Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Convolvulus vine twining around a steel fixed ladder Boston ivy covering a chimney. Certain plants always grow as vines, while a few grow as vines only part of the time. For instance, poison ivy and bittersweet can grow as low shrubs when support is not available, but will become vines when support is available.
The Winkler Vine was an example of large-vine grape culture. The vine was named after Albert J. Winkler, Chair of the Department of Viticulture and Enology (1935–1957) at University of California, Davis. Planted in 1979, the Winkler vine was a Vitis vinifera cv. Mission, grafted on to a Vitis rupestris St George rootstock.
A regular vine or R-vine on n variables is a vine in which two edges in tree j are joined by an edge in tree j + 1 only if these edges share a common node, j = 1, ..., n − 2. The nodes in the first tree are univariate random variables. The edges are constraints or conditional constraints explained as follows.
A liana is a long-stemmed woody vine that is rooted in the soil at ground level and uses trees, as well as other means of vertical support, to climb up to the canopy in search of direct sunlight. [1] The word liana does not refer to a taxonomic grouping, but rather a habit of plant growth – much like tree or shrub .
A cultivated Common Grape Vine, Vitis vinifera subsp. vinifera. Use of grapes is known to date back to Neolithic times, following the discovery in 1996 of 7,000-year-old wine storage jars in present-day northern Iran. [26] Further evidence shows the Mesopotamians and Ancient Egyptians had vine plantations and winemaking skills.
P. Pandorea; Pandorea baileyana; Pandorea doratoxylon; Pandorea jasminoides; Pandorea nervosa; Pandorea pandorana; Parsonsia alboflavescens; Parsonsia curvisepala
The vine and wheat ear have been frequently used as symbol of the blood and flesh of Christ, hence figuring as symbols (bread and wine) of the Eucharist and are found depicted on ostensories. Often the symbolic vine laden with grapes is found in ecclesiastical decorations with animals biting at the grapes.
Examples of downy and powdery mildew on a grape leaf Manual grape gathering. A viticulturist faces many hazards that can have an adverse effect on the wine produced from the grape or kill the vine itself. When the vine is flowering, it is very susceptible to strong winds and hail.