it is fun to buy something new and unexpected once in awhile :) good for you

Yeah, label it rare, unusual, dwarf or extra nutritious and I'm like "who's gonna take my money",

Planted it today. I will see how it does.

Did the label say what sort of grape it produces? I know the Pixie line of dwarf grapes has several different types in it, and the only ones I've seen are wine grapes (but also edible as table grapes). I totally would have bought a couple if I'd seen them too. Sometimes impulse buys lead to great new discoveries that become a permanent part of the garden.

Have you seen the info I've linked below. Look how pretty they are in the photos!

Pixie Grape

So keep us informed. Both the grapes and blueberries intrigue me. Will they be hardy through winter?

They are hardy to zone 3 in ground. Mine is in a whiskey barrel for the summer. If it does well I'll put it in the ground this fall.

they are a wine grape but it says sweet for eating?? We will see

I would love to plant me some grapes, if I could figure out how. The last couple of vines I bought simply died because I didn't know how to care for it. I have this ugly metal fence that a vine would look good on...

Pixie was originally bred for research and has been in use for a while in that manner---maybe about a decade or so. It has been sold to the public in some other countries since around 2012. I'm not sure how long it has been sold to the public in the USA, but it is in several catalogs this year, and maybe last year too.

Since Pixie stays small, they don't have to do as much pruning in their research projects and its manner of growth can knock several years off a research study since most grapevines used in research previously took about 3 years to come into production. Pixie produces the first year.

I haven't tasted a Pixie grape but people who have say they taste good. Maybe some of the newer ones in the Pixie line are not the original wine grape types. There are some full-sized grape varieties also grown both for wine and as table grapes too.

I first saw photos of Pixie in the Stark Brothers catalog. I believe that Territorial Seed and Jung Seed also have it this year.

Stark Brothers: Pixie Grapes

Ezzirah, Grapes are easy as long as you remember to keep them properly pruned, and as long as you have well-drained soil, and don't have excessive humidity. Many people who grow them in homegardens don't prune them as much as they should, and this often results in excessive foliage which, in combination with high humidity, seems to lead to the development of anthracnose.

Dawn