My Edible Fruit Trees: Str

Acanthostachys Strobilacea

Comments: - The Pinecone Bromeliad is native to Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. It bears red pine-cone like fruit about 2.5cms in length resembling a tiny pineapple. The fruits are edible and are said to have a good taste although I haven't tried them yet. A very tough and cold hardy plant.

Planted: 2021

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Achira - Cambodian strain (Cutting)

Comments: -

white skinned rather then the common red-skinned.
supposed to be more productive...
we'll see
 in time

Planted: 2012

Alpine Strawberry (Seedling) ^10/10

Comments: -

I LOVE alpine strawberries and grow white and also red fruited kinds. They are easy to grow and love light shade.

The fruits are very small but have a strong, lucious strawberry taste. The plants are clumping and most alpine varieties don't produce runners. They easily reseed themselves so you don't have to worry there. They do well in pots or in the ground. I have mine planted in a shadehouse where they look great among the ferns.

Fruiting Months January, February, March, April

Planted: 1992

Height 30 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 20

Fruit Harvest: 50 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

Keep an eye out for slugs and snails. Birds often don't bother with the white ones.

Organic Status:Pesticides Used

alpine strawberry (Seedling) ^7/10

Planted: 2009

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 8

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

I find that these plants don't do very well here.......it's too dry!!!  They really need watering every day, and like a bit of shade.

antidesma erostre

Comments: -

Finally found one of these buggers! I'm dying to see how well it does here in my hotbox Brisbane suburban concrete rental monstrosity. 

This is a native currant, supposedly a bushy, sprawling shrub that loads itself down with many, many, tiny, tasty fruits. I'm keen to give a few more native fruiters a go in my yard, so I'm hoping for a surviver for my concrete hotbox.

Bought from Neilsen's Native Nursery at Loganholme, after I found the currant listed as a plant species of Tarrawood native growers down south- Neilsen's was listed as the only QLD supplier. Emailed them, and they had one lone plant left! And when I got there, it was a stunningly healthy plant, and damn cheap too! Woot! That nursery had so many great things, at reasonable prices, and excellent condition. 

My experiments with native fruit trees tells me to go SUPER easy on the nutrients. They sicken and die with too much good stuff. They prefer wood chip compost over food waste compost, coir is good when soaked in seasol and worm wee, and a nice layer of mulch on top. I'm babying this one by the side of the house for a few weeks, as Neilsen's had a heck of a lot of breezes, that kept the place a lot cooler and less humid than my yard. I'll let it acclimatise, and seek out a nice big pot for it.

Now seeking antidesma bunius (Bignay), and antidesma ghaesembilla (Native black currant). 

Planted: 2019

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

Apple - Australian Beauty (Grafted) ^5/10

Fruiting Months May

Planted: 2010

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting, Yearly, Winter, Spring

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Apple Striped Fuji (Grafted) ^5/10

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pruned By: 10% in Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Gala and Golden Delicious

Organic Status:Organic

Australian Blood Lime (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: -

New CSIRO developed native lime cross. Here's their spiel:

'Australian Blood' (also known as 'Australian Red Centre') is a hybrid between an acid mandarin and a native finger lime. It has blood-red rind, flesh and juice.

It is a nice plant. More prolific than the ordinary finger lime. Very weeping habit. Tons of round fruit which start off like a stumpy black finger lime and fill out to a round red fruit. Taste is very good - particularly in salads or chopped into 'wheels' and put into drinks. Skin is edible and sweet! 

Fruiting Months January, February, March, August, September, October

Planted: 2011

Height 3 Feet

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 3 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 2 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Organic Link

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Australian Lime (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: -

Citrus of the Year 1995.  Not native. Rootstock - Troya citrange.  Begins as a lime when green and becomes a lemonade tree when it turns yellow.  Very prolific. 

Planted: 2003

Height 2 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 4 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Austrocylindropuntia vestita

Comments: -

A small furry cactus covered with white hair. Numerous deep red flowers develop in Spring followed by small edible fruits. Being a compact plant, I find it's best grown in a pot.

Planted: 2022

Height 30 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

austromertus coppertops (Seedling) ^10/10

Comments: -

Hope spelling is correct! Australian native groundcover. Very attractive plant for even an ornamental garden. Gets covered in a mass of small white flowers, followed by delightful white berries covered in fine purple freckles. Berries fall into the hand when ripe and taste sweet and spicey. Produces large amounts of fruit over a long period.

Fruiting Months January, February, March, December

Planted: 2006

Height 25 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 4

Fruit Harvest: 3 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 6 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control:

None needed.

Organic Status:Organic

Austromyrtus dulcis — Midyim Berry

Austromyrtus tenuifolius

Comments: -

Cousin to A. dulcis.

Bush banana - Marsdenia australis

Bush banana - Marsdenia australis

Bush banana - Marsdenia australis

Comments: - A native bush food. Grows on a twining vine. Seeds gerninate readily. The seeds taste like green peas to me. Interesting food but more of a novelty for us.

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Very small amounts of Slow release organic chook manure - low phosphorus.

Bush banana - Marsdenia australis

Bush banana - Marsdenia australis

Bush banana - Marsdenia australis

Bush banana - Marsdenia australis

Bush banana - Marsdenia australis

Bush banana - Marsdenia australis

Bush banana - Marsdenia australis

Bush banana - Marsdenia australis

Bush banana - Marsdenia australis

Bush banana - Marsdenia australis

Bush banana - Marsdenia australis

Bush banana - Marsdenia australis

Bush banana - Marsdenia australis

Bush banana - Marsdenia australis