Vitis labrusca 'Concord'

Size and growth:

Height:

15.0 to 20.0 feet

Spread:

15.0 to 20.0 feet

Bloom / flowers:

Time:

May - June

Color:

Greenish

Other characteristics:

Insignificant flowers, Edible fruit, Fragrant flowers, and Green

Uses:

Grapes are primarily grown for fruit production in home fruit gardens where ornamental value is not a concern. However, grapes do in fact have good ornamental value: bold summer foliage, some fall color, showy fruit and shaggy, twisted trunking and branching often best seen in winter. When grown on fences, walls, trellises, arbors or other structures, grapes can be quite attractive year-round and can provide good cover, screening, or shade to areas around the home.

Problems:

Grapes are high maintenance plants that require regular chemical spraying and pruning. Grapes are susceptible to a large number of diseases, particularly in humid summer climates such as Missouri, including anthracnose, black rot, downy and powdery mildew, crown gall and botrytis bunch rot. Insect pests include phylloxera, grape berry moth, Japanese beetle, leaf hopper, leaf roller, mealy bugs and flea beetles.