Victoria Fruit Trees (Popular)
VIC has a Temperate climate and in some parts it can even be a cold temperate climate. Many victorians moved their from subtropical climates and like to experiment with subtropical fruit trees. This list of popular plants that people buy for mail order into VIC may favour some of these tropical plants.
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 earlier than other males. One male will pollinate up to 15 females.
Canistel Aurea
$79.00
Aurea produces a large elongated fruit of excellent quality. The fruit is delicious eaten fresh or with a little salt and lemon juice added. Canistels are often added to sweet custards or made into delicious eggnog-like milk shakes.
Soursop - Diny
$79.00
A grafted selection from the Sunshine Coast. The fruit is heart-shaped with a rough green skin and soft fleshy spines. The fresh meaty flesh is juicy and slightly acid producing a rich creamy thirst quenching juice. Superb when fruit is pureed with 1/3 of vanilla ice-cream. Also known as Graviola or Guanabana. Not suitable for temperate climates
Custard Apple - Hilary White
$74.00 ($74.00-$99.00 choose a size)
Hilary White is a strain of Pinks Mammoth. The cropping performance is between that of Pinks Mammoth and the African Pride. The fruit has a smoother skin than standard Pinks Mammoth, but average fruit shape. The fruit is sweet and aromatic. The foliage is delicate on young trees, and our potted plants are known for their older leaves to turn yellow and drop during transport to conserve energy. This is not a problem long term. With care and acclimatisation they will bounce back
