Kiwi Plant Golden Delight (male) - Actinidia chinensis

The Male Golden Delight Kiwi is an original, ornamental, and deciduous climber. This plant is the male counterpart enabling pollination of the female golden kiwi, with yellow fruits that are particularly sweet and juicy. This plant wraps around its support but must be trained. Flowering takes place in late spring, with fragrant white-cream flowers, with fertile and golden stamens. This actinidia prefers rich, well-drained, and moist soils in a sunny to partially shady position, sheltered from heavy frosts. Some enthusiasts claim that it is the most flavorful of kiwis.

Actinidia chinensis Golden Delight belongs to the Actinidiaceae family. It comes from Actinidia chinensis, which is native to the central and western regions of China. This vigorous climber grows 3 metres (10 feet) per year under favourable conditions, reaching a height of 5 metres (16 feet) and a spread of 6 metres (20 feet). Its long sinuous stems can reach the thickness of a finger, forming a framework capable of breaking a fragile support. It bears large, smooth, ovate, and entire leaves, with a matte green colour, covered, just like the stems, with small red hairs. The leaves are wide and ovate on the sterile shoots, more rounded on the fertile shoots. From the third or fourth year of cultivation, flowers appear on the previous year's branches. Flowering takes place in May-June, in the form of fragrant flowers with wide cream-white petals measuring 3 to 4cm (1 to 2in) in diameter, around a heart of fertile golden stamens. This variety is necessary to pollinate female plants of the 'Golden Delight' female kiwi variety.

The golden kiwi is a voracious plant that needs space to establish itself. It is necessary to provide a solid and large enough support to accommodate at least one female plant and one male plant, which will be trained on a wall stretched with a strong wire, a pergola, or two tree trunks. This plant is not very hardy, so it should be placed in a sheltered location away from cold winds.