Silver Creek Nursery Ltd.

Opitz Hardy Kiwi (Male) Bareroot

Species: Actinidia arguta

History: There appears to be little information available on the origin of Opitz. It has likely been propagated for its late bloom time, making it compatible with some female varieties that are not pollinated by earlier blooming male varieties.  

Why We Grow It: Opitz is a later blooming male variety that is helpful for pollinating late blooming female Hardy Kiwis like Anna and Chang Bai. It grows vigorously and is known to flower profusely.

$21.00

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Fruit Traits:

Recommended Use: Pollination for female Hardy Kiwis

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Plant Traits:

Canadian Hardiness Zone: 5

Soil Preferance: Prefers well-drained soil, and average to moist conditions. Does not tolerate wet conditions but is drought tolerant.

Flowering Time: Late

Pollination Requirements: Opitz will pollinate cross-pollinate with female varieties so they can produce fruit and it can help improve fruit set and quality for self-pollinating varieties. One Opitz plant will pollinate up to eight female plants. Hardy kiwis and Arctic kiwis do not cross-pollinate.

Sun/Shade Requirements: Full Sun or Partial Shade (approx. 6-10 hours of sun daily)

General Growth Habit: Vine, vigorous growth. Few issues with pests or diseases.

Shipping: Every year we ship thousands of plants across Canada. We carefully bag roots in damp sawdust, then box them and send them out via courier. CLICK HERE to see our shipping policy.

Pick-up: We also have thousands of plants picked up from our nursery each year. The pick-up options is free, though you must wait until you have been emailed a confirmation that your order is ready to pick up, which will have further information such as hours, locations, etc.

When Will My Order Be Ready?

Most of our bareroot plants and tubers are only available for spring planting! Only bareroot apples and pears are available for fall planting.

Spring orders are generally ready to be picked up or shipped out anywhere from late March to late May! We will be in touch in the spring once your order is ready to go. Orders placed in the spring might not be ready for 1-2 weeks as this is a very busy time of year for us.

Arctic and Hardy Kiwis are divided into the following grades:
• 1 year plant - pruned to ~15cm
• 2 year plant - pruned to ~30cm, extensive roots
• 3 year plant - pruned to ~45cm, extensive roots

There is some overlap in size since we are also taking the age of the plants into account. Some older plants may not have put on quite as much vegetative growth but will have larger root systems.

Unless specified, heights exclude the roots since seedlings and some berries will often have a lot of root growth but relatively little vegetative growth (ex. our Shagbark Hickories seedlings are often 5-15cm above the soil but will have roots that reach 20cm+ in length).

Not all of our berries and seedlings will be available in all of these grades since growth rate can vary significantly across species and even varieties. While we remain competitive in our plant size, it's also worth noting we don't use synthetic chemicals to push vegetative growth, therefore you may find conventional nursery stock larger in some instances comparatively.

Why plant small? It's best to transplant when a plant is young so it can establish its roots before it has a lot of vegetative growth. This is much less stressful on it and bareroot plants tend to catch up and even surpass larger potted ones planted at the same time, after a few years.

Orders that are cancelled last minute due to size (being "too small"), will still incur the applicable cancellation fees if the plants are true to our grading standards as per the agreement of sale when the order was placed.

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