Ringtail Creek Fruit Trees (Popular)
Ringtail Creek Fruit Trees and the most popular plants Australians buy for mail order. With fruit trees you should consider climate suitability.
Chinese pistache
$27.00 ($27.00-$79.00 choose a size)
A spectacular tree that puts on a breath taking display of autumn colour. Flowers are inconspicuous. Foliage is bright green before changing to its autumn splendour. Drought hardy, well drained soil.
Jaboticaba
$49.00 ($19.90-$49.00 choose a size)
The jaboticabas habit of producing the fruit directly on the trunk makes this a striking tree. Fruit is similar to a grape with a sweet and aromatic flavour. The new growth is a coppery colour along with their beautiful honey scented flowers makes it a very ornamental tree. Bears heavy crops of quality fruit that can be eaten fresh from the tree. Often fruiting up to 3 times per year. Time from flowering to fruit being ready to eat is only 30 days. More Information: California Rare Fruit Growers Association.
Black Sapote
$19.75 ($19.75-$27.00 choose a size)
Closely related to the Persimmon this attractive glossy foliaged tree produces a fruit often called the 'Chocolate Pudding Fruit'. They are best eaten when the fruit is very soft and the skin turns a dark colour Seedling selections are worth growing in cooler marginal areas. Cross Pollination is beneficial.
Dwarf Coconut Malay Gold
$49.00 ($49.00-$89.00 choose a size)
Tapering trunk with a bulbous base. These high yielding precocious hybrid selections will grow outside of the tropics, in a warm and sheltered position. Worth trying in coastal locations as far south as Coffs Harbour. They will require free draining soil and are best planted deep with a deep organic mulch surrounding them.
Finger Lime - Jali Red
$46.95 ($24.90-$59.00 choose a size)
One of the largest of the Finger limes 8-12cm long. Bright pinkish-red vesicles are held inside a dark brown to maroon coloured skin. Good flavour and a high yielding variety.
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