Reids Flat Fruit Trees (Popular)
Reids Flat Fruit Trees and the most popular plants Australians buy for mail order. With fruit trees you should consider climate suitability.
Bamboo - Boni
$49.00
Smaller, clumping type bamboo that can be pruned to 2m. Will hold lower foliage on new growth to create a screen for small spaces, giving a lush tropical feel to a garden. Great for growing in pots, too. Can grow to 3-4m high when left to grow and 1m wide, can be triangular in shape. Fine look with green culms to 2cm. Canes can be harvested for use in the garden. Plant 1m apart for hedging applications. Cold tolerant to -7C. The bamboo shoots on this variety are not considered edible as they are bitter even when prepared the proper way.
Chestnut - seedling
$49.00 ($19.75-$49.00 choose a size)
This European chestnut produces large sweet nuts, the kind found sold in fruit markets. Seedlings are relatively quick to bear and are generally more hardy and quick growing than Grafted trees.
Berry - Boysenberry
$14.90 ($14.90-$19.90 choose a size)
Juicy, tart, with bright red to almost black fruit with a dust-like coating and distinctive aroma. They are delicious eaten fresh or are used in pies and jams. One of the better performing trailing berries in the subtropics. Thorny
Berry - Youngberry
$14.90 ($14.90-$19.90 choose a size)
Vigorous, trailing bramble with sweet, juicy, black-purple berries in Summer.
Banana - Williams Cavendish
$19.90 ($12.90-$19.90 choose a size)
Fruits are produces in very large bunches and are sweet and delicious. This banana is both wind resistant and cold hardy. It can take the least time from planting to harvest in comparison to other Cavendish cultivars. The pseudostem of Williams has dark brown, black or red streaks and young leaves also have red colourations. The Williams is a cultivar of the Cavendish banana arising in Queensland, Australia in 1910. It can be grown in temperate areas in a protected microclimate, like a enclosed garden, polyhouse or food forest style planting. This is the most popularly commercially grown Cavendish cultivar. It can take the least time from planting to harvest in comparison to other Cavendish cultivars on a plant between 2.4 - 3.5m high.
