Murrumbucca Fruit Trees (Popular)
Murrumbucca Fruit Trees and the most popular plants Australians buy for mail order. With fruit trees you should consider climate suitability.
Walking Onion
$19.75 ($18.75-$19.75 choose a size)
The easiest to grow of all onions, these onions are also known as Egyptian and top-setting onions. They grow in any soil with reasonable drainage, but if you want big fat bulbs then dig in compost and horse, cow or sheep manure a few weeks before planting. Grow from bulbs planted with just the top poking out of the soil, or from single bulbils planted just under the surface of the soil, in a position with full sun. Space plants about 40cm apart and they will grow to be about 60cm tall. Bulbs can be dug up about 5 months after planting. Save some bulbs for replanting or just replant the bulbils and eat the bulbs. There seems to be some variation in flavour of the bulbs, some being more mild and sweet and others stronger. There are also types with more red than brown skins. Both bulbs and bulbils have similar onion flavours and make an excellent substitute for brown onions in any dish.
Lawtonberry
$21.90 ($14.90-$21.90 choose a size)
Produces heavy crops of black, plump, sweet blackberries. Variety originally domesticated in the USA. An old variety discovered in 1834 that has grown in popularity due to its impressive and flavourful fruit. One of the best varieties for making jams and eating fresh. Leave on the cane if possible for flavour and sweetness to fully develop.
Cape Gooseberry
$19.75 ($18.75-$19.75 choose a size)
The cape gooseberry is a low growing shrub with its bright orange berry enclosed in a pale brown parchment-like case called the Cape. The berry is the size of a cherry tomato is very aromatic and full of tiny seeds. They are delicious eaten straight from the Cape or made into gooseberry Jam. They can be added to salads, desserts and cooked dishes, they are delicious stewed with apples or dipped in chocolate. They can also be dried or used in savoury dishes with meats and seafood. The small cucumber beetle also enjoys feasting on the cape gooseberry although they munch only on the leaves. Hand pick any beetles that you see as they are capable of breeding into large numbers very quickly.Weed Warning: This old time favourite is very easy to grow. Birds and critters will enjoy its sweet fruit and it can be found growing in both native vegetation areas and occasionally in pasture areas. It is not a dominant weed but it can be somewhat of a nuisance when working to restore native vegetation areas. Native to South America
Blueberry - Northland
$19.90 ($18.75-$19.90 choose a size)
Northern Highbush variety, cold hardy, compact and dense bush with large sweet fruit. Ripening end of year and into the new. Northland produces a colourful autumn display when losing its leaves for winter. Due to its high chill requirements it breaks dormancy later than Southern Highbush types so pair this one with Blue Rose for pollination purposes.
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