Kiwi fruits were originally known as Chinese gooseberries. They are deciduous trailing climbers that will grow up to 9 m in length. The kiwi fruits are large berries with hairy, brown skin and green pulp containing small, black seeds.

For a proper developing of this plant in the open choose a sunny, sheltered place with well-aerated, deep and rich in organic matter soil with a pH of 6-7. During the growing season they need warm, moist conditions with temperatures between 5-27 Celsius degrees (41-77 F) but over the dormant period they will tolerate several degrees of frost and require chilling for at least 400 hours below 7 Celsius degrees (45 F) to encourage good flower production.

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