Tickle Your Tastebuds!
A charmer from start to finish! First, they catch your eye from afar with their oh-so-pretty, rosy-pink blush. Then they tempt you into a taste with their scrumptious, sugary, cream soda aroma. But it's the intensely sweet, fruity flavor and seedless, tender-crisp texture that just may lead to Tickled Pink grapes replacing your favorite dessert. We guarantee that these grapes have more flavor than any grape you've ever tried—and be sure to try them dried, they taste just like candy! Vigorous, hardy vines are a breeze to grow, with luscious fruit ripening in mid August. Zones 5-8. PP25152.
Did you know…this grape won the 2011 Green Thumb Award—boasting an intensely sweet and fruity flavor and a cream soda-like aroma.
A charmer from start to finish! First, they catch your eye from afar with their oh-so-pretty, rosy-pink blush. Then they tempt you into a taste with their scrumptious, sugary, cream soda aroma. But it's the intensely sweet, fruity flavor and seedless, tender-crisp texture that just may lead to Tickled Pink grapes replacing your favorite dessert. We guarantee that these grapes have more flavor than any grape you've ever tried—and be sure to try them dried, they taste just like candy! Vigorous, hardy vines are a breeze to grow, with luscious fruit ripening in mid August. Zones 5-8. PP25152.
Did you know…this grape won the 2011 Green Thumb Award—boasting an intensely sweet and fruity flavor and a cream soda-like aroma.
- Botanical Name: Vitis labrusca 'Tickled Pink'
- Height: Vining- 8 - 10 feet.
- Spacing: 8 - 15 feet.
- Depth: Same as in the nursery.
- Spread: 20 feet.
- Light Required: Full sun.
- Pollinator: Self-pollinating.
- Yield: Up to 20 pounds at maturity.
- Color: White/green flowers.
- Foliage: Dark green, attractive, lobed foliage.
- Blooms: May.
- Fruit: Round, medium size, firm, seedless, rosy-pink fruit, non slip variety.
- Zone: 5 - 8.
- Form: Vine.
- Flower Form: Inconspicuous blooms.
- Soil Requirements: Moist, well-drained, slightly acidic soil.
- Growth Rate: Medium growth rate.
- Pruning: This grape should be spur pruned. To spur prune, prune along main canes to leave two to three bud spurs, each four to six inches apart. Leave no more than 20 to 80 buds per plant, depending on the type of grape. Remove all other one-year-old wood. See the Gurney's web site for a good video on pruning this grape.
- Size: 1/16 - 1/8 inch flowers.
- Comments: Exclusive new grape has unparalleled flavor and texture. Intense sweet fruit flavor reminiscent of cream soda. Rosy-pink color. Plant Wow Fruit Now! grade plants for fruit the first season! RESTRICTED STATES, AE, AK, CA, GU, HI, ID, OR, PR, WA.