown for its attractive, long-lasting flowers and...

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Choosing Grape Vine Varieties

Choosing grape vine varieties begins with understanding your site’s climate, sun exposure, and soil. While some varieties thrive in cool, coastal regions, others prefer the warmth of inland gardens. Early-ripening types suit cooler climates, while later varieties are ideal for sun-drenched areas.

If you dream of harvesting grapes for wine, consider classic cultivars such as Grape 'Pinot Noir'. This esteemed grape variety is prized for its complexity and flavour, making it one of the top choices in New Zealand’s southern wine regions. For those who prefer grapes for fresh eating, seedless varieties like Grape Thompson Seedless are wonderfully sweet, easy to grow, and ideal for kids’ lunchboxes.

Popular Grape Vine Varieties in New Zealand

New Zealand gardeners have access to a wide selection of grape vine varieties, each with unique characteristics. Here are a few of the favourites:

Growing and Using Grape Vine Varieties

Most grape vine varieties are easy to cultivate with a little care and patience. Grapevines need well-drained soil, plenty of sun and regular pruning to encourage healthy fruiting and attractive foliage. Mulch and organic feeding will help your vines establish quickly and produce abundant crops.

Beyond home winemaking and table grapes, grape vine varieties can be used for juicing, drying as raisins, or simply as attractive climbers to shade pergolas and fences. With so many grape vine varieties to choose from, it’s easy to tailor your selection to suit your lifestyle and garden goals.

Explore our full selection of grape vine varieties and discover how these versatile plants can enrich your garden and your palate.


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