Roger's Red Grape, Vitis 'Roger's Red'

About Roger's Red Grape (Vitis 'Roger's Red') 29 Nurseries Carry This Plant

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The 'Roger's Red' hybrid California wild grape is a deciduous vine, making it a favorite for covering arbors, walls, or fences. In summer, it will provide handsome shade, and in winter, when the leaves have dropped, it will allow the sunlight in. If not given something to climb over, it will become a mounding, spreading groundcover.

It is prized for its flaming red foliage in fall but equally desirable for attracting pollinators when it flowers in spring, as well as birds and wildlife, which feast on the prolific bunches of small red grapes in the late summer. The grapes are tasty but seedy.

This vigorous grower requires only moderate additional watering and can put on 3 to 6 feet of growth per year. It is best pruned and shaped during the winter before the appearance of spring leaves.

This grape is said to have higher than average resistance to Pierce's Disease. It was originally selected by Roger Raiche from along the Russian River; it has now been confirmed as a hybrid between the native Vitis californica and the European Vitis vinifera.

Tolerates almost any soil type. Prefers sun in coastal sites, and sun or part shade in inland sites.

Thanks to Moosa Creek Nursery and the Theordore Payne Foundation for sharing information about this plant

Plant Description

Plant Type

Vine

Size

20 - 40 ft tall
20 - 40 ft wide

Form

Climbing

Growth Rate

Fast

Dormancy

Winter-deciduous

Flower Color

Yellow

Flowering Season

Spring

Wildlife Supported

Butterflies & moths hosted ( 1 likely * ) SHOW ALL

White-lined Sphinx Hyles lineataHyles lineata

Landscaping Information

Sun

Full Sun, Part shade

Moisture

Low, Moderate

Nurseries

Carried by 29

Cold Tolerance

Soil Drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Soil Description

Tolerates a wide variety of soils

Common uses

Bird Gardens

Site Characteristics

Alternative Names

Botanical Names: Vitis californica 'Roger's Red'
Common Names: Roger's Red California Wild Grape

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Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links: Jepson eFlora Taxon Page CalPhotos Wikipedia Calflora

Roger's Red Grape

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Roger's Red Grape

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