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Genus: Vitis

Species: labrusca "Niagara"

Common Name: Niagara Grape

Family: Vitaceae

Order: Vitales

Native: New England to Indiana and Georgia

Habit: Vine

Height: 15 to 20 feet

Width: 15 to 20 feet

Flowering Season: Late Spring to Summer

Flower Color: Greenish

Propagation: Stem cutting

Zone: 5-8

Note: This grape is suitable for fences, walls, arbors and trellises. It's fruits are edible. Monitor plant for leaf roller, leaf hoppers, Japanese beetles, grape berry moths, phylloxera, powdery mildew, black rot, crown gall, anthracnose and botrytis bunch rot. Prefers sunny, moist, well-drained, loamy soil.