Diana's Edible Backyard

Jaboticaba - Grafted

Comments: -

New growth and green leaves after rain. Still no fruit.

Planted: 2008

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Midyim Berry

Comments: -

Attractive sprawling shrub, with nice pink new growth and flowers. Flowers well, but no fruit yet.

Planted: 2008

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 3

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Never

Pest Control:

None

Fig White Adriatic

Comments: -

Also a new excel- both in pots. The excel is covered in fruit in its first year, the white adriatic is reliable (but not many fruit at a time so far).

Fruiting Months January, February, March, December

Planted: 2010

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Pollination: Self Pollination

macadamia

Comments: -

Four years old, as tall as the house, no flowers or fruit yet.

Planted: 2008

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: compost

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

None

Mandarin - Miho Wase (Satsuma)

Comments: -

Was originally not happy in exposed, windy position. I moved it to a new raised bed and it looks fine. A few fruit in its first year.

Planted: 2009

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

citronella grass

Comments: -

A good screen and mulch.

Planted: 2009

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 3

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

None

pawpaw

Comments: -

Too tall to pick most of the fruit now, but I like feeding bats.

Planted: 2008

Height 2.5 metres

Qty: 6

First Fruited: 10 Months From Seed

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: compost and chook manure

jakfruit

Comments: -

One fruit in December, but went mouldy and fell off in January rain

Planted: 2008

Height 2.5 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

pomegranate-javita

Comments: -

A yellow-fruited variety. I also have a gulasha rosavaya next to this, covered in fruit (December). Some fruit split after rain, although unripe. I also have a red-fruited wonderful variety.

Fruiting Months January, February, December

Planted: 2009

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: compost

orange berry

Comments: -

Growing strongly, nice glossy shrub. Fruit quite nice, but mostly seeds. Was moved to a less crowded spot after being shaded by native raspberries, but it didn't like the sun, so moved back now.

Planted: 2009

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 6 Months from Purchase in Pot

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: compost

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Lime - Tahitian

Comments: -

Now flowering and fruiting continuously after three years, covered in limes  (only a few fruit as a two year old). Seems to need the most fertiliser of any of my citrus.

Planted: 2008

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 2.5 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: compost and chook manure, kelp and fish emulsion

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Lemon - Lisbon ^10/10

Comments: -

Very healthy, bushy tree, flowers and fruits continuously. It has really nice flavoured, large lemons

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

Planted: 2008

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: compost and chook manure, kelp and fish emulsion

When I Fertilise: Winter

Kei Apple ^10/10

Comments: -

Seven in a hedge. The spines are huge! Fruited first December 2011. Fruit is impossible to see until it turns orange and soon after, drops off the plant. The fruit is surprisingly aromatic and quite tart. I stewed some with sugar, and made some into chutney.

Fruiting Months December

Planted: 2008

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 7

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Cherry of Rio Grande

Comments: -

Nice looking plant. One of the few in the garden that have not yet fruited.

Planted: 2009

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Arrowroot ^10/10

Comments: -

Looks lovely, survives periods without watering very well, grows fast, propogates very easily, and the tubers actually taste good. Used for screening.

Planted: 2009

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 15

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

None

Mango - Glenn

Comments: - Set quite a few fruit this year, but they fell off during the dry spell in November. Putting on a lot of growth now that it's wet.

Planted: 2008

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Strawberry - Maroochy Flame ^9/10

Comments: -

Maroochy flame and Redlands Joy. You can't have too many, and they are pest free. I think I have to plant new ones after this season of third generation suckers, though. They seem to be getting a second wind, I thought strawberries were finished in November, but they are covered in flowers and unripe fruit again in late December.

Planted: 2009

Height 0.25 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 1 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Planted in compost

Pest Control:

Only spraying with seaweed

almond- all-in-one

Comments: -

I only recently found out that it will grow and fruit here. Just planted.

Planted: 2013

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Soursop - Kyogle (Grafted) ^7/10

Comments: -

My favourite flavour ever. I hope it will eventually fruit.

Planted: 2008

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

pandan

Comments: -

Perfume for rice. Fresh leaves are not as strong as dried leaves I have tried, but still fragrant.

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Pollination: No

Cape Gooseberry

Comments: -

Volunteer from under compost bin. This plant is attacked by three striped beetle every year, but bounces back and fruits well for long periods of the year despite this. The fruit is really nice, slightly tart. African yam (heart shaped leaves) is also a volunteer from the compost. This yam tastes nice grated and washed in lemon juice water, but oozes slime when cut, like a lamprey.

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Passionfruit - Panama Red

Comments: -

Vigorous and yummy. Red panama has done best out of the several varieties I have tried on the fence.

Planted: 2010

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

desert lime

Comments: -

I used to work somewhere where this grew wild, and I used the refreshing  fruit for cooking. The crushed leaves are gorgeous too. The other fruit that grew there I have not found for sale anywhere- currant bush Carissa ovata. It has sweet fruit like dates.

Planted: 2011

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Vanilla Vine (Cutting)

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Shade

Pollination: No

Question:

In the bathroom. Looks healthy but it will take a long time for it to grow large enough to flower at this rate.

Lime - West Indian Seedling

Comments: -

Flowers well, only a few fruit so far but it is still young. The other lime took 3 years to fruit well.

Planted: 2010

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Aspen - Lemon

Comments: -

It seems impossible to overwater this tree, it was next to a paddle pool and had water emptied on it frequently last summer. It always looks glossy and healthy. Leaves smell lovely.

Planted: 2011

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

Japanese Raisin

Comments: -

Sounds yum but takes a few years to produce apparently

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Pollination: No

Cinnamon Tree

Comments: -

I have been trying to get one for years. A very pretty tree suitable for the subtropics, no fruit fly problems.

Planted: 2012

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

tropical nectarine

Comments: -

Very vigorous and lush. Growing in a sheltered, fairly moist but slightly sloping spot next to a fence. It has grown taller then the fence in ~ 10 months. No flowers or fruit yet.

Pollination: Self Pollination

Peach - Angel Subtropical PBR

Comments: -

Prolific delicious fruit in its first year, and a nice looking plant. Needs vigilant bagging against fruit fly.

Planted: 2010

Pollination: Self Pollination

Davidsons Plum - QLD

Comments: -

In a pot in a shady spot. Looks healthy and growing fairly fast.

Planted: 2011

Growing: In a Pot

Pollination: Self Pollination

Avocado - Secondo ® (A)

Comments: -

Just planted. I delayed getting one, as only half the family likes avocadoes and we have clay soil. I have planted it on a mound on a built-up bed on a slope, so I hope that works. I like the idea that you can harvest at any size and they ripen off the plant. Also, you can use the leaves.

Planted: 2011

Growing: In the Ground

Pollination: Self Pollination

Dragon Fruit - Pearl

Comments: -

One in the front and one in back yard. Also a red dragonfruit.  Flowering December - March, but no fruit.

Planted: 2009

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: compost and worm water, blood and bone

White Sapote - Lemon Gold

Comments: -

Fell over in heavy rain and wind and had to be staked up. Splayed growth habit. Had flowers and small fruit in first year, but fell off.

Planted: 2010

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 8 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Blueberry - Biloxi

Comments: -

Also a Sharpblue and Gulf coast. Quite a few small blueberries over a long time (Nov-Dec, still flowering and new fruit in December)

Fruiting Months October and November

Planted: 2010

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Cut leaf mintbush

Comments: -

Smells gorgeous, and a haven for small animals

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Natal Plum

Comments: -

Making a small hedge. Flowers after rain in early summer. A few fruit after two years.

Fruiting Months December

Planted: 2009

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Pollination: Self Pollination

Plum - Gulf Ruby (Grafted)

Comments: -

Next to a gulfgold for pollination. Both are prolific, but the Gulf Ruby is a bigger tree. Plums taste absolutely gorgeous, rich and sweet. Gulf Ruby ripens in November, Gulfgold in December. Fruit need early bagging from fruit fly.

Fruiting Months November and December

Planted: 2009

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Fruit Harvest: 2 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

Fruit fly mesh sleeves

Wampee

Comments: -

I really like the taste of the fruit from the one at Northy Street city farm, citrus but a bit like custard. Flowered in October, some fruit set last year (but fell off)

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Guava Hawaiian

Comments: -

Vigorous and absolutely covered with fruit every year. Trouble with fruit fly and something that makes them scabby (mites ?). I will prune off all unbagged fruit this year.

Fruiting Months January, February, March, December

Planted: 2008

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 1.5 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: compost

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Orange - Valencia (Grafted)

Comments: -

Also a joppa (two years old) and a Washington navel (new in 2011). Only a few fruit on the older ones so far.

Planted: 2008

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: compost and chook manure, kelp and fish emulsion

When I Fertilise: Winter

Celery stem taro

Comments: -

New. I had no luck with previous taro plants which dried out, but planting in the lowest part of the garden in the ginger / turmeric bed in a wet summer should get it established I hope.

Pollination: Self Pollination

Berry - Elderberry

Comments: -

Very vigorous. Flowered in first year.

Planted: 2010

Height 0.75 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Clove

Comments: -

Seedling snapped off by foraging chooks. Tried to grow cuttings. One looked green but did not develop roots (I gave it ~8 months).

Planted: 2010

Height 0.1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

olive - St Helena

Comments: -

Humid climate olive. Fast-growing, but no sign of flowers or fruit yet. One at Rocks Riverside park fruits profusely.

Planted: 2009

Height 3.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Cedar Bay Cherry

Comments: -

Two plants, one in shady spot. The beach cherries in the rainforest bush food section of Mt Coot-tha botanic gardens are lovely. No flowers or fuit yet.

Planted: 2010

Height 0.25 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

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

Raspberry - Heritage (Seedling) ^10/10

Comments: -

Delicious and problem free except for grasshoppers. A williamette now too.

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Fruit Harvest: 0.5 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 2 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

galangal

Comments: -

Beautiful and delicious. I also have ginger, turmeric, krachai, native ginger and cardamom. Flowering very profusely in December.

Planted: 2008

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

None

Raspberry - Atherton ^10/10

Comments: -

Growing very vigorously and taking over their patch of the garden (enclosed by concrete strips, next to lawn). Fruit is sweet and subtle.

Fruiting Months August, September, October

Planted: 2009

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 6 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: compost

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

None

Fig - Sandpaper

Comments: -

Growing luxuriantly. Fruit is nice, but not a very strong flavour.

Fruiting Months January, February, March, April

Planted: 2008

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Pollination: Self Pollination

kiwi fruit

Comments: -

I have killed a male and three females by trying to grow them through summer (costing about $30 each- I'm not getting another one). They were next to the back fence in part shade, watered and mulched, but they don't like warm weather.

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pepper - Black (Seedling)

Comments: - Seems not to like full sun and heat, despite the lable saying that. I have tried growing some from seed (Franchi seed packet) unsuccessfully.

Pollination: Self Pollination

Tea Plant

Comments: -

Was in part shade, but scorched then drowned.

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