Bower Fruit Trees (Popular)
Bower Fruit Trees and the most popular plants Australians buy for mail order. With fruit trees you should consider climate suitability.
Kiwifruit - Hayward Female
$39.00 ($24.75-$42.90 choose a size)
Most popular commercial kiwifruit variety. Excellent quality and size, but does require a higher chill requirement than most other varieties. The Chieftain Male is the superior pollinator for these and the Kiwifruit Male is an alternative pollinator
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Amla
$14.90 ($14.90-$79.00 choose a size)
The Amla or Indian Gooseberry is a small leafy tree that grows throughout India and bears an edible fruit. Amla oil is extracted from its seeds and pulp. The amla fruit is often referred to as the "Indian Gooseberry" because of its edible, very tart taste. The pectin content makes it ideal for jam and chutneys. The tree begins to yield fruit from the third year onwards and the productivity levels are good. Amla oil is prepared from dried amla berries, which have been soaked in coconut oil for several days. This oil is one of the world's oldest natural hair conditioners. These trees are semi deciduous in the winter and spring, and may lose some leaves in transport as a stress response. This is quite normal and the plant will recover well.
Buy 4+ @$14.90ea usually:$24.00ea Aramex Free Freight
Passionfruit - Nellie Kelly
$19.90 ($19.75-$19.90 choose a size)
An excellent variety of passionfruit that has been well proven over the years. Plant in full sun and give regular moisture during the growing season for an abundant crop of delicious passionfruit.
Kurrajong - Desert
$19.90
Bushfood plant producing seed used for roasting and baking damper, but also for its edible root. Attractive, lime green foliage and a rounded crown produces valuable shade in its hot arid environment. Adapted to the arid regions of WA, SA and the Northern Territory, it goes deciduous in the dry season of October to December, and can survive extended dry periods by dropping leaves whenever necessary. Small yellow flowers appear at this time. Water is stored in its roots surprisingly close to the surface and are relatively easy to dig as a food and water source. They are reported to taste like pear and have a coconut flesh-like consistency. The tree produces thick bark on its western facing trunk, enabling people to determine direction in a featureless landscape. Seed pods are ripe in summer and are smaller than other species of Brachychiton, but are still coated in the distinctive irritating hairs of the genus. These can be rubbed or lightly toasted off. Leaf shape varies in young plants, but mature leaves eventually are 3 lobed like the footprint of the emu. Can grow between 3-10m, as a bonsai, in temperate and tropical areas, in full sun or part shade as long as drainage is very good.
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Burdekin Plum
$14.75 ($4.90-$19.75 choose a size)
This close relative of the Mango is a native tropical rainforest tree. The deep purple, fleshy, plum-like fruits need to be held for some days to soften and mellow before eating. The flavour then is reminiscent if a prune with a hint of a Davidson's Plum to finish.Early settlers (probably taught by First Australians) were known to bury them in the ground which had the effect of softening them and increasing palatability. The fruit can be eaten raw, or used in wines, jams and jellies. The Burdekin plum is exceptionally hardy and can cope with long dry periods once it is established. It does however prefer free draining soil and lots of sunshine to perform well. Trees are monoecious and will usually set on their own, however they will produce much better yields if they are plants in small clusters of 2-3 trees.
Buy 2+ @$14.75ea usually:$19.75ea
