What it is
Muscadine Grape (Vitis rotundifolia) is in the Vitaceae (Grape) family. The native Southern grape — disease-resistant and built for our humidity where European grapes fail.
How to grow it
It wants full sun, water it low once established, and give it well-drained soil. Target a soil pH around 5.5–6.5. Space plants about 12–20 ft apart. Expect roughly 2–3 yr to bear. Hardy Southern perennial vine.
How it's used
Muscadine Grape is used: fresh, juice, jelly, wine.
🔎 How to identify it
- Round-lobed leaves
- Peeling bark on old wood
- Fruit in small clusters, not big bunches
Edibility
PartsFruit
UsesFresh, juice, jelly, wine
CautionThick skins; eat or press.
🌤 Before you plant: check the live 7-day garden weather to time it right for frost and heat.
Part of the free Texas Roots plant database, compiled by Jordan Polasek from his greenhouse in El Campo, Texas. Free to read and share. If it helped, the best thanks is to grow something.