Table Grape

Vitis vinifera hybrids

Vitaceae (Grape)

Choose Pierce's-disease-resistant hybrids for Texas; train them on a sturdy two-wire trellis.

EdiblePerennial

Table Grape (Vitis vinifera hybrids) illustration — Texas Roots plant database, by Jordan Polasek

Sun

Full sun

Water

Low once established

Soil

Well-drained

pH

6.0–7.0

Hardiness

Hardy vine

Height

Vining, needs trellis

Spacing

8 ft

Days to harvest

2–3 yr to bear

What it is

Table Grape (Vitis vinifera hybrids) is in the Vitaceae (Grape) family. Choose Pierce's-disease-resistant hybrids for Texas; train them on a sturdy two-wire trellis.

How to grow it

It wants full sun, water it low once established, and give it well-drained soil. Target a soil pH around 6.0–7.0. Space plants about 8 ft apart. Expect roughly 2–3 yr to bear. Hardy vine.

How it's used

Table Grape is used: fresh, juice, raisins.

🔎 How to identify it

Lobed grape leaves
Peeling woody bark
Hanging clusters

Edibility

PartsFruit

UsesFresh, juice, raisins

CautionEuropean types fail to Pierce's disease here — pick resistant hybrids.

🌤 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.