Subtropical Fruit Trees
CategorySelection of delicious ripe subtropical fruits on a platter from John Picones Exotic Fruit Orchard
Dwarf Plum Gulf Gold Tree (G)
$37.00 ($34.95-$79.00 choose a size)
Acerola - Florida Sweet
$14.90 ($14.90-$79.00 choose a size)
Mulberry - White Shahtoot
$39.00 ($21.90-$79.00 choose a size)
Dwarf Banana- Red Dacca
$19.90
Phalsa
$14.75 ($14.75-$17.90 choose a size)
Ambarella
$27.00 ($19.75-$27.00 choose a size)
Amla
$27.00 ($17.90-$49.00 choose a size)
Andean Walnut
$32.95
Babaco (Grafted)
$59.00
Babaco Cutting
$29.00 ($19.75-$79.00 choose a size)
Bael
$29.00
Bayberry - Black Carbon
$59.00
Blackberry Jam Fruit
$17.90
Capulin Cherry
$24.75
Casana
$14.90
Cocona
$9.90
Dwarf Ambarella
$38.95
Dwarf Jaboticaba - Costada
$34.95 ($34.95-$39.00 choose a size)
Dwarf Mulberry - Black
$19.75 ($19.75-$79.00 choose a size)
Dwarf Persimmon - Ichikikijiro (NA)
$59.00 ($59.00-$79.00 choose a size)
Fig - Sandpaper Birds Eye
$19.75 ($17.75-$19.75 choose a size)
Japanese Raisin
$27.00 ($17.90-$27.00 choose a size)
Jujube
$19.75
Lucs Garcinia - Limoncillo
$46.95
Marula
$27.00
Monstera - Fruit Salad Tree
$17.90 ($17.90-$17.90 choose a size)
Naranjilla
$12.90
Natal Plum - Desert Star
$14.90
Palm - Jelly or Wine Palm
$24.75 ($17.90-$24.75 choose a size)
Palm - Wooly Jelly
$19.75
Peach - Angel Subtropical
$59.00
Peach - White Opal
$49.00
Peachcot Ora A
$37.00
Phalsa - Cutting Grown
$19.90
Pitanguinha
$19.75
Rose Apple
$17.90 ($4.90-$17.90 choose a size)
Tomatillo
$14.90 ($14.90-$14.90 choose a size)
Avocado Tree
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A valuable commercial crop, the avocado tree thrives on rich well-drained soil. Due to flowering habits, avocado varieties are categorized into A and B groups. One variety is sufficient to produce adequate crops for the home garden, however by planting a tree from both groups the harvest will be much greater. Avocados begin to ripen once picked and may take up to 10 days to reach maturity. Fruits are rich with oily flesh and are delicious eaten when fully ripe in sandwiches, salads. Guacamole is a famous blend of mashed avocado flesh, lemon or lime juice, onion, garlic, pepper and chili, it makes a very tasty dip. Avocados are very fussy about their soil conditions and will not tolerate wet feet or heavy soils, it is essential to prepare the ground for an avocado well before planting. Young trees are susceptible to sunburn and damage from frost so a small shelter while they establish is a very good idea. Advanced Information DPI Avocado Information Kit FAQ Avocado DPI QLD Avocado Factsheet - Explains A & B types, Location & Planting, Pruning and much more.
Black Sapote
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Not surprisingly this is one of our most popular fruits and if you like Chocolate you'll love Black Sapote. Commonly known as Chocolate Pudding Fruit this amazing fruit is low in fat and an excellent source of Vitamin C containing about 4 times as much as an orange. The fruit is delicious eaten fresh or used as a chocolate substitute in recipes and milkshakes or simply mix the pulp with yogurt and lemon juice for a refreshing treat. Fruits can be cut in half and eaten covered in passion fruit, in Mexico the pulp is mashed with orange juice or brandy and served with cream, it is also delicious mixed with wine, cinnamon and sugar. The green fruit is picked when hard and allowed to soften and go brown within 3-6 days. At the ripe stage - you should be able to press the skin with your fingers and leave an indent. A very close relative of the persimmon the black sapote is a Chocoholics dream come true!
Blueberry
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These varieties of blueberry plants perform well in warm conditions and provide a good bounty of berries. To grow successfully provide organic matter and ample moisture along with a soil pH of 5.5, also ideal for azaleas. Blueberries make excellent potted specimens provided 25% of Peat Moss is added to the potting mix. Potted plants are a great gardening project for Children who delight in harvesting the fruit. Low chill varieties such as 'Misty' and 'Sharpblue' can be pruned after cropping to induce a second crop that will ensure a supply of delicious fruit throughout the year. Blueberries apart from being delicious have many fantastic health benefits. They are extremely high in antioxidants, and have anti-inflammatory properties, as well as lowering cholesterol in the blood, it is also claimed that they improve motor skills, balance and co-ordination in elderly people. The longer the fruits are left on the bush to mature the greater the health benefits are so if you can beat the birds leave the fruits to the last minute to pick.
Brazilian Cherry
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The fruit is delicious eaten out-of-hand or as an ingredient in jelly, sauce and pies.
Cherimoya
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Its possible that no known fruit compares to the delicious taste of the cherimoya. The white flesh is luscious, soft and sweet and is described by many as having the flavour of Mango, pawpaw, bananas and coconut. They're absolutely delicious when devoured icy-cold from the freezer and eaten like ice-cream. A large evergreen tree with flowers and a scent just like the fruit tastes. Very closely related and similar in appearance to the custard apple. Cropping as far south as Melbourne.
Custard Apple Tree
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Custard apple trees grow on an attractive small to medium sized tree that is similar in habit to the cherimoya. The open, spreading canopy is made up of long drooping branches that can often touch the ground. This tree offers delicious fruit and succulent soft white flesh that is delicious eaten fresh or blended into icecream or as a rich creamy drink.
Feijoa Tree
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Sometimes called the pineapple guava the feijoa, although in the same family is not a guava. Becoming increasingly popular as a commercial crop, the fruit has the taste and aroma of strawberry, pineapple, lemon, passionfruit and guava. The tiny edible seeds are embedded in a jellylike center. The spectacular purple, pink and white flowers have sweet delicious petals that make a superb ingredient in sweets and drinks. Trees are very attractive and can be planted to form beautiful flowering and fruiting hedges, screens or windbreaks. They espalier well and can be trained as a small standard tree or a multi-trunked specimen. They are well suited to pot culture and even seedling trees will produce flowers and fruits after as little as three years.
Governors Plum
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A small tree that bears large edible berries of dark purple to black and is similar in texture to a European plum. The grafted variety is thornless and self pollinating. An attractive tree with coppery new growth. Hardy and easy to grow. They are the tropical equivalent of the damsons plum and like them, the Governor's plum also have enough pectin to make good jams and jellies. Seedling plants can be use to create an impenetrable hedge due to their formidable thorns.
Grumichama
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This fruit is the tropical equivalent of the cherry and just as difficult to resist. The purplish-black fruit is borne in clusters and is delicious eaten fresh. The sweet white flesh is highly prized for jams, jellies and pies. If you are looking for a spectacular ornamental specimen than it would be hard to go past this tree with its magnificent flowers, glossy dark green foliage and full growth habit. The tree is hardy to most conditions provided you can offer it protection from frosts paricularly when young. It can withstand light frosts once established. While the tree will still retinly its highly ornamental qualities during drought periods, the crop quality deteriorates if adequate water is not available during fruit development.
Guava Tree
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The Guava Tree is a sweet, fragrant tropical fruit which ranges in size from a small egg size to that of a medium apple. To eat raw, guavas should be very ripe. They make excellent jams, preserves and sauces. Guava trees are very attractive with blotchy patched bark in greens, browns and creams. They have pretty fluffy flowers and are ornamental whether in fruit or flower. Guavas are ideal for use as fruiting hedges, landscaping trees and as ornamental potted specimen trees where they will be happy to produce masses of fruit. The strawberry guava is more suited to smaller gardens because of its compact growing habit.
Jaboticaba
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The jaboticaba fruit tree has a habit of producing the fruit directly on the trunk makes this a striking tree. The black fruit has an edible thin, but tough skin. The texture is similar to a grape with a sweet and aromatic flavour. Cropping can begin at 5 years with several crops maturing from spring to autumn. A versatile small tree with decorative coppery foliage that makes for an ornamental specimen tree or superb hedge.
Longan Tree
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A close relative to the Lychee tree but much larger, stronger and more cold tolerant. The fruit is deliciously sweet, bearing just after the lychee, so for Lychee lovers this is a welcomed taste variation to look forward to. A highly ornamental tree with beautiful green leaves and clusters of yellow flowers that have a wonderful scent.