Merinda Fruit Trees (Popular)
Merinda Fruit Trees and the most popular plants Australians buy for mail order. With fruit trees you should consider climate suitability.
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Turmeric - Orange
$9.90 ($3.90-$19.90 choose a size)
The thick, cylindrical rhizome or underground stem of a tropical plant belongs to the ginger family. Finely grated it adds many health benefits and a brilliant colour and earthy flavour to foods such as Indian curries, rice and vegetarian dishes. Fresh Turmeric is lightly aromatic and slightly peppery, the flavour is pungent and bitter. Turmeric is a primary ingredient of Curry Powder. Used heavily in Indian Cuisine such as legumes, beans, and vegetable dishes. That wonderful ballpark mustard also contains turmeric as a colouring. To make yellow rice, use one teaspoon to colour one cup of raw rice. In the garden, the luscious leafy plant produces a spectacular flower that will stop you in your tracks, making a great ornamental feature in a subtropical garden. The foliage will die back in the winter indicating it is ready for harvest.
Special Offer: Buy 2+ @$9.90ea usually:$19.90ea
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Pepino - Kendall Gold
$14.75 ($14.75-$19.90 choose a size)
Small bush rarely above 1 m tall with yellow fruit stripped purple up to 10cm. Flavour is like a juicy rock melon. Only pick fragrant, slightly soft fruit which are ripe.
Special Offer: Buy 2+ @$14.75ea usually:$19.90ea
Grape - Grenache
$19.75 ($19.75-$19.75 choose a size)
A dark skinned grape used to make wine. It is generally spicy-berry flavoured and is soft on the palate. It produces a wine with red fruit flavours such as pomegranate and wild strawberry with a white pepper spice note. Grenache is the most widely grown red grape variety in the world. They are best suited to climates with hot, dry summers, they are not well suited to humid coastal climates.
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Grumichama - Black
$14.90 ($14.90-$79.00 choose a size)
The tropical equivalent of the cherry. The purplish-black fruit 2cm diameter are produced in clusters. Flesh white, melting and tasty. Mostly used for fresh eating, but also highly prized for jams, jellies and pies.
Special Offer: Buy 2+ @$14.90ea usually:$17.90ea
Sweet Potato - Sweet n Star
$17.90 ($4.95-$17.90 choose a size)
Purple skin with pale cream flesh. A warm and sunny position is essential, this variety is less susceptible to attack by soil insects than gold types. The Sweet Potato is a perennial trailing plant that develops fleshy tuberous roots over summer which are harvested in autumn. Leaves are small and emerald-green and can be eaten as a substitute for any leafy green, such as Kale or Spinach either fresh or steamed. The shoot tips are especially tender.
