LYCHEE TREE

Botanical Name: Litchi chinensis

Description

Described as the most luscious of all fruits, the lychee is native to Southern China. For best results lychee's require seasonal temperature variations, warm humid summers and cool dry winters are the ideal climate for growing lychee's.  They are a handsome, dense rounded tree that can be susceptible to damage from strong winds.  We strongly advise the purchase of marcotted trees as they bear in as little as 3 years. The varieties below have proven to be some of the best croppers in a subtropical climate.

Lychee - Red Ball

Very early cropping variety. Attractive large red fruit with relatively small seed. Excellent sweet flavour. Recently imported chinese variety that will become more widely commercially planted.

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Lychee - Wai Chee

Crops heavily and regularly in subtropical climates with high quality delicious fruit. Compact growth habit. Freshly picked Lychees are absolutely delicious compared to canned or supermarket fruit. Prefers sheltered, rich well drained soil, with lots organic mulch.

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Lychee - Bosworth 3

Also known as Kwai Mai Pink, this variety will average 45 to the kg, is small seeded and very sweet. Will produce good crops every year, despite the climate or soil type from NSW to Cape York.

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Lychee - Salathiel

Tree has an open dome shape with excellent quality fruit. Well suited to subtropical conditions. Beautiful coloured fruit with very small seed. Needs protection from wind when young.

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Lychee - No Mai Chi

One of the most prized and desired varieties in the world and the leading variety in China. Large red fruits with small seeds, they have clean, dry fruits that are excellent for drying. The trees are harder to grow than other varieties and can be frustratingly slow but with extra care and nurturing they are well worth the effort for the quality of their fruits.

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Lychee - Seedling

Hardier and easy to grow than a marcotted lychee, seedlings are also a worthy choice for anyone wanting to grow trees for potential selections. Seedlings have been grown from the popular Kwai Mai Pink and Wai Chee varieties. Lychees are slow to grow and need time to mature to size. Seedling are deeper rooted and more stable in the ground so will also be a better choice in high wind areas and marginal climates. Being a seedling they will take longer to come into fruiting. Once they they have reached 2-3m try cincturing to bring them into earlier fruiting.

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	$14.90	0	Seedling	Small
	$19.75	0	Seedling	Large

Lychee - Kiamana

Excellent backyard variety. Medium-sized, compact, rounded tree that usually matures fruit from mid- Dec. through Jan. Considered good bearing compared with most other cultivars. Its fruits are large, deep red, and 33-40 to a kilogram, with seeds that are not large in relation to the amount of flesh.

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Lychee - Haak Ip

Excellent quality fruit with sweet, crisp flesh. Early to mid season.

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Lychee - Erdon Lee

This variety grows up to four times the average size of other lychee varieties with an average weight of 52g per fruit. The exterior of the fruit is dark greenish and red in colour.

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Planting Guide

Plant Information or Specifications

Customer Comments on Lychee Tree

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Lychee Tree

Plant seeds and don't transplant. You're likely to end up with a massive tree, but it will bear more, grow faster and it'll be more cold tolerant | Carl Ramirez - Kensington, NSW 15-Feb-2011

Lychee Tree

Currently growing 8 lychee varieties on Sunshine Coast hinterland property (near Cooroy). So far, best for crop bearing, consistency and flavour is B-3 (Kwai Mai Pink) closely followed by Wai Chee and Sar Keng. Fine mesh bird netting is essential. | Jonathan - Black Mountain-cooroy, QLD 05-Mar-2011

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