Browns Plains Fruit Trees (Popular)
Browns Plains Fruit Trees and the most popular plants Australians buy for mail order. With fruit trees you should consider climate suitability.
Orange - Bergamot
$46.95
The rind of this orange fruit is used in the fragrance industry. The juice can also be used as a substitute for lemon juice. The bergamot is a sour orange selection and the aromatic oil is extracted commercially in southern France
Chinotto
$27.00 ($17.75-$27.00 choose a size)
The soft drink named for this citrus tree - 'Chinotto' is delicious with a unique flavour. It is well suited to this, as the taste of the flesh is bitter but the sweet citrus flavours develop with cooking. The rind is candied and added to Panettone, an Italian speciality, popular at Christmas celebrations. It is an attractive small tree with orange like fruits, well suited to container growing or small gardens.
Gumbi Gumbi
$19.90 ($4.90-$19.90 choose a size)
This drought hardy tree has a weeping appearance with long and slender leaves to 10cm. The fruit changes from green to yellow/orange when ripe splits open with red sticky seeds. Great for an informal native hedge. Traditional medicinal uses: An infusion of the seeds, fruit pulp, leaves or wood was ingested for the relief of pain and cramps. Decoction of the fruits was drunk and applied for eczema. Bush medicine, for colds, cramps, itching. Seeds ground for flour. Gumbi Gumbi is resistant to both drought and frost, and grows in a wide variety of soil types, from heavy clay to mostly sand. But for best results in a home garden, choose a well-drained loamy soil or potting mix, located in full sun, and water well throughout the dry season.
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Trifoliata
$12.90 ($12.90-$19.00 choose a size)
Trifoliata rootstock is resistant to citrus nematode and some species of phytophthora. It grows well on heavier clay loams to loamy soils in the cooler areas. Fruit quality is excellent when used under oranges and some mandarins. Best all purpose stock for orchardists and home gardeners.
