My Edible Fruit Trees: Nar

Allagoptera arenaria

Comments: - A fruit tree endemic to the Atlantic coast of Brazil, this Sand Palm only grows to 1.8 metres so the fruit will be easy to harvest. The fruit are said to taste superior to those of Butia capitata. Cold hardy down to -3 deg.C.

Planted: 2023

Height 30 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Columnar Apple - Cumulus ^10/10

Comments: - Space saving, good eating and cooking, not sickly sweet. Have two types of columnar in the front yard near the front door.

Fruiting Months March and April

Height 90 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Herald

Fertiliser or Organics Used: general plus trace elements

Pest Control: BT for caterpillars and bordeaux

Columnar Apple - Herald ^10/10

Comments: - Pushed for space so columnar was perfect. Great eating or cooking apple. Slughtly tart, crisp flesh, not sickeningly sweet like a lot of eating apples. Perfect for us. Watered weekly in summer.

Fruiting Months March and April

Planted: 2020

Height 80 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Cumulus

Fertiliser or Organics Used: General with trace elements, cow manure

Pest Control: BT for caterpillar and bordeaux

Organic Status:Organic

Cenarrhenes nitida 'Native Plum'

Comments: -

Cenarrhenes nitida 'Port Arthur Plum'

A native of Tasmania, it's a large bush or small tree that  produces a fleshy plum-like fruit. Unsure of how long they take to reach fruiting age. The plant is intolerant of phosphate so I have avoided giving it any fertiliser. Seems to be growing well so far in a semi-shaded position.

Planted: 2017

Height 60 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Plum - Narrabeen (Grafted) ^9/10

Fruiting Months February, March, April

Planted: 2017

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Columnar Apples (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: - These are great trees - compact and easy to manage. We have Cumulus, Herald and Harmony. They fruit straight away. Flavours are good but so far a bit floury. 

Fruiting Months April and May

Planted: 2018

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 6

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Slow release organic chook pellets alernating with an all purpose balanced fruit tree fertiliser

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Pest Control: Netted only - against fruit fly, parrots and possums.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Plum - Narrabeen

Planted: 2015

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 15% in After Fruiting and Summer

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control: chicken

Organic Status:Organic

Naranjilla (Seedling) ^7/10

Comments: - Delicous fruit and absolutely stunning foliage.

Fruiting Months January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

Planted: 2013

Height 180 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 3 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 6 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Never

Organic Status:Organic

Naranjilla ^7/10

Comments: - Unique plant, with purple spikey leaves. Has flowered, but hasn't fruited yet. I am looking forward to making some juice from its fruit when the time finally comes.

Planted: 2014

Height 0.3 metres

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Naranjilla ^6/10

Comments: - Has taken a beating from multiple moves etc. It's still fairly happy though. I expect good growth once it gets some stability

Planted: 2013

Pollination: Self Pollination

Naranjilla (Cutting) ^6/10

Comments: -

Overwatered or curl grubs.

Nice decorative plant, easy to grow.

Fruit tasted like the unripe picked kiwi fruit you get at supermarkets.

Pollination: Self Pollination

Irish Strawberry Tree - arbutus canariensis

Comments: -

Summer 2010: This one was a gift from my sister. She picked it cause it sounded interesting (and she knew I didn't already have it!).

The flowers are pretty but it hasn't fruited yet. It does have lovely bright green new growth.

Spring 2011: lots of new growth. Since spring started it has doubled in volume!

Summer 2011: I don't think that it likes all the rain. Getting brown patches on the inside of a lit of the folliage. Fingers crossed the weather warms up soon.

Summer 2012: The browning has stopped but the growing tips were all getting droopy. I decided not to cut them off just in case and it paid off cause there was nothing wrong with them - they were flowering!!!

Planted: 2010

Height 0.75 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic Lifter, Seasol, Charlie Carp, worm juice (in rotation)

Pest Control: Ants seem to be farming some sort of GINORMOUS fat black bloated scale things on the hardened off branches (just where the leaves come out). I picked as many off as I could and then sprayed it with pest oil.

Naranjilla (Seedling) ^10/10

Comments: -

Bought this in August 2011in a 140mm pot , it was about 200mm high. Now (early Nov2011) it is about 900mm high & very attractive. In a pot in azalea mix, doing very well thanks to all the tips from Daleys customers.(shaded spot) I'll probably get another one to increase pollination but even if it doesn't fruit it's a striking looking plant. Surprised it isn't grown just as a feature plant. Very happy.

Lots of flowers over summer but no fruit, has sent up 2 suckers

Planted: 2011

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic Lifter, Seasol

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Pest Control:

None needed so far

Naranjilla

Comments: -

Vigorous plant, prone to falling over but stems grow along the ground then. Fruit take months and months to ripen. I have got rid of this now, as the hairs and spines on the plant are so noxious (they irritate your skin and make you cough- the fruit are not worth this).

Fruiting Months October and November

Planted: 2009

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 3

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Naranjilla ^8/10

Comments: -

Interesting and beautiful plant. Watch those prickles! Seems to be a spreading variety and it sends runners off in every direction. Only growns about 1.5M tall and then spreads out. Seems to fruit all year round. Fruit is golf ball size or slightly larger on mine. Orange furry skin with bright green flesh amidst a multitude of tiny edible seeds. The flesh/seeds can be sucked out through that skin once wiped thoroughly to remove hairs.

A little tarty straight from the tree. But add vanilla icecream and it tastes surprisingly like good strawberries. Simply delicious eaten this way!

Planted: 2009

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 3 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

Fruit is not botherd by any pest here. Grass hoppers like to nibble the leaves a little.

naranjilla ^5/10

Comments: -

needs regular water

keep out of direct sun in summer

after 2 years is starting to fruit  ( march 2010 ) likes 8 - 10 hours

 of light to set fruit form my reading

lush looking with large deep green  leaves with a purple tinge

as daleys suggest pollination is low

in november 2010  the fruit turns orange , rub the hairs off and the flavour is worth waiting for. unfortunatrely there isn't a lot of fruit  and the fruit are only slightly bigger than an inch across but delish

Fruiting Months March, April, May

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 4

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Hand Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: potash to help fruiting

Pest Control:

no

Organic Status:Organic

Cordyline - Narrow-leaved palm lily (Seedling)

Comments: -

Sept 2010 - flowering.  11/12/10 Fruits coming on

Pollination: Self Pollination

Naranjilla (Seedling)

Comments: - Grew very quickly. Very spiky leaves and multiple stems. Flowering since mid-summer but has not set fruit yet. Daleys told me it can flower for months before it actually sets fruit. I look at it every day to see if the first fruit has arrived. 6 months llater it is still flowering like crazy but still not one fruit has set. Plant is vigorous and healthy - looks very happy where it is.

Planted: 2009

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pest Control: None, and something is eating the leaves.

Plum - Narrabeen

Planted: 2003

Question:

Plum - Narrabeen (Grafted)

Comments: - grafted onto other plum

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Randia chartacea - Narrow-leaved Gardenia (Seedling)

Comments: -

Very slow growing native, juvenile foliage has very narrow leaves, pretty flowers followed by edible fruit.

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Shade

Pollination: Self Pollination

Naranjilla

Comments: -

Another new plant bought Aug 2010. I love this one for the purple foliage, although somewhat prickly. Though I have no idea what it tastes like at least the possum won't be getting stuck into this bush!

Height 50 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: blood n bone

Comments

That's very funny! They like my elderly friend's Fejoas. The tree has many so they leave some for her. They share them together.

Cordyline - Narrow-leaved palm lily ^8/10

Comments: -

These are very tough, lush tropical foliage plants. I have them growing in pots to hide a fence and have never been watered. Though not as colourful as their Hawaiin cousins, I like growing natives when possible.

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 3

Sun/Shade: Full Shade

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: No

Naranjilla

Planted: 2010

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Naranjilla (Seedling)

Qty: 1

NARANJILLA (Seedling) ^10/10

Comments: -

first year in ground. Very fast grower and fruiting already. Look at the size of these plants.  They've beared the high 30's degree C quite well. I'm talking 35 to 37 deg for days on end. This var hasn't got as many spikes or should I say, the spikes are no where near as large as the other Naranjlla I obtained from another source.

Planted: 2009

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Naranjilla ^8/10

Comments: - Grew fantastically in Summer, healthy and highly ornamental to about 1.5 m tall and wide, set a lot of fruitt but they were too late to ripen, and the plant did not survive the Winter. %uFFFDI guess Egg Plant and tomato do not survive Winter either. %uFFFDObviously needs a little more length of growing season

Pest Control: No pests detected

Cordyline - Narrow-leaved palm lily

Comments: - Grows perfectly

Naranjilla

Naranjilla