Speedy's Edible Backyard

Joined: 04/04/10 Updated: 15/10/11 Frost: Medium
Location: Nthn. Vic., VIC, Australia

About My Edible Backyard

Comments

where can I get these gorgeous plants?

Speedy's WISH LIST

Feijoa - Nazematze

Feijoa - Apollo

Pecan - Cherokee (A) SP

Why Speedy wants it: -

wanting graftwood to replace the scion that died

Silverberry

Comments: -

Eleagnus x ebbingei 'limelight'

(E.macrophylla x E.pungens)

a variegated cv. , but some branches have reverted to full green lvs. which I'm propagating from.

Actinorrhizal plant , edible drupes, rich in antioxidants

delightfully sweet , though almost invisible flowers

Planted: 2009

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Goumi (Cutting)

Comments: -

Eleagnus multiflora
non-legume N-fixer

Fr. high in antioxidants

Height 1 metres

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Silverberry (Cutting)

Comments: -

Eleagnus macrophylla

N-fixer

edible berries, tough plant, great as hedge.

Planted: 2011

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Maqui (Cutting)

Comments: -

Aristotelia chilensis
aka. Chilean Wineberry

Planted: 2011

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Apricot - Divinity (Grafted)

Comments: -

Early  season variety

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Question:

Plum - Mariposa (Grafted)

Comments: -

Double grafted with Satsuma

Height 1.5 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Satsuma

Plum - Satsuma (Grafted)

Comments: -

Double grafted with Mariposa

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Mariposa

Plumcot (Grafted)

Planted: 2011

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Shade

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Chestnut \'Bouche de Betizac\' (Grafted)

Comments: -

Castanea sativa x C.crenata

European C. x Japanese C. hybrid

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cherry - Lapins (Grafted)

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Salal (Cutting)

Comments: -

Galtheria shallon - Ericaceae

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Olive - Kalamata (Cutting)

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Olive - Coratina (Cutting)

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Olive - Picual (Cutting)

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Olive - Barnea (Cutting)

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Hazelnut - Wanliss Pride (Cutting)

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Hazelnut - Cosford (Cutting)

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Apple - Red Braeburn (Grafted)

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Pitaya - Cereus repandus (Cutting) ^6/10

Comments: -

The fruits are simmilar to Hylocereus in that the fruits are spineless ( but no scales like Hylocereus) and the  flesh separates easily from the thick skin.

the flesh has a white cristaline appearance with numerous small black seeds embedded in it.

the fruits will split from the flower end of the fruit when ripe to reveal the seedy flesh.

The flavour varies from plant to plant and some are slightly sweet, some less so, some have a slight sub-acid element to them.

they dont have much aroma, some may say it's insipid, but I like them.

The plants seem to handle frost ok. My plants have had it  down to -3degC here and I'm confident that they may take lower temps).

The plants produce very few fruits unles grown with another of the species.

There is room for improvement  with taste of fruits, and there would be plenty of opportunity to select superior plants as seed are produced in great quantity, plants are easy to grow and will do so on minimum irrigation

I have cuttings from several sources and seedings that have flowered and fruited after 4-5yrs from seed.  

Fruiting Months March, April, May

Planted: 2008

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 12

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: other seedlings

Apple - Gravenstein (Grafted)

Planted: 2011

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Pecan - Shoshonii (B) SP (Grafted)

Planted: 2009

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 9

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Comments

Do these need pruning and what feeding do they need?

Bertybeetle, I've just pruned trees to train their shape. I think they're in their third season now and I've cut off all branches below 2.5 metres so i can walk under them. I just feed with compost , animal manures and woodchip mulch

(Cutting) ^5/10

Fruiting Months March, April, May

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Azarole (Grafted)

Comments: -

Crataegus azarolus- 'Mediteranean Medlar'

edible yellow fruits.

family Rosaceae

I grafted the small pieces that  I  to quince rootstock (2010) just in case they didn't grow from cuttings 

Growing: In a Pot

Medlar (Grafted)

Comments: -

The scion came from a grafted tree, but dont know for sure what cultivar it is.

I grafted it to quince stock

Growing: In a Pot

Apple - Delicious (Grafted)

Comments: -

may actually be 'Richared'

grafted to 'Johnathan' tree as multigraft

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Apple - Pink Lady (Grafted)

Comments: -

grafted (2010) to 'Johnathan' tree as multigraft

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Apple - Granny Smith (Grafted)

Comments: -

scion grafted (2010) to 'Johnathan' tree as multigraft

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pecan - Western Schley (A) SP (Grafted)

Comments: -

grafted 2010 to 2nd yr seedlings of Western Schley

Growing: In a Pot

Apple - Johnathan (Grafted)

Planted: 2010

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pear- William (Grafted)

Growing: In the Ground

Pear- Sensation (Grafted)

Growing: In the Ground

Pear- Winter Nelis

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Shade

Sea Buckthorn (Seedling)

Comments: -

Hippophae rhamnoides

an actinorrhizal tree ie non-leguminous Nitrogen fixer

Comments

sea buckthorn

Pear- Beurre Bosc

Planted: 2010

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Shade

Prickly pear - Yellow (Cutting)

Comments: -

Opuntia ficus-indica

Comments

hi, where can i get hold of these 2 beautiful prickly pear varieties, or others? can you help me out with this, please? michael.

Prickly Pear - Burbank Spineless (Cutting)

Comments: -

Opuntia sp.

Fruiting Months February, March, April, May

Lemonade Sumac (Seedling)

Comments: -

Rhus trilobata

native of SW USA where fruits were used crushed in water for refreshing drink

Seedling I raised in 1988 and transplanted from original planting site in 2008.

Still hasn't frutied and I suspect  that it may need another plant for cross pollination.

Looking for anyone who has this species  and willing to swap divisions or seedlings.

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Pollination: Self Pollination

Agave - Utah Agave (Seedling)

Comments: -

Agave utahensis. Very cold and drought hardy.

Historically, an import food and fibre source for tribes living around the Grand Canyon

Growing: In the Ground

Izote- Spineless Yucca (Cutting)

Comments: -

Yucca elephantipes

flowers cooked as food in sthn Mexican states and Guatemala

Goji Berry (Cutting)

Bay Tree (Cutting)

Qty: 3

Agave -New Mexico Mezcal Agave (Seedling)

Comments: -

Agave neomexicana

Quince (Cutting)

Comments: -

variety unknown to me.  grown from cuttings

Growing: In a Pot

Agave- Maguey (Seedling)

Comments: -

Agave tequilana

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 4

Agave sobria (Seedling)

Comments: -

Heart of plant is baked in a fire pit to convert inulins to fructose before eating.

Qty: 4

Agave - Parry\'s Agave (Seedling)

Comments: -

Another drought hardy Agave with traditional food used by Indigenous peoples of Nth America

Agave - Desert Agave (Seedling)

Comments: -

Agave deserti was used extensively throughout it's range as an important food source after baking in pits.

Growing: In a Pot

Agave - Agave cerulata (Seedling)

Comments: -

Traditional food of Seri people of Baja California

Saffron Crocus (Cutting)

Comments: -

Crocus sativus

3 stigmas in each flower yield saffron spice

Fruiting Months April, May, June

Planted: 2009

Growing: In the Ground

Tomatillo (Seedling)

Comments: -

Physalis ixocarpa

Mexican green husk tomato

Naturalized in my garden anywhere that gets summer water

Excellent for green salsas in Mexican cuisine

Fruiting Months February, March, April, May, June

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 3 Months From Seed

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pulque Agave

Comments: -

Agave salmiana

source of Aguamiel or  'Agave nectar', Aguamiel ferments easily to make the  alcoholic beverage 'Pulque'

I have seedlings and divisions from several sources

Growing: In the Ground

Pollination: Self Pollination

Doubah (Seedling)

Comments: -

Also known as Bush banana or Silky Pear.

Marsdenia australis (syn. Leichardtia australis)

Native vine, unripe seed pods and white roots are eaten  after baking in hot ashes.

Growing: In a Pot

Queensland Bottle Tree (Seedling)

Comments: -

Brachychiton rupestre

small seedling trees are dug up and fleshy roots are peeled and eaten, then trees are replanted to grow more roots for next year.

Growing: In a Pot

Liquorice (Seedling)

Comments: -

Glycyrrhiza glabra

Growing: In the Ground

American Groundnut (Cutting)

Comments: -

Apios americana

Growing: In a Pot

Garlic Chives (Seedling)

Planted: 2007

Growing: In the Ground

Lemon Verbena (Cutting)

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Horseradish (Cutting)

Planted: 2009

French Tarragon (Cutting)

Planted: 2007

Growing: In the Ground

French Sorrel (Seedling)

Planted: 2008

Growing: In the Ground

Cha Om (Seedling)

Comments: -

Acacia pennata var. Insuavis

Spikey tree from Thailand and Myanmar.

pungent smelling leaves are eaten with eggs

Growing: In a Pot

Pea Eggplant (Seedling)

Comments: -

Solanum torvum

small green fruits are used in Cuisines of SE Asia.

Suitable rootstock for eggplant

Planted: 2007

Height 2 metres

Qty: 2

Rocoto Tree Chilli (Seedling)

Planted: 2010

Growing: In the Ground

Backhousia citriodora - Lemon scented myrtle (Cutting)

Growing: In a Pot

Asparagus- Purple (Seedling)

Asparagus (Seedling)

Comments: -

Male plants selected from feral plants.

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Wax Jambu - Pink (Cutting)

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Caper \'Eureka\' (Cutting)

Comments: -

Capparis spinosa var. rupestris

Spring shoots, flower buds and fruits are cured in salt

Fruiting Months January, February, March, April, May, December

Planted: 2008

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 5

First Fruited: 2 Months from Purchase in Pot

Coulter Pine (Seedling)

Comments: -

Pinus coulteri

edible nuts

Height 1.2 metres

Sun/Shade: Full Shade

Water Given in: Winter

Agave- Mezcal Agave (Seedling)

Comments: -

Agave palmeri

edible heart after baking

Agave- Weber\'s Agave (Seedling)

Comments: -

Agave weberi

edible heart after baking

Planted: 2008

Height 1.4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Fig (Cutting)

Comments: -

Don't know the name of this one,

yellow fruit, very sweet

Fruiting Months February, March, April

Planted: 2008

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Water Given in: Spring

Phalsa (Seedling)

Comments: -

Grewia asiatica

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Macadamia - Daddow

Planted: 2010

Qty: 1

Macadamia - H2

Planted: 2010

Qty: 1

Macadamia - A16

Planted: 2010

Macadamia - A38

Planted: 2010

Qty: 1

Chestnut- Chinese (Seedling)

Comments: -

Castanea mollissima

Qty: 2

Blueberry (Cutting)

Comments: -

cant remember the variety

Growing: In a Pot

Ugni (Cutting)

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 2

Naranjilla (Seedling)

Qty: 1

Babaco (Cutting)

Qty: 3

Common Myrtle - small leafed

Comments: -

 Myrtus communis var. tarentina

Common Myrtle (Cutting)

Comments: -

Myrtus communis

Chilean Myrtle (Cutting)

Comments: -

Luma apiculata

Olive - Correggiola (Cutting)

Growing: In the Ground

Olive - Verdale (Cutting)

Growing: In the Ground

Olive - Manzanillo (Cutting)

Growing: In the Ground

Olive - Frantoio (Cutting)

Loquat - Seedling Nagasakiwase (MT) (Seedling)

Comments: -

to be used as rootstock for selected cultivars

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 5

Comfrey (Cutting)

Growing: In the Ground

Raspberry - Atherton

Growing: In a Pot

Neem tree - grafted

Growing: In a Pot

Walnut - Black (Seedling)

Comments: -

For rootstock

Growing: In a Pot

Tangor - Page (Grafted)

Comments: -

TANGerine x ORange  - Fruit ideal for juicing - skin holds tight to flesh , very sweet Tangerine flavour

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Finger Lime - Grafted

Comments: -

5 different grafted varieties

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 5

Grevillea robusta - Silky Oak (Seedling)

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

White Cedar (Seedling)

Comments: -

seed sown directly into ground

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 2 Years from Seed

Mulberry - White (Cutting)

Aloe Vera (Cutting)

Growing: In a Pot

Arrowroot

Comments: -

Achira

Growing: In the Ground

Cassava (Cutting)

Comments: -

Ok growth so far between the maize plots, winter will be the test for it.

Planted: 2009

Growing: In the Ground

Prickly Pear - Purple (Cutting)

Comments: -

Opuntia sp.

Artichoke

Jerusalem Artichoke

Currant - Zante (Cutting)

Grape -Red Globe

Grape - Black American (Cutting)

Grape - Black American (Cutting)

Grape - Thompson Seedless (Cutting)

Lemongrass - East Indian (Seedling)

Comments: -

Cymbopogon flexuosus

White Sapote - (Grafted)

Comments: -

Grafted with scion from another tree planted 15yrs ago but lost track of the name.

LemonGold, Reinecke, Pike, or Mac's Golden?

Chestnut - seedling (Seedling)

Comments: -

Awaiting grafting

One seedling tree flowered in less than 1yr from planting seed!

Qty: 6

Grape - Black Sultana (Cutting)

Jujube (Seedling)

Comments: -

Zizyphus jujuba

Qty: 4

Comments

hello im interested in buying a jujube tree do you sell them or do you know were i can buy some

Lime- Mexican/West Indian (Seedling)

Qty: 2

Avocado - Seedling (Seedling)

Comments: -

Awaiting grafting

Qty: 6

Avocado - Fuerte (B) (Grafted)

White Sapote - Seedling (Seedling)

Comments: -

settling in awaiting grafting

Persimmon - American (Seedling)

Comments: -

Diospyros virginiana

Persimmon - Fuyu (NA) (Grafted)

Chinese Quince (Cutting)

Comments: -

Pseudocydonia sinensis

Russian Olive (Cutting)

Comments: -

Elaeagnus angustifolius

Quince - Champion (Cutting)

Crab Apple - Gorgeous (Grafted)

Mulberry (Cutting)

Galangal (Cutting)

Pitaya - White fleshed (Cutting)

Pitaya - White fleshed (Cutting)

Pitaya - Red Dragon Fruit (Cutting)

Dragonfruit - Red (Cutting)

Sugarcane - Black (Cutting)

Sugarcane - Trojan (Cutting)

Vetiver grass (Cutting)

Comments: -

Vetivera zizanoides

Lemon Grass (Cutting)

Comments: -

Cymboponon citratus

Lime - Kaffir (Seedling)

Comments: -

Citrus hystrix

Curry Tree

Comments: -

Karapincha

Banana - Lady Finger

Banana - Williams

Banana - Super Dwarf

Comments

Has it fruited yet and would you sell succers?

No, hasn't fruited yet.

Banana - Dwarf Cavendish (Cutting)

Pomegranate - Wonderful (Cutting)

Pomegranate - Azerbaijani (Cutting)

Pomegranate - Rosavaya (Cutting)

Oak- Coastal live oak (Seedling)

Comments: -

Quercus agrifolia

California native,

acorns traditional food of Indigenous tribes

Oak- Holm Oak (Seedling)

Comments: -

Quercus ilex

host tree for Black Truffles (Tuber melanosporum)

Edible acorns, food for livestock

Oak- Tabor Oak (Seedling)

Comments: -

Quercus ithaburensis

Mediterranean native.

Edible acorns

Feijoa - Duffy

Carob \'Casuda\' (Grafted)

Comments: -

Spanish cultivar

Digger Pine (Seedling)

Comments: -

Pinus sabineana

edible nuts

Agave-Pulque Agave (Seedling)

Comments: -

Agave salmiana

yields agave nectar

Oak- Live Oak

Comments: -

Quercus virginiana

Oak- Vallonea Oak (Seedling)

Comments: -

Quercus macrolepis

Oak- Cork Oak

Comments: -

Quercus suber

Oak- Burr Oak (Seedling)

Comments: -

Quercus macrocarpa

Oak- Valley White Oak (Seedling)

Comments: -

Quercus lobata

Fig-\'Preston\'s Prolific\' (Cutting)

Jujube- \'Chico\' (Grafted)

Nashi- \'Shinsui\' (Grafted)

Nashi Pear - Nijiseiki (Grafted)

Plum - Green gage (Grafted)

Comments

Yumm speedy! Best plum ever IMO.

Apricot- Trevatt (Grafted)

Cherry- \'Morello\' (Grafted)

Cherry - Stella (Grafted)

Cherry - Sunburst (Grafted)

Lime- Tahitian (Grafted)

Australian Round Lime

Lemon - Lisbon (Cutting)

Lemon - Eureka (Cutting)

Lemon - Eureka (Grafted)

Pine Nut (Seedling)

Comments: -

Pinus pinea

Turkish Hazelnut (Seedling)

Comments: -

Corylus colurna

Heartnut (Seedling)

Comments: -

Juglans alianthifolia var cordiformis

Walnut- Japanese (Seedling)

Comments: -

Juglans alianthifolia

Caper (Seedling)

Comments: -

Caparis spinosa var. rupestris

Carob \'Irlam\' (Grafted)

Carob \'Waite\' (Grafted)

Carob \'Badan\' (Grafted)

Carob \'Santa Fe\' (Grafted)

Carob \'Tylliria\' (Grafted)

Carob \'Sfax\' (Grafted)

Comments

Hi there Speedy - can you tell me where you got your Sfax tree from? I'm keen to try one. phil@tyalgum

Carob - Clifford (Grafted)

Walnut \'Chandler\' (Grafted)

Walnut \'Cisco\' (Grafted)

Chestnut \'Morena\' (Grafted)

Chestnut \'Purton\'s Pride\' (Grafted)

Chestnut \'De Coppi Marone\' (Grafted)

Pistacio \'Sirora\' (Grafted)

Walnut - Tulare (Grafted)

Walnut - Howard (Grafted)

Pecan - Pawnee (A) SP

Pecan - Mahan (B)

Pecan - Cheyenne (A)

Pecan - Kiowa (B)

Pecan - Wichita (B)

Pecan - Mohawk (B) SP

Pecan - Apache (B)

Olive - Pendulino (Cutting)

Comments: -

Dried out before establishing

Olive - Helena (Cutting)

Comments: -

dried out before established

Olive - Kalamata (Cutting)

Comments: -

cutting grown

Pecan - Cape Fear (A) SP

Comments: -

scion died but rootstock has come back.

I'll regraft with wood from a 'Western Schley'  tree planted 15 yrs ago