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Riverbank Grape (Wholesale Bundles) | Spring 2027
$191.00
Price breaks
| Bundles in your cart | Per bundle | Per plant |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 bundles | $191.00 | $7.64 |
| 4 to 11 bundles | $162.35 | $6.49 |
| 12 to 23 bundles | $143.25 | $5.73 |
| 24 bundles and up | $124.15 | $4.97 |
40 bundles or more? Email us for a quote.
Breaks count every Farm & Ranch bundle in your cart, any mix of plants.
Farm & Ranch bundles are already priced wholesale, so SAVE discount codes don't apply to them.
Reliable shipping
Wholesale only. We carry Riverbank Grape only by the wholesale bundle. For just a few plants, see our native plants.
At a glance: Riverbank Grape is the hardiest native grape, a vigorous wild vine rated hardy to zone 2 in our ratings (winters to -50°F). Ships bare root. Sold here at wholesale prices, by the bundle.
| Also called | Wild grape, frost grape (Vitis riparia) |
|---|---|
| Hardy to | Zone 2 on the MFTC modified cold hardiness scale (-50°F). Grows in zones 2 to 8. A bare number means the whole of zone 2, colder half included. Find your zone with our cold hardiness calculator. |
| Mature size | A climbing vine, 30 ft or more with support |
| Pollination | Vines are male or female. Seedlings come unsexed, so plant a group for fruit. |
| Spacing | 6 to 8 ft apart along a fence or trellis. |
| Good for | Covering fences and arbors, wildlife food and cover, streambank plantings, jelly and juice |
| Deer | Sometimes damaged by deer. |
| What you get | Dormant bare root seedlings, 25 plants to a bundle. Size: 10-24 in. Shipped from Missoula, or picked up in Missoula, in spring 2027. |
| Wholesale terms | Sold by the bundle. Mix any Farm & Ranch plants to reach a price break at 4, 12 and 24 bundles. 40 bundles or more, email us for a quote. |
Overview
Riverbank grape is the wild grape of northern creek bottoms, and the species breeders went to for the cold hardiness in grapes like Valiant and Frontenac. It is a strong grower that will cover a fence in a couple of seasons.
Origin & History
Native from Montana and Manitoba east to the Atlantic, farther north than any other American grape.
Fruit & Uses
Small, blue black, tart grapes in late summer that sweeten after frost. Good for jelly and juice, and eaten by dozens of bird species. The dense vines are nesting cover.
Growth Habit
Woody climbing vine that needs a fence, trellis or tree to climb.
Spacing
Plant 6 to 8 ft apart along a fence line. A bundle of 25 covers 150 to 200 ft.
Pollination
Separate male and female vines, pollinated by insects and wind. Only females fruit, and a planting of several seedlings will have both.
Cold hardiness
We rate riverbank grape to zone 2, winters to -50°F. No winter protection needed.
How wholesale orders work
- Bundles can't be split. Sizes under 3 ft. come 25 to a bundle, 3 ft. and taller come 20 to a bundle.
- Price breaks count every Farm & Ranch bundle in your cart, any mix of plants. 4 bundles, 12 bundles and 24 bundles each drop the price on all of them. The discount shows up in your cart on its own.
- Add to your order any time before it ships. Same shipping address, and the bundles count together toward the next price break.
- No cancellations after February 1. Cancel part of an order before then and the rest is priced at the break it still earns.
- If we come up short on a plant, you keep the price break you paid for and we refund the bundles we couldn't send.
- Our dead plant guarantee covers these the same as everything else we sell. A plant that never leafs out its first season gets a credit code for what you paid for it plus its share of the shipping. We can't break a bundle, so credit goes toward a future order, not loose replacement plants.
- Planting 40 bundles or more? Email us for a quote.
Shipping restrictions: We cannot ship Riverbank Grape to Oregon, Washington, Idaho or New York, where grape plants have to come from a certified, virus tested program, and wild seed grown grape can't meet that. Check your own state and county list before planting.
Questions we get about Riverbank Grape
How cold hardy is Riverbank Grape?
We rate it hardy to zone 2, which means winters down to about -50°F.
How far apart do I plant Riverbank Grape?
6 to 8 ft apart along a fence or trellis.
What arrives, and when does it ship?
Dormant bare root seedlings by the bundle, roots packed in moist sawdust, shipped from Missoula or picked up in Missoula in spring 2027. Orders are paid in full at checkout. Our dead plant guarantee covers them: a plant that never leafs out its first season gets a credit code toward a future order.
Photos: “Vitis riparia 15-p.bot-vitis.rip-02” by Gilles Ayotte, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; “Vitis riparia kz1” by Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.