There are many ways to have Dwarf Fruit Trees suitable for turning your small backyard into a thriving orchard. Here are 4 different types of Dwarf Fruit Trees:

TRUE dwarf | Semi Dwarf | Traditional Dwarf | Bonsai in Pots

To grow dwarf trees successfully in containers all you need to do is supply a rich potting mix and re-pot regularly. Feed the trees every 6 months with a slow release fertiliser, provide plenty of sunlight, and keep the tree moist. The secret with keeping trees healthy and productive in containers is to re-pot and prune (roots and tops) at least every two years.

True Dwarfs

True dwarfs use either the rootstock eg flying dragon or the scion (cutting used for grafting onto rootstock) to dwarf or stunt the growth of a fruit tree while keeping the fruit the normal size. This creates more compact trees suitable for small Australian backyards.

Red Currants

Slightly more sour than its relative the blackcurrant, and is cultivated mainly for jams and cooked dishes. Currants require a cold winter and can be grown in areas that may be too wet and shady for other fruit.

Dwarf Fruit Tree Pack

A Dwarf pack includes 5 of our best dwarf plants selected for your location. It includes bonsai bags and fertiliser. Simply follow the Video instructions to care for your dwarf fruit trees. (Beginners pack only Please order plants separately if you know which fruit trees you want)

Avocado - Wurtz (A)

A small tree popular for the back yards. A moderate cropper of medium sized rich, high quality fruit. Pear-shaped with dark green skin using Guatamalan rootstock.

Red Currant

Lemon - Dwarf Meyer

This popular variety of 'lemon' is not a true lemon but likely to be a natural hybrid between a lemon and an orange. The lower acidity and reduced bitterness makes it one of the most widely grown home-garden varieties. Very hardy and prolific. The dwarf rootstock, flying dragon modifies the top growth making this a dwarf plant that is ideal to use planted out or as a pot specimen.

Kumquat - Dwarf Calomondin

In the Philippines it is referred to a as Calamansi, where the acid pulp is used to make chutneys, marmalades or as a lime substitute. Very ornamental bearing heavy crops of small round fruits.

Dwarf Lemonade

This sweet juicy fruit tastes like lemonade, is devoid of bitterness and can easily be eaten as a fresh fruit. The tree often has thorns and bears several heavy crops each year. The dwarf rootstock, flying dragon modifies the top growth making this a dwarf lemonade tree that is ideal to use planted out or as a pot specimen.

Grapefruit - Dwarf

Grapefruit grafted onto the flying dragon rootstock. Ideal for small areas and pots.

Dwarf Kumquat - Nagami

The small oval fruit is a brilliant deep orange colour with a highly aromatic skin. The fruit holds on the tree for a long period adding to its high ornamental value. It can be eaten whole as a fresh fruit or in the same way as other kumquats.

Lemon - Dwarf Lisbon

The dwarf rootstock, flying dragon modifies the top growth making this a dwarf plant that is ideal to use planted out or as a pot specimen.

Dwarf Lime - Tahitian

The small to medium fruit is pale lemon-yellow with smooth thin skin. The flesh is a translucent pale green, tender and juicy with a true acid lime flavour. It is best to pick the fruit green as it can suffer from rot if left to ripen on the tree.The dwarf rootstock, flying dragon modifies the top growth making this a dwarf plant that is ideal to use planted out or as a pot specimen.

Dwarf Mandarin

Flying Dragon modifies the top growth making this a dwarf plant that is ideal to use planted out or as a pot specimen. Trees will grow to about half the normal citrus size. Flying Dragon rootstock also adds cold hardiness and grows well in heavier soils, like Trifoliatia rootstock.

Dwarf Orange

The dwarf rootstock, flying dragon modifies the top growth making this a dwarf plant that is ideal to use planted out or as a pot specimen.

Dwarf Tangello - Minneola

A dwarfing mandarin-grapefruit cross that is the juiciest of all citrus. Flavour is very rich and best eaten when fully ripe. The Dwarf Tangello is a heavy cropper.

Mulberry - Dwarf Black

Pruning after fruiting allows this delicious mulberry to be kept under 3 meters, and also encourages multiple cropping throughout the summer. It is best to pick the fruit when ripe, as it doesn't ripen further off the tree. A benefit of a mulberry tree is that the fruit ripens over an extended period of time unlike other fruit that often ripens all at once. Very low chill so can be grown successfully throughout subtropical regions.

Mulberry - Dwarf Red Shahtoot

Much more compact in growth habit than the King White. These delicious sweet fruits can reach 10cm in length. Ideal for back yards and we consider it a must have fruit tree for the back yard. Will grow in most regions of Australia. The best way to eat mulberries is fresh from the tree but if some should make it to the kitchen bench they make excellent pies, jams, wines and sauces. Multiple crops are possible by pruning directly after your first crop. (Video: Red Shahtoot)

Peach - Dwarf

This is a white fleshed freestone variety is ideally suited to the subtropics. The compact size of this variety makes it ideal for the back yards or as a potted specimen. Seed grown and will bear in 2 years. Very attractive pink blossoms

Peach - Dwarf Standard

White flesh peach maturing late Xmas. Very attractive pink flowers in July. Ideal for a pot specimen. Grafted on peach stock 60cm high.

Persimmon - Ichikikijiro

Large flat fruit of excellent quality. Being a dwarf variety it is well suited to backyards but is also a good commercial variety. Mostly seedless fruit, Non astringent.

Dwarf Mango - Irwin

Dwarf tree, sweet mild flavour. Regular, moderate yield. Attractive red purple skin colour. Flesh Average wt. 380gms. Low resistance to Anthracnose and Black Spot. Mid season fruiting.

Dwarf Pumelo Nam Roi

A recently imported Pummelo from Vietnam, where it is a very popular seedless variety. Pummelos are similar to grapefruits, but larger and sweeter. Most adaptable citrus to tropical areas. The dwarf rootstock, Flying dragon modifies the top growth making this a dwarf plant that is ideal to use planted out or as a pot specimen.

Dwarf Macadamia Tree

A dwarf Macadamia selection, growing to only about half normal size. Precocious bearer of small sized nuts. Ideal for pots or limited space.

Dwarf Calamondin

The bright orange fruit is small, loose skinned, juicy, aromatic and acidic. It remains on the tree for long periods.

Pawpaw - Cutting Grown Southern Red

A cutting grown Paw Paw is dwarfed in size and the fruit is produced low to the ground. Also suitable for growing in pots. It is possible to have fruit within 4 months rather then taking 18 months from a seedling. (Learn More) Watch Video ^NEW

Dwarf Orange - Lanes Late

Seedless variety, maturing later than all other navels, usually mid July through to October. Thin smooth rind. The dwarf rootstock, flying dragon modifies the top growth making this a dwarf plant that is ideal to use planted out or as a pot specimen.

Dwarf Mandarin - Afourer

Recently imported Tangor, with rich, sweet juicy flavour. The tree is moderate in size and vigor. Thin, smooth, orange rind that is easy to peel. The fruit is low-seeded in the absence of cross-pollination, but seedy when cross-pollinated. Flying Dragon modifies the top growth making this a dwarf plant that is ideal to use planted out or as a pot specimen. Trees will grow to about half the normal citrus size. Flying Dragon rootstock also adds cold hardiness and grows well in heavier soils, like Trifoliatia rootstock.

Dwarf Mandarin - Daisy

Recently introduced variety from Californian that is showing promise over a large range of climatic regions. Large fruit size, well coloured fruit and relatively seedless. Flying Dragon modifies the top growth making this a dwarf plant that is ideal to use planted out or as a pot specimen. Trees will grow to about half the normal citrus size. Flying Dragon rootstock also adds cold hardiness and grows well in heavier soils, like Trifoliatia rootstock.

Dwarf Mandarin - Emperor

The fruit has a pale orange skin that is inclined to be puffy. Excellent flavour however the fruit can be prone to drying if harvest is delayed. Loose skin that is very easy to peel. Most popular mid season variety. Flying Dragon modifies the top growth making this a dwarf plant that is ideal to use planted out or as a pot specimen. Trees will grow to about half the normal citrus size. Flying Dragon rootstock also adds cold hardiness and grows well in heavier soils, like Trifoliatia rootstock.

Dwarf Mandarin - Freemont

Bright reddish-orange peel, rich flavor, tender and juicy. Some seeds, heavy bearer. Where protected from cold, fruit flavor is unsurpassed. Flying Dragon modifies the top growth making this a dwarf plant that is ideal to use planted out or as a pot specimen. Trees will grow to about half the normal citrus size. Flying Dragon rootstock also adds cold hardiness and grows well in heavier soils, like Trifoliatia rootstock.

Dwarf Orange - Valencia Seedless

This seedless orange is a bud sport of the Valencia, maturing a little earlier, its a heavy cropper and good juicing variety. Attractive compact tree. The dwarf rootstock, flying dragon modifies the top growth making this a dwarf plant that is ideal to use planted out or as a pot specimen.

Dwarf Orange - Washington Navel

The oldest and most popular navel grown in Australia. Has excellent skin colour and taste, and usually produces round fruit. Is inclined to drop fruit and split in some climates. The dwarf rootstock, flying dragon modifies the top growth making this a dwarf plant that is ideal to use planted out or as a pot specimen.

Dwarf Orange - Valencia

Late variety, very juicy, holds well. The ideal variety to extend the season right through to December. Crops very well in the subtropics. The dwarf rootstock, flying dragon modifies the top growth making this a dwarf plant that is ideal to use planted out or as a pot specimen.

Dwarf Orange - Cara Cara

This variety was discovered in Venezuela in 1976. It is smaller than many other navel selections but has pink flesh similar to Star Ruby grapefruit. In South Africa it matures slightly earlier than Washington navel. Although Cara Cara has yet to be evaluated fully under Australian conditions there is considerable interest in it locally. The dwarf rootstock, flying dragon modifies the top growth making this a dwarf plant that is ideal to use planted out or as a pot specimen.

Dwarf Orange - Hamlin

A mid season all purpose orange that is used for both juicing and fresh eating. Very good flavour and vigorous growth. The dwarf rootstock, flying dragon modifies the top growth making this a dwarf plant that is ideal to use planted out or as a pot specimen.

Dwarf Mandarin - Pixie

Late maturing Californian variety, seedless good flavour. Upright growth and vigorous. Flying Dragon modifies the top growth making this a dwarf plant that is ideal to use planted out or as a pot specimen. Trees will grow to about half the normal citrus size. Flying Dragon rootstock also adds cold hardiness and grows well in heavier soils, like Trifoliatia rootstock.

Guava - Brazilian

Pear-shaped fruit, with yellow skin, thick, pale-yellowish flesh surrounding the white central pulp, slightly strawberry-like flavor. It contains numerous small, hard seeds and is quite firm even when fully ripe.

Apple - Pinkabelle®

Compact apple tree growing to only 2m high making it ideal for containers, courtyards, decks and balconies. It has delicious fruit that ripen two weeks earlier than the Pink Lady but are similar in flavour. Grows well in all temperate climates of Australia. Partially self pollinating, planting with Granny Smith will improve fruit set.

Peach - Dwarf Valley Red

A hardy, compact tree growing to 2 meters at full maturity. Long thin leaves are glossy and dark green. A beautiful display of rose-pink flowers are produced in spring. A moderate crop of fruit is produced mid-late season. Size and shape is medium and round to oblong. Skin colour is orange-yellow with a deep red blush. Flesh is golden when ripe and the eating quality is very good, with a melting sweet flavour. High Chill, not suited to Warm climates

Dwarf Coffee Tree - Catui

A dwarf coffee selection suitable for handpicking. Makes an ideal selection for growing in a pot as an ornamental. Prolific cropper of quality roasting beans.

Native Guava

A small dense shrub, with white/pink flowers appearing in clusters in Spring or Summer. The leaves have a sweet, fruity smell when crushed and are unusally glossy below. Fast-growing and hardy in most conditions. Tolerate light frosts.

Flying dragon rootstock

Citrus rootstock used to dwarf the variety grafted onto it. It is a mutated Trifoliatia species which has hooked thorns and much slower growing. Due to the difficulty and slowness in growing Flying Dragon, Citrus varieties grafted onto this variety are usually more expensive. It imparts the same characteristics to the scion, including cold hardiness, tolerance to root fungi and nematodes

Col de Monte Papaya

It is a "dwarf" papaya, most commonly found in cultivation in Ecuador between 600–1,700m elevation bearing small yellow fruits. There, the people like the fruit so much that they protect and nurture even wild specimens. The smooth, hard-skinned fruit has 5 faint ridges and a orange skin. Taste is highly variable. Some of its fruits are quite sweet with an attractive taste somewhat like apples. Others are astringent and barely edible, even cooked. Some of these small, fragrant fruits are eaten raw—usually mixed with other fruits. Cooked with lemon and sugar they have been likened to stewed apricots. Their firmness makes them suitable for drying and candying, and they freeze well. The young seedlings and mature leaves are cooked as greens (hence the common name "col de monte," which, translated, means "mountain cabbage"). The plant grows vigorously, but reaches only 1–3m in height. It is generally monoecious, commonly having male and female flowers together on the same inflorescence.

Semi Dwarf Fruit Trees

These trees are smaller than their full sized counterparts, in the case of apples grafted onto MM102 or MM106, they are about 2/3 the size of a full grown apple tree they will grow 3-4m, A16 macadamias 4-5m

Apple - Dwarf Dorsett Golden

Sweet aromatic apple with yellow fruit and a delightful pink blush and firm white flesh. Low chill requirement allows it to be grown in subtropical climates. Grafted on a dwarfing rootstock they are ideal for backyard plantings.

Apple - Dwarf Tropic Sweet

A low chill, delicious and crunchy apple, very similar to the Jonathon. Bears two weeks before Anna. On a semi dwarfing rootstock, ideal for backyard plantings and container specimens.

Apple - Dwarf Tropical Anna

Delicious crunchy apples similar to their cold climate cousins, Red Delicious, but only require a low amount of chill. On a dwarf rootstock they are ideal for backyard plantings and container specimens.

Dwarf Granny Smith Apple Tree

The Dwarf Granny Smith apple tree has a tart-tangy, crisp flavour and bright green skin. One of the best apples for eating out of hand and a very good cooking apple because of its ability to retain flavour.

Macadamia - A16

An Australian selection that shows dwarfing tendencies. High yielder, excellent nut quality. Slow growing and wind tolerant. Med - large nut and high kernal recovery.

Feijoa - Apollo

Medium to large, oval fruit. Flavor very pleasant, quality excellent. Ripens mid to late-season. The tree is upright, spreading, tall, vigorous and productive. Feijoa is also referred to as pineapple guava, which are very ornamental with attractive red flowers in spring.

Feijoa - Duffy

Australian selection from Victoria, excellent size up to 200gm. Very pleasant

non-gritty flavour. Has proven to be a good commercial variety. Feijoas are highly ornamental with beautiful red flowers followed by delicous autumn fruit.

Feijoa - Large Oval

Large Oval - A sweet fruit and as the name suggests of oval shape and good size. Good quality. Self-fertile but will produce heavier crops when cross-pollinated.

Feijoa - Mammoth

A large, round to oval fruit with a slightly wrinkled thick skin. Very good flavour and quality. Self-fertile but bears larger fruit with cross-pollination.

Feijoa - Nazematze

A large, pear shaped fruit with sweet pulp that doesn’t darken after being cut. Excellent quality fruit. Self-fertile but bears heavily if cross pollinated.

Feijoa - Triumph

Bears short oval plump fruit with a unique sharp flavour. Good flesh to seed ratio. Bears heavily if crossed with Mammoth.

Feijoa - Unique

This is a self fertile cultivar from New Zealand. It a small productive, vigorous tree growing to about 2.5m making it ideal for smaller back yards. Flesh is smooth and of good flavour, fruits are early to ripen. Performs well in cooler areas.

Apple - Dwarf Pink Lady

An Australian selection named for her attractive pink blush over a yellow undertone. Her true pink coloring, crisp crunch and smooth texture assure the ultimate in dessert quality eating apples. Performs best in cooler regions.

Apple - Dwarf Red Delicious

The dwarfed red delicious produces excellent crops of bright red, large, crunchy apples. The flesh is greenish white and has a crisp texture. The are great to eat straight off the tree. Pollinate with a Granny Smith, Pink Lady or a Red Fuji. A high chill variety for cooler regions.

Apple - Dwarf Red Fuji

The aromatic flesh of the red fuji is tinged with a delicate honey-pineapple flavour, sweet and aromatic. The crisp, crunchy flesh is very juicy and the fruits hold well on the tree. The skin ripens from greenish yellow to a dull russett red. Pollinates with the red delicious, and pink lady. A high chill variety of apple for cooler regions.

Feijoa

A very ornamental small bushy tree bearing egg shaped green skinned fruit that have a pleasant flavour. The scarlet flowers in spring are very showy and are sweet and edible.

Small Fruit Trees

These are fruit trees that are naturally small and will go well in pots or bonsai bags

Ginger

Acerola Cherry - Florida Sweet

Heavy cropper of cherry like fruit. When fully ripe the fruit is juicy and aromatic with its acid content giving it a sweet acid apple-like flavour. Fruits are extreemly high in vitamin c. Attactive pink flowers make this a very ornamental shrub.

Gooseberry - Captivator

Thornless mildew resistent Gooseberry, red sweet fruit when fully ripe. Requires cold winters and a moist partial shaded area rich in organic matter. Small deciduous, prickly bush producing many green goosberry fruit in Summer.

Ceylon Hill Gooseberry - Cutting Grown

The cutting grown Ceylon Hill Gooseberry will flower and fruit straight away producing a beautiful display of showy pink flowers followed by the delicious fruits.

Raspberry - Heritage

A primocane variety producing fruit on canes that arise from the ground during one season. Often referred to as low chill since canes do not need chilling to produce flowers. A most sought after variety as it fruits in Autumn thus extending the traditional fruiting period. It has a picking period of 8 - 12 weeks beginning in February.

Black Currant

These bushes produce masses of berries, high in Vitamin C. Ideal fruit for making jams, juice and even liqueur. Highly frost tolerant and best in areas where Winters are cold. Plant into rich moist free draining soil in a site protected from strong hot winds. Full sun or a site that gets late afternoon shade. Tolerant of heavy wet soils.

Lemon Grass

This herb makes a delicious herbal tea, is often used in cooking, as an effective pest repellent and an almost impenetrable weed barrier. Tie the outer leaves in a loop and cook with food to impart flavour. Remove prior to serving.

French Sorrel

Leaves used for making soup and flavouring salads, or cooked as a vegetable. Leaves give a lemony flavour to fish and sauces. Perennial 1m

Casana

Closely related to the tamarillo, it has large, furry leaves and produces heavy crops of mild-flavored fruits within 2 years. The fruits are oval and golden yellow when ripe. They are sweet, juicy, and said to be rather like a blend of peach and tomato in flavor. Native to the rain forests in the highlands of Ecuador.

Cedar Bay Cherry

Often called Beach Cherry, fruit is sweet tasting and can be eaten fresh. One of Australia's best fresh fruits, with a very decorative bright orange-red coloured skin to 3cm. Slow growing

Cardamon Ginger

Ginger like plant growing in clumps, makes an excellent low screen adding a tropical feel to any garden. The seeds don't resemble true cardamon, the leaves can be used in desserts, to add flavour when steaming rice or used to wrap fish.

Atherton Native Ginger (Red Form)

Versatile plant used by Aboriginal people. The ginger tasting roots were eaten and the flesh from the bright blue fruit. This Red Coloured form is from Atherton Tablelands.The large leaves were thatched and used to make shelters and to wrap food for cooking.

Cut leaf mintbush

An evergreen bushy shrub. The dried leaves are used as a substitute for mixed herbs. Prefers light moist soils in a protected shaded position. Frost resistant but drought tender.

Aloe Vera

The healing powers of this plant have been known throughout the civilised world for centuries. While considered by many to be a member of the cactus family it is actually a member of the lily family along with onions and asparagus.

NULLY PIGFACE - Belongil

Edible maroon berry with very high mineral levels. It has a strawberry and kiwifruit taste, with a slightly salty edge. The fruit is typically eaten by squeezing and sucking the succulent pulp into the mouth, with the astringent skin being discarded. The fruit keeps well and makes an attractive garnish, and can be used in preserved foods like chutney.

Taro Japanese

A staple crops throughout Asia and the Pacific. The delicious small tuber can substitute potato in almost any dish. Its heart-shaped leaves make for an attractive plant that grows well in shade and sun. Prefers moist soil.

Grumichama - Black

The tropical equivalent of the cherry. The purplish-black fruit 2cm diameter are produced in clusters. Flesh white, melting and tasty. Mostly used for fresh eating, but also highly prized for jams, jellies and pies.

Coffee arabica

Easy to process and relatively problem free the arabica thrives in frost free climates. In as little as three years the plant will be covered with white jasmine-scented flower clusters and cherry red berries.

Monstera

Often called the Fruit Salad plant as the ripened fruit has a pineapple-banana odour and fruit salad taste. The mature fruit has a yellow-green, violet-spotted rind of hexagonal plates covering a creamy-white, soft pulp.

Magenta Cherry

A reliable species in most temperate and subtropical climates. In an ideal environment it makes a spectacular garden specimen with very attractive red edible fruit. A great hedge plant or pot specimen.

Miracle Fruit

Although not sweet itself this miraculous fruit, consumed fresh and allowed to coat the mouth alters your tastebuds so that everything you eat for around 30 minutes afterwards tastes sweet. Attractive potted plant.

Natal Plum

Ornamental shrub with fragrant flowers and edible plum like fruit. With its sharp spines or thorns, Natal plum makes a very effective and almost impenetrable hedge.

Coffee K7

Resistant to both 'Berry Disease' and 'Coffee Rust' this tree was developed and recommended for growing in the Northern Rivers Area by NSW Agriculture Department after extensive trials at Alstonville NSW. An open spreading variety, it is a reliable cropper, producing large flavour-filled beans; it is also the recommended variety for those who intend to harvest mechanically.

Ceylon Hill Gooseberry

An excellent ornamental shrub that produces a spectacular display of deep rose-pink or mauve flowers. The spring flowers are followed by round purple berries. The sweet berries are delicious eaten fresh or in Jams.

Blueberry - Backyard Blue

An excellent eating variety for the subtropics with very low chilling requirements. Cropping extends from July through to October. Self pollinating. A delight for the children this blueberry bears regularly and has large sized fruit.

Blueberry - Biloxi

The variety Biloxi was developed as a pollinator for Misty in Mississippi, for early season areas. One of the parents of this variety is Sharpeblue. In early trial plantings on the North Coast, it has fruited well with large medium flavoured berries early, but the fruit size drops off towards the end of the season. The fruit is light blue, with a mottled bloom appearance. It is of average flavour, with a medium scar and firm fruit. So far, in trial plantings, Biloxi has a habit of producing late spring flowering and a second harvest, during January and February.

Blueberry - Brightwell

Vigorous, upright plant, which produces outstanding yields of medium-sized fruit. Rabbiteyes are hardy and well suited to the subtropics. It ripens early to midseason.

Blueberry - Climax

An early season Rabbiteye variety that grows upright and has proven its toughness in various difficult soil locations. The berries have a good flavour, are medium in size, medium blue colour, and have a small scar. This variety was selected for its potential to machine harvest, and its concentrated ripening period. Planted with Premier, it is a good commercial choice.

Blueberry - Gulfcoast

A low chill high bush variety. Excellent flavour, firmness and good picking scar. A vigorous upright bush with moderate toughness and good tolerance to root rot.

Blueberry - Misty

The Misty is a true enigma, in that where it grows vigorously, such as on the red kraznozem soils of Northern NSW, it is very profitable and popular, yet on other soils it has often not grown well and is not a variety of popular choice. To produce high quality, early fruit, Misty is best grown under the evergreen system with attention being paid to nutrition and leaf diseases in order to keep the older leaves. It is an early fruiting variety, with light blue, medium to large fruit of excellent flavour.

Blueberry - Powderblue

One of the toughest blueberry varieties. It is a late season variety that may be planted with Tifblue for good cross-pollination. It can be mechanically harvested for fresh fruit, and the fruit has a very attractive pale blue colour, is medium in firmness and medium in size.

Blueberry - Sharpblue

Excellent quality large fruit. Very low chill requirements and self-pollinating. A tough and vigorous bush. It has grown well in both sandy soils and heavier loams. The fruit has a wet scar, and is likely to become soft during very hot weather, meaning that it needs to be harvested frequently to overcome this.

Blueberry - Sunshine Blue

An ornamental blueberry that grows to about one metre high. It has attractive small leaves and a very attractive pink flower. The fruit is small to medium, dark, and of average flavour. The plants may be used as landscape specimens, and in patio containers.

Blueberry- Premier

A Rabbiteye variety released from North Carolina this variety is an early season rabbiteye variety, that produces fruit of excellent colour, size and flavour. The bushes are vigorous and productive, and have been suited to mechanical harvesting.

Raspberry - Atherton

Native Raspberry with a light palatable berry that is an excellent addition to fruit salads, with icecream or made into jam. Keep contained as it may pose a weed problem as they tend to spread by suckering

Blue flax-lily - Dianella caerulea

An evergreen tuft-forming perennial. Produces panicles of small star-shaped flowers in summer. Flowers followed by blue berries.

Midyim Berry

This shrub occurs naturally throughout the coastal areas of northern NSW and south east Qld. It produces pretty white flowers and an abundance of fruit. The soft pulp is described as being one of the most delicious of all bush foods.

Native Ginger - Alpinea coerulea

Native Ginger was a very versatile plant for Aboriginal people. The ginger tasting roots were eaten and the flesh from the bright blue fruit.The large leaves were thatched and used to make shelters and to wrap food for cooking. Inconspicuous flowers. 2m

Rose Myrtle

A small shrub with shiny foliage covered in perfumed shell pink flowers in late spring and summer. Attracts nectar & fruit eating birds & insects. Great as a specimen plant,formal hedge or for mid level sreen. Fruit edible.

Walking Stick Palm

This native miniature palm is found as an uderstorey throughout the subtropical rainforests of Australia. Growth is very slow in it's initial stages but very worthwhile to nuture as it is very attractive as an indoor plant. Orange fruits are edible.

Arrowroot

This edible canna has large round red rhizomes can be eaten raw, cooked as potatoes or used as a flour and thickening agent. Tubers multiply prolifically in deep rich friable soil.

Asparagus - Mary Washington

It is an attractive fernlike perennial that can produce fresh tasty spears for over 20 years if the beds are well-maintained. Asparagus prefers sandy soils but with the right preparation will perform very well in heavier clays. Valuable investment in the long term vegetable garden.

Cassava

Tropical root crop similar to taro and yam. It is grown as a food source in the Pacific Island countries and Africa. Needs to be cooked properly to remove harmful toxins.

Chinese Waterchestnut

These nutritious underground corms have an appealing crisp nut like texture when eaten raw and cooked. Plant in wet areas and harvest annually.

Choko

A vigorous vine with large green fruit cooked as a popular vegetable. Very versatile and often used as a pear and apple substitute or supplement in cooking.

Galangal

Galangal is a fantastic member of the ginger family. The plant has striking orchid-like blooms and is often found in subtropical and tropical gardens. The knobby root has a delicious exotic taste with a touch of pepper and ginger.

Ginger

Aromatic perennial plant with a pungent rhizome (underground stem)that is used as a spice, flavouring, food, and medicine. The leafy stems of ginger grow about a metre high. Very hardy.

Myoga Ginger

a native of Japan where it is grown commercially for its delicious spring shoots and young flower buds produced in autumn. Myoga flower buds are used in soups, tempura, pickled and as a spice. Like most gingers it is an understory of forests and so grows best under some shade. It can get sunburned leaves which will reduce its vigor if grown in full sun. In winter the top growth dies back and it regenerates in spring from the underground rhizomes.

Jerusalem Artichoke

Grown primarily for tubers that can be eaten fresh or raw, cooked in appetising ways similar to potatoes. Perennial herb often cultivated as an annual, tubers white, red or purple skinned.

Rhubarb - Sydney Crimson

The perennial rhubarb is often referred to as the ‘pie plant’ due to its use in pies. It is a highly productive plant that can be harvested within 6 months. Requires rich well drained soil.

Sweet Leaf Bush

Hardy sweet tasting green vegetable, very nutritious and high in vegetable protien.Eaten raw in salads, tasting similar to sweet fresh garden peas. Also used in stir fries, soups etc. Grows best in semi-shade to full sun. Drought tolerant

Taro Pacific

A large tuber, sometimes reaching up to 3-4 kg. Taro a staple crops of the Pacific. The delicious tuber can substitute potato in almost any dish. Its heart-shaped leaves make for an attractive ornamental plant that grows well in both shade and sun. Prefers moist soil.

Yacon - Apple of the Earth

Also known as the 'Earth Apple' this is one of the ancient crops of the Inca's. Produces large tubers similar in appearance to sweet potatoes, but they have a much sweeter taste and crunchy flesh. Vigorous, herbaceous perennial plant related to the sunflower growing to 2 metres tall.

Ugni

An absolutely delicious flavour, it is very aromatic and tastes of wild strawberries. The fruit is about 15mm in diameter. Very cold hardy small shrub that is best pruned as a hedge.

Cocona

Closely related to the tamarillo, it is a shorter plant and produces fruit of an orange to maroon colour. The white flesh has a fruity tomato like flavour.

Grumichama - Yellow

This fruit is the tropical equivalent of the cherry and just as difficult to resist. The fruit is borne in clusters and is delicious eaten fresh. The yellow form is almost identical to the dark form apart from the yellow fruit.

Naranjilla

This small orange fruit can be used to make a delicious juice considered a delicacy in South American parts. The tree is very attractive with large leaves that have a purple velvet effect, although some can have thorns on the leaves and stems.

Pepino - Kendall Gold

Small bush rarely above 1 m tall with yellow fruit stripped purple up to 10cm. Flavour is like a juicy rock melon. Only pick fragrant, slightly soft fruit which are ripe.

Pineapple

The pineapple makes a very attractive patio plant, which will reward you with fruit within 2 years. In the Bromeliad family it requires very well drained potting mix and a sunny warm position, otherwise very hardy.

Tea Plant

Makes an attractive hedge with the added bonus of providing your own tea if you wish to dry the new leaf tips. The fragrant white flowers are an added bonus to this compact glossy leaved bush.

Turmeric

In the ginger family, this leafy tropical looking plant produces a spectacular flower in the summer. The Root can be harvested when the foliage dies back in the winter. Used to add a brilliant yellow colour and earthy flavour to Indian dishes.

Cape York Turmeric

A beautiful native turmeric the rhizomes of which are eaten roasted by Aboriginals. Grows to 2m, yellow flowers with striking pink bracts.

Chinese Keys

Kunci (Indo), Kra chaai (Thai) - Formerly listed as Boesenbergia panduratum. A tropical perennial growing to 50 - 70cm high. Leaves die back in frost. It is the fat swollen roots that are sought after in this species and not the rhizome. The succulent roots are used to flavour many kinds of food either added raw or cooked. They are also sold in a pickled form in Indonesia & Thailand. Young leaves & shoots are also eaten.

Horseradish

Horseradish is famous for its spicy roots. It has a hot biting taste with a hint of sweetness. The plant is a hardy perennial herb that will grow rampantly under most condition except full shade and in wet ground. It is best controlled by growing in a container. Roots will keep in the ground throughout winter and can be harvested as required. They are an excellent source of sulfur. Young leaves can also be eaten raw or cooked, they have a strong flavour so are best used in moderation.

Sugar Herb - Stevia

The fresh or dried leaves can be used as a sugar substitute to sweeten cakes, drinks or desserts and are the only natural sweetener to have zero calories, carbohydrates and a zero glycemic index.

Blue Tongue

Widespread native, very attractive bushy shrub with dark green leaves and large pink to mauve flowers over many months. Also produces sweet edible blue black berries. Very hardy. Often confused with the exotic tibouchina.

Blueberry - Tifblue

This Rabbiteye variety was introduced in Georgia in 1955 and was for many years the standard by which all other rabbiteye varieties were judged. The fruit is firm and light blue, and has a good flavour when it is properly ripened. The fruit is in loose clusters, is firm and has a dry stem scar, making it suitable for mechanical harvesting. The fruiting period is as for powderblue and the bush is very productive and vigorous, for many years.

Raspberry - Autumn Bliss

A primocane variety - producing fruit on first year wood. A heavy cropping variety producing fruit of good colour and an excellent flavour. Well proven and excellent for 'pick your own' cropping. Begins bearing its fall crop 2 to 3 weeks before Heritage. It yields 50% of its total yield during the first three weeks of harvest. The fruit is large, averaging about 3.4 grams over all harvest, ovalconic, skin is slightly dark red; with a pleasant, rather mild flavor. The primocanes are moderately numerous, fairly erect, with numerous light purple spines. Shows a tolerance to heat for northern growers. Resistant to raspberry root rot.

Rhubarb - Ever Red

A good producer of red skinned stalks that will grow almost all year round. Delicious in pies and crumbles. A good variety for colder climates.

Strawberry - Maroochy Flame

Early fruiting, long season. Attractive red, glossy, medium sized fruit with excellent flavour. Very productive. Slightly pale foliage.

Lemon Verbena

A deciduous shrub native to South America. It is an attractive plant with beautiful lemon scented leaves that can be used to flavour sweet and savoury dishes as well as making a refreshing herbal tea.

Bell Chilli

Very attactive bell shaped chilli, medium to hot flavoured and are excellent for pickling.

Chilli - Birds Eye

The fruits generally measure between 1 - 2cm long and taper to a blunt point. Immature pod color is green, mature color is bright red. Very hot and can be used in making hot sauces and marinades.

Rocoto Tree Chilli

Unlike other chillies, the ROCOTO is a small perennial tree. The fruit matures from green to red and ranges in heat from medium very hot depending on the weather. Its attractive foliage produces masses of brightly coloured fruits all year round for more than ten years.

Rosella

An attactive annual bushy shrub with flowers and fruit used to give colour and flavour to jams, fruit punches, sauces and desserts. A relative of the hibiscus family, best grown in rich soil in a sunny position.

Sweet Potato - Gold Star

A promising commercial variety with heavy cropping characteristics and orange flesh. The Sweet Potato is a perennial trailing plant that develops fleshy tuberous roots over summer which are harvested in autumn.

Sweet Potato - Red Star

An excellent Red skinned white fleshed variety. The Sweet Potato is a perennial trailing plant that develops fleshy tuberous roots over summer which are harvested in autumn.

Cape Gooseberry

This is a low lying bush with bright orange berries enclosed in a pale brown parchment-like case. The berry is the size of a cherry tomato, is very aromatic and full of tiny hard seeds. They are delicious eaten straight or made into gooseberry Jam.

Chilli - Yellow Cayenne

A mild chili which has a sweet taste. Yellow Cayenne chillies are ideal in Asian dishes and can be used for pickling. Chillies are long capsicum like up to 100mm changing from green to yellow then red on full maturity.

Goji Berry

Native to the Himalayas where it has been used for thousands of years for its health benefiting properties. The fruit are very high in antioxidants and vitamin C, they have a sweet, juicy taste comparable to cranberries Plants prefer a sheltered sunny spot with good drainage and a trellis, wall or structure to climb up and scramble over.

Syzgium paniculata - Magenta Cherry

Most popular native hedging plant in Australia. Attractive dense glossy new growth. Also edible crunchy cherry like fruit.

Alpinia caerulea - Atherton Native Ginger (Red Form)

Dianella atraxis - Blue Flax Lily

A tufted grass like plant native to North Queensland. It has deep blue fruits and flowers and grows to a height of 1 m.

Alpinia caerulea - Native Ginger

A versatile plant for Aboriginal people.The ginger tasting roots were eaten and the flesh from the bright blue fruit.The large leaves were thatched and used to make shelters and to wrap food for cooking. Excellent landscape specimen.

Dianella caerulea - Blue flax-lily

An evergreen tuft-forming perennial. Produces panicles of small star-shaped flowers in summer. Flowers followed by blue berries.

Prostanthea incisa - Cut leaf mint Bush

Fine leaved bushy shrub with a strongly aromatic leaves. Violet flowers with small fruit. 1m

Bonsai in Pots

These are fruit trees that will grow very large when in the ground but can also be grown in pots. When their root system is restricted in a pot they will stay small and still produce fruit. The trick to successful bonsai your fruit trees is regular root and top pruning as well as repotting annually with a good quality potting mix. Our Bonsai Bags make this process easier. For Full Details please read our blog on Bonsai Fruit Trees.

Plum - Mariposa

A Japanese blood plum with dark red flesh and large fruit if thinned. The flavour is excellent, the skin glossy red and it has a egg shaped fruit. Will crop over a wide range of climates. Pollinator Satsuma

Persimmon - Nightingale

A deep-orange flesh that is very sweet and juicy when ripe. A conical large shape. Very high quality flesh that is most often seedless. Compact growing. Astringent

Medlar - Nottingham

A pretty, small ornamental tree with 5cm diameter edible brown fruit. Blooms in late spring with large flowers resembling single white roses. Fruit is eaten when soft, generally after a frost and has a mild flavour similar to a pear. Self - fertile.

Custard Apple - African Pride

This heart shaped fruit has a medium thick skin, more seed than the Pink’s Mammoth and produces high yields. The early and consistent bearing, presentable fruit and early maturing is what makes this the main commercial variety.

Mexican Custard Apple

This grafted selection has an attactive reddish yellow skinned fruit with with white flesh. A. reticulata are generally considered lower quality than Atemoyas and Cherimoyas. Its big advantage is it crops through summer months when other custard apples are out of season.

Peach - Tasty Zee

An attractive, white-fleshed peach with excellent quality. Produces commercial grade peaches that are very sweet, firm and juicy, freestone. Used for fresh fruit and drying. Late-season maturity.

Plum - Green gage

European plum with small-medium sized, roundish fruit with greenish-yellow skin. Flesh is amber-yellow coloured, firm, freestone. Good, sweet flavour. Tends to bear biannually. A favourite for cooking, canning and desserts. Ripens in late summer. Forms relatively small tree. Pollinate with Prune d'Agen.

Plumcott - Flavour Supreme Plum (PBR)

This plum/apricot hybrid is one of a new generation of traditionally bred plums with a bright, very sweet flavour, does not have the tart aftertaste of many plums; this has been replaced with the aroma of the apricot. PluotÆ interspecific plums are as easy to grow as any regular plum. Suitable pollinizer: 'Mariposa'.

Mulberry - White Shahtoot

Large sweet fruit can reach up to 10cm in length. It is delicious eaten fresh but can also be sundried and eaten as a sweet. Medium sized spreading tree with a weeping habit, excellent shade tree. Birds love them too so make sure you cover them if you don't want to share. You can also get multiple crops by pruning immediately after your first crop. (White Shahtoot Video)

Nashi Pear - China

Very low chill selection that has acclimatised to the subtropical areas of northern NSW. The quality is inferior to other Nashi varieties but it is excellent as a cooking pear.

Orange - Newhall

Excellent quality, large oblong fruit, regular and good cropper in subtropical areas. Very similar to the Navilina with similar yields.

Lemon - Meyer

The popular Meyer is not a true lemon but likely to be a natural hybrid between a lemon and an orange. The lower acidity and reduced bitterness makes it one of the most widely grown home-garden varieties. Very hardy and prolific.

Finger Lime - Yellow

The yellow finger lime has a beautiful bright yellow skin and very large juice vesicles inside. The balls of juice bubble of of the skin when the ripe fruits are cut in half. Use in chutneys, jams, marmalades, savory sauces and refreshing drinks.

Lemon - Eureka

This lemon is probably the most widely grown lemon in the world It’s a true 'bitter' lemon with a high juice and acid content. Can have some fruit most of the year. With good care the fruit is thin-skinned and virtually seedless.

Finger Lime - Cutting Grown

Cutting grown finger limes are perfect for rainforest regeneration projects and warmer regions where finger limes are native to. They are not as tolerant of the cold or heavy soils as the grafted varieties as they do not have the benefit of the rootstock. The do not produce the rootstock suckers and never need desuckering. They are a very bushy, thorny shrub and are the perfect nesting tree for small birds.

Wampi - Guy Sam

Proven to be an excellent fruit, with a sweet tangy aromatic flavour. Brown skinned variety. Wampees are a handsome foliage evergreen tree grown for Summer ripe fruit with grape like flesh.

Pomegranate - Elcite

Large yellow skinned variety of Spanish origin, soft seeds. Not as attractive as the Wonderful but has a pleasant sweet flavour. The red juice surrounding the seed is highly prized for its antioxidant properties.

Kumquat - Nagami

Mandarin - Emperor

Finger Lime - Tasty Green

The tasty Green is a long green skinned fruit with clear vesicles. A delicate but spikey rainforest tree that offers fruits with a distinctive citrus flavour to sweet or savoury dishes. The juicy cells, similar in appearance to caviar, are a delightful surprise in salad dressings.

Mango - Florigon

Definitely the winner in the taste department. The soft sweet flesh melts in your mouth. The fruit has a small seed and virtually no fibre. Considered by some to be too small for the market it certainly makes up for its lack of size with taste. Yellow skinned, excellent quality fruits. Sets well in subtropics. Moderately resistant to Anthracnose, susceptible to Black Spot. Average wt. 300g. (Video - Grafting a Florigon Mango)

Star Apple - Haitian

This purple fruiting selection was made in Florida in 1952. A heavy yielding tree with well-formed and very high quality fruit. Highly ornamental tree with its attractive brownish underside leaves.

Mango - Glenn

Sweet, juicy flavoured Mango with no fibre. It has moderate resistance to Anthracnose and very good resistance to Bacterial Black Spot. An excellent early variety. Average wt. 350gms.

Kumquat - Meiwa

Also known as the Marumi. A round brightly coloured fruit that can be eaten straight from the tree. Both the skin and the flesh are very sweet. Cold hardy.

Mandarin - Pixie

Late maturing Californian variety, seedless good flavour. Upright growth and vigorous.

Kumquat - Calomondin

In the Philippines it is referred to a as Calamansi, where the acid pulp is used to make chutneys, marmalades or as a lime substitute. Very ornamental bearing heavy crops of small round fruits.

Plum - Gulfbeauty

(85-1) Earliest ripening of low chill plums. Fruit colour is dark red, with yellow flesh. Sour skin but sweet flesh when fully ripe. Good fruit size when thinned and heavy cropping. Pollinates with Gulfruby, Gulfgold, Gulfblaze. Requires 325 hours chill. Oct to Nov

Fig Prestons Prolific

Very thick flesh, creamy white and juicy, with sweet flavour. Extremely vigorous and late cropping.

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