Dignams Creek Fruit Trees (Popular)
Dignams Creek Fruit Trees and the most popular plants Australians buy for mail order. With fruit trees you should consider climate suitability.
Claret Ash
$49.00 ($19.75-$79.00 choose a size)
A spectacular deciduous tree with foliage that begins to change from mid-green to a brilliant rich claret. Grafted onto a very drought resistant rootstock Fraxinus oxycarpa.
Maple - Red
$27.00 ($24.00-$29.00 choose a size)
Vibrant autumn leaf colours on a medium sized tree make this an attractive choice for a specimen tree. Fast growing, to 10 - 20 m, it is an oval shaped tree.
Oak - Cork
$19.90
Medium sized evergreen oak with attractive and useful bark. The bark is harvested once every 9 - 12 years for use as wine cork, flooring and other products. Native to south western Europe and northwest Africa. Long lived large spreading trees to 20m.Acorns are edible but do contain tannins which can affect flavour, but less bitter than other oak species. Acorns is best eaten boiled to leach these and improve flavour. Can then be dried and ground for use in cooking.
Chinotto
$27.00 ($17.75-$27.00 choose a size)
The soft drink named for this citrus tree - 'Chinotto' is delicious with a unique flavour. It is well suited to this, as the taste of the flesh is bitter but the sweet citrus flavours develop with cooking. The rind is candied and added to Panettone, an Italian speciality, popular at Christmas celebrations. It is an attractive small tree with orange like fruits, well suited to container growing or small gardens.
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