Somerton Fruit Trees (Popular)
Somerton Fruit Trees and the most popular plants Australians buy for mail order. With fruit trees you should consider climate suitability.
Pistachio - Sirora - Female
$89.00 ($79.00-$89.00 choose a size)
High yielding female tree, pair with a male for pollination. Grows to be a small tree or shrub. Best suited to areas with cold winters and hot dry summers, requiring 1000 hours below 7.5 degrees in the winter. Summer and autumn need to be dry to prevent fungal problems. Pistachios are dioecious meaning male and females flowers are produced on separate trees, one of each will be required for fruit set. Spreading habit, wider than it is tall. Pistachios tend toward biennial cropping, meaning they alternately bear lots of nuts one year, then very little the following year
Pistachio - Blue Male
$89.00 ($79.00-$89.00 choose a size)
Male pistachio, pollinator for Females. Blue will come into production as a pollen producer at an earlier age than other males. One male will pollinate up to 8 females.
Dwarf Persimmon - Ichikikijiro (NA)
$99.00 ($79.00-$99.00 choose a size)
Large, flat fruit of excellent quality, non-astringent and seedless when grown on its own. Being a dwarf variety it is well suited to backyards but is also a good commercial variety. Will fruit as early as March in the subtropics. Ichikikijiro generally produce only one flush of growth in the spring so don't be alarmed if your tree is not growing in summer, this habit contributes to their small stature.
Peach - Blackburn Elberta
$49.00
Large, freestone variety with a wonderfully sweet flavour. The skin has a deep golden-yellow colour with a red blush. The flesh is soft and yellow. Ideal for eating fresh, drying, stewing and bottling. Mid to late season.
Elderberry - Black Lace
$39.00 ($39.00-$49.00 choose a size)
A stunning ornamental plants with attractive purple foliage. Huge clusters of lemony-scented pink flowers attract butterflies in the early summer and are followed by the versatile glossy black berries. Best pollinated with Black Beauty or Laced Up Elderberry
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