I put in a male plant in early spring, hoping for some colorful foliage someday. The trick seems to be the right balance of sun and shade. Don't know that I hit the mark; time will tell.

Gary

I grew some in Southern Ontario, Canada. Just a little south of MN. I planted a female and male. The trellis I built was quite strong as was suggested online, there are trellis designs according to growing hardy kiwi. I too had difficulty with the male, didn't grow much, too shady I think. The female had more sun and grew very well. At the 3 yr mark when we moved to MN, the female was crossing the trellis and the male was barely touching the bottom of it:( I'm hoping to to try again here and give the male some more sun.

So funny...
I was just researching the kiwi in MN myself last week. I think I am going to try it.
This was good resource for me: http://fruit.cfans.umn.edu/home-fruit/kiwi/

Check this one out guys
http://swissbeets.blogspot.com/2009/09/field-trip-kiwi-in-minnesota.html
I might be scheduling my own field trip there