My Edible Fruit Trees: Dwarf Trees WA

Dwarf Jaboticaba - Scarlet (Seedling) ^10/10

Comments: - Fast grower, flushes new growth in cool-warm weather.

Height 15 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter and Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Dwarf Papaya Torpedo (Seedling) ^9/10

Comments: - Grow fantastic and flower plently, yet to have fruit, waiting until warmer weather returns.

Fruiting Months January and February

Planted: 2023

Height 1.2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Dwarf Jaboticaba - Red Hybrid (Seedling)

Planted: 2016

Qty: 1

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Dwarf Peach - Pixzee

Pollination: Self Pollination

Dwarf Nectarine - Trixzie® Nectazee (Grafted) ^9/10

Comments: - Great dwarf plant that produces lots of good fruit. Easy to net and maintain.

Planted: 2015

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Balanced Acid Lovers little and often during growing season.

Banana - Dwarf Red Dacca (Cutting) ^8/10

Comments: - Grown from tissue culture. Grows well, looks good, is taking ages to get it's first flower so have not taste-tested as yet.

Planted: 2017

Height 4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Balanced Acid lovers, little and often, slow release organic chook manure pellets, a little extra potash and ammonium sulphate or blood meal - for extra N in growing season.

Dwarf Avocado - Wurtz (A) ^5/10

Comments: - Not that fussed on this tree. It's droopy and dense growth is not good for air circulation through the canopy and it doesn't seem to set a lot of fruit as yet. The fruit is the more watery type, thin skin. 

Fruiting Months November

Planted: 2015

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 10% in Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Acid lovers, little and often

Question: Does anyone get a decent crop from this variety? 
We have a Type B nearby and a bee hive - but it still doesn't set many fruit, especially compared to the Hass and Reed?

Dwarf Custard Apple - Tropic Sun (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: - This is our very first fruit, but the tree has been flowering for the past 2yrs. Seems to have some trouble self pollinating so I may have to assist next time. It's almost totally deciduous in our winter here. It's growing strongly and is in a large raised bed facing north - in our pool area which has a 6ft brick wall around it - so a nice microclimate in winter and summer.

Planted: 2014

First Fruited: 4 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Hand Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Balanced Acid lovers alternating with slow release organic chook manure pellets, little and often during the growing season. Sulphur in early spring if needed.

Pear - super dwarf Pyvert

Pollination: Self Pollination

Dwarf Persimmon - Fuyu (NA) (Grafted)

Comments: - My "hoodoo" plant...so far. I have only tried twice though. I will get there before I die. 

Pollination: Self Pollination

Dwarf Macadamia (Seedling)

Comments: - The "Lotsa Nuts" plants. Doing well here - need some pushing along with plenty of water and feeding. They need the alkalinity managed also - but may actually be displaying "delayed greening" with new growth I suspect? (not uncommon with our Aust. natives) 

Planted: 2017

Height 1.7 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Balanced Acid Lovers alternating with slow release organic chook manure pellets. Little and often. Some sulphur and/or iron sulphate when needed.

Dwarf Plumcott - Spring Satin (Grafted) ^3/10

Comments: - Removed. The top growth was pretty much a full size tree and outgrew the rootstock very quickly. It fell over in a storm, at 2yrs old, as a result. Very unhappy with the plant. The rootstock-scion combo might not be suited to lighter soils as I had the same problem with the entire range of this brand of stone fruits - and have either removed or lost all seven of them.

Pollination: Self Pollination

Banana - Dwarf Ducasse ^10/10

Comments: - My favourite banana out of our vareties. It has an amazing flavour, sweet but a touch of sherbet, and a heavenly banana flavour. Does not discolour when dried.
A nice small plant too...very easy to harvest at ground level. Big bunches, sturdy in strong winds. A prefect choice for a backyard banana.
They need a lot of water in our WA sands and are heavy feeders - so it is best to improve the sand with kaolin clay and fine coir compost, to save water and fertilisers. It takes about 1.5yrs for a pup to bring a bunch to harvest here.

Planted: 2017

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 1.5 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Balanced acid lovers extra potash and ammonium sulphate added. Little and often.

Dwarf Avocado - Pinkerton (A)

Comments: - Only planted last year so can't really comment yet. It's growing well and flowers profusely enough. Too young to set fruit perhaps.

Planted: 2018

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 5% in Spring

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Acid lovers, little and often as we are on sandy loam

Dwarf Mulberry - Red Shahtoot

Dwarf Persimmon - Fuyu (NA)

Dwarf Avocado - Lamb Hass (A) (Seedling) ^8/10

Comments: -

Seems to be doing well, planted in mid winter at about 1m high and flowering already 1.5 months later. The branches droop a lot so I will keep it staked until it has a few good strong branches to hold rest of the plant up.

Planted: 2017

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Dwarf Persimmon - Ichikikijiro (NA) (Grafted) ^3/10

Comments: - Planted location #41 (clay loam). Struggling. Has not grown in two years. Graft tape was still on and unhealed.

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Pest Control: No pests or diseases aparent. Plant failing to thrive. It has one more summer or will be replaced with a different label

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Dwarf Nectarine - Early Rivers - High Chill (Grafted) ^7/10

Comments: - planted in location #23 (some volcanic loam, some quartz, some clay). Suffers from leaf curl

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Never

Pest Control: chickens to prevent bugs, spray to combat leaf curl

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Dwarf Macadamia (Cutting) ^7/10

Planted: 2016

Height 0.3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

Dwarf Lime - Tahitian (Cutting) ^7/10

Height 0.4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Dwarf Coffee - Red Catuai

Comments: - Fruits relatively young and flowers are lovely and fragrant.

Dwarf Samoan Coconut

Comments: - Growing really well, now 3.5 years old.

Dwarf Avocado - Wurtz (A) (Grafted) ^7/10

Comments: - Nice looking dwarf fruit tree, although very thirsty and suffers some sunburn in summer.

Planted: 2014

Height 1.2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Manure

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Dwarf Jonathon and Granny Smith Apples, Washington Navel Orange, dwarf Mandarine, Black Passionfruit x 3, Big Boppa Passionfruit, Banana Passionfruit, Raspberries x 3 so far, immature Chokeberry, Eureka Lemon, Native Finger Lime, Doughnut Peach, Red Papay

Peach - Dwarf Standard ^3/10

Comments: -

I want to grow a potted orchard on my front verandah