Bannister Fruit Trees (Popular)
Bannister Fruit Trees and the most popular plants Australians buy for mail order. With fruit trees you should consider climate suitability.
Pistachio - Sirora - Female
$79.00 ($79.00-$89.00 choose a size)
High yielding female tree, pair with a male for pollination. Grows to be a small tree or shrub. Best suited to areas with cold winters and hot dry summers, requiring 1000 hours below 7.5 degrees in the winter. Summer and autumn need to be dry to prevent fungal problems. Pistachios are dioecious meaning male and females flowers are produced on separate trees, one of each will be required for fruit set. Spreading habit, wider than it is tall. Pistachios tend toward biennial cropping, meaning they alternately bear lots of nuts one year, then very little the following year
Pistachio - Blue Male
$79.00 ($79.00-$89.00 choose a size)
Male pistachio, pollinator for Females. Blue will come into production as a pollen producer at an earlier age than other males. One male will pollinate up to 8 females.
Pistachio - Kerman Female
$79.00 ($79.00-$89.00 choose a size)
The female Kerman Pistachio is popular in commercial production and has good flavour with a nice green colour to the kernal. Late blooming, biennial heavy producer. Prefers a longer growing season Pistachio trees are best suited to areas with cold winters and hot dry summers, requiring 1000 hours below 7.5 degrees in the winter. Summer and autumn need to be dry to prevent fungal problems. Pistachios are dioecious meaning male and females flowers are produced on separate trees, one of each will be required for fruit set. Spreading habit, wider than it is tall. Pistachios tend toward biennial cropping, meaning they alternately bear lots of nuts one year, then very little the following year
Lychee - Bosworth 3
$74.00 ($74.00-$79.00 choose a size)
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. Early season.
Kiwiberry - Issai
$24.00 ($24.00-$28.90 choose a size)
The only selection that is self fertile, producing hairless Kumquat sized fruit. Originating in Japan, this selection will start cropping in its 2nd year. Taste is similar to the normal Kiwifruit. While having hermaphrodite flowers and achieving fruit set on its own, if you have the room, plant another variety for a more abundant harvest.
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