Kiwis (Actinidia) may seem exotic, but there are several types that will fruit in the UK if grown in a warm, sunny, sheltered spot. These Kiwi fruits are vigorous climbers and need plenty of space, they are at their best trained and pruned twice a year to get the best crop and to also keep them under control. Take care to buy a hardy variety, that is ideally self-fertile (does not require another pollinating partner). Kiwis make attractive plants, with large, often velvety leaves, with furry shoots and creamy-white fragrant flowers and (on female or self-fertile plants) downy or smooth oval fruits that develop over the summer and into autumn. The fruits rarely ripen fully outdoors except in long hot summers but can simply be picked and ripened indoors. However here a female and male plants are grown together on a hoop.