Victoria Plains Fruit Trees (Popular)
Victoria Plains Fruit Trees and the most popular plants Australians buy for mail order. With fruit trees you should consider climate suitability.
Pistachio - Blue Male
$89.00
Male pistachio, pollinator for Females. One male will pollinate up to 15 females.
Pistachio - Kerman Female
$89.00 ($89.00-$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. 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
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Vanilla Vine
$29.00 ($24.00-$39.00 choose a size)
The fermented pod of this climbing orchid is harvested from the Vanilla Vine or orchid, an aromatic sweet scents used to flavour cakes, and perfumes. Must be hand pollinated. The only insect capable of pollinating the blossom is the Melipona, a bee (see video) , native only to Mexico so all plants must be hand pollinated within 12 hours of the flower opening. The pods take nine month to develop.
Neem tree - grafted
$49.00
Often called the Wonder Tree, the neem has been used for centuries in Asia against insects and for some medicinal purposes. The natural insecticide azadirachtin can be extracted from the seeds of the neem tree. Grafting onto the White Cedar rootstock allows for a stronger root system in cooler regions and less problems with dieback in winter. Removal of any shoots from below the graft is essential maintenance to maintain your grafted neem. Weed warning: in Dry Tropics Neem tree regenerates easily and can be a weed problem. Not a problem in subtropical regions.
Macadamia - Gouros
$39.00 ($19.75-$39.00 choose a size)
Heavy cropping selection made by Bill Gouros at Bora Ridge. This selection has smooth leaves, is a vigorous tree that produces large, high quality nuts. Copes well during dry conditions, it has beautiful, glossy foliage. The tree has open foliage and the nuts form towards the centre of the tree which protects them from hot sun. Early to mid season.Developed at Roxanne Plantations
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