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Sugar N Spice: This interspecific Nectarine Kalamata: A sought after and famous pickling Crimson Rocket: A unique new variety (cross between a nectarine and a plum) is a variety. Grows to a medium sized tree. Leaves with a naturally narrow and upright growth delightful, crisp yet sweet fruit with white flesh are larger than most other olives. Kalamata fruit habit. Produces medium-sized, yellow Double Grafted Peach/Nectarine – Nectazee/ and a rustic red-yellow skin. Matures mid to has a characteristic slight curve near the base. fleshed, freestone, juicy, sweet fruit, perfect Grapes Mulberries Pixzee- Grafted with Trixzie® Nectazee Miniature late season. Traditionally pickled when fruit is fully mature for dessert. Ideal for growing in pots. Matures Nectarine, highly coloured fruit with yellow flesh, and purple/black in colour. Matures April-May. mid-January. These wonderfully hardy and productive What childhood would be complete Medium to large, red blushed skin with maturing mid-January and Pixzee® Miniature Sunbob: vines provide bountiful fruit and welcome without climbing a backyard Mulberry yellow flesh. Semi-clingstone. Well flavoured, A very good all-round variety. Produces double pink flowers Peach with red blushed, yellow fleshed fruit, Manzanillo: Double Jewel: shade when planted on a pergola. tree and feasting on its delicious fruit? sweet fruit. Low chill variety well suited to the Tree habit is low and spreading, making it in spring followed by good flavoured, yellow maturing mid-late January. Height at maturity metro and coastal districts. Not recommended easy to harvest. It’s a heavy bearer of medium fleshed, freestone fruit with red-blushed skin. Crimson Seedless: Produces seedless, crimson Black English: An old favourite with delicious around 1.5m. berries. Maturing early March. Prune to canes of red/black, juicy fruit. Matures December. Slow for frost prone districts. Matures late November- sized olives, suitable for either pickling or oil Matures late December. early December. production. Traditionally used for green 8 buds each. growing, tree with dense, rounded canopy. Flordagold: Produces large, clingstone fruit Attractive rounded to slightly heart shaped pickled olives. Matures May. Flame Seedless: Produces red, seedless berries. Sunsnow: Medium to large, red blushed skin, with light red over yellow skin and juicy yellow foliage. Grows to 4 x 4m. Gives good shade. Triple Grafted Matures early January. Spur prune. over a light greeny-white ground colour. White, Mission: (AKA New Norcia Mission) Good flesh. Matures mid-December. Hick’s Fancy: A vigorous, rapid growing tree juicy, clingstone flesh. Low chill variety well dual-purpose olive, producing good oil. Also Italia: Produces large, round, seeded, golden Fruit Trees Okee Dokee™: Produces a flat style, that produces prolific, delicious red-black suited to the metro and coastal districts. Not utilise for pickling. It’s also an excellent oil variety. blushed, Muscat flavoured berries. Matures clingstone fruit with yellow flesh and berries. Matures late spring. A quick grower Apple Crimson Crisp/Pixie Crunch and recommended for frost prone districts. Matures The Mission grows tall, so it requires pruning to mid-February to early April. Spur prune. Grafted with three of Flemings red blushed skin. Matures February. to 4-6m high, control with regular pruning. Williams Pride – early to mid-December. keep to an easy picking size. It also does well in easy care Apples. Dark red blushed Crimson Crisp colder areas. Matures April-July. Peacharine: A peach/nectarine cross Lady’s Finger: Produces large, oval and slightly Produces good flavoured, medium- White Mulberry* (Alba): A rapidly growing and red blushed Pixie Crunch, both maturing Sunwright: producing large, freestone fruit with elongated, white, seeded berries. Matures late sized, firm, clingstone fruit with red speckled : Traditional Greek pickling variety. Large, tree, producing multitudes of long, greenish- early March. And William’s Pride, red streaked Volos smooth red blushed skin and yellow juicy February. Spur prune. over yellow skin. Matures December oval shaped fruit makes it an ideal pickler. Has yellow berries. Matures October-December. and blushed fruit maturing mid-late January. flesh. Matures mid to late January. high oil content. Can be used for either green Ribier: A vigorous variety, suitable for pergolas or Height 4 x 4m. White Satin: A white fleshed nectarine with Apple Gala, Pink Lady and Red Fuji- Grafted or black pickled Olives. Matures April-June. Tasty Zee: Produces very sweet, rounded, high trellis. Produces large bunches of reddish- bright red blushed skin. Matures December. with pinkish-red skinned Gala, maturing late medium-sized, white fleshed, freestone fruit black, round, seeded berries. Matures February. Low chill variety. Also known as Jumbo February, juicy, pink-red skinned Pink Lady, Oliva di Cerignola: with highly coloured, dark red skin. Matures Spur prune; also leave 6 canes of 6 buds each. or Super Kalamata. Produces unique, Multigrafted maturing in May and Red Fuji, red skinned mid to late January. Red Globe: Very popular table grape. Produces maturing mid-April. Dwarf/ Compact elongated large, oval shaped fruit with a high bunches of large, rounded, seeded, red berries. Trees flesh to seed ratio. A famous pickling variety. Tropic Beauty: Produces large red to pink Matures mid to late February. Prune to canes of Apple Golden Delicious, Granny Smith and Nectarines Matures April–June. skinned, clingstone fruit with yellow flesh. Make the most of limited space Jonathan- Grafted with golden skinned Golden Matures mid-December. Good low chill variety 8 buds each. A dwarf tree growing to and enjoy the fruit of multiple Delicious maturing mid -March, red skinned Dwarf Crimson Baby: well suited to the metro and coastal areas. 1.5 to 2m in height and width. Produces fruit Sultana: Produces classic, green, seedless varieties off the same tree! Jonathan, maturing late February and green Passionfruit berries, developing a golden blush with age. skinned Granny Smith, maturing early April. with smooth red skin and yellow flesh. Matures These quick growing vines are a must for the Tropic Snow: Produces large to medium, firm, Matures late January. Cane prune. early November. home gardener. We have moved away from white-fleshed, freestone fruit with pale pink Triple Grafted Peach/Nectarine Double Jewel, grafted passionfruit varieties because of blush over green skin. Good flavour. Matures Double Grafted Queen Giant and Tasty Zee- Grafted with Trixzie® ‘Nectazee’ Miniature Nectarine: early-mid December. Guavas Peach Tasty Zee with super sweet, white flesh, Another dwarf variety ideal for tubs or small their troublesome suckering root-systems. Edulis Black: Black/purple skinned fruit. Quick Medium-large, rounded red Pineapple Guava (Feijoa sellowiana): An maturing mid-late January and Peach Double gardens. Produces pink spring blossom, followed White : Fruit Trees grower. Non suckering. Matures summer. attractive, evergreen shrub producing small Jewel with red skin and yellow flesh, maturing by highly coloured, full-sized fruit. A freestone blushed fruit. Sweet, white fleshed, clingstone Double Grafted Apple - Gala/Red Fuji- Double and oval shaped fruit, great for fruit salads, late December. Also Nectarine Queen Giant with variety with yellow flesh. Grows to 1.5m in height fruit. Matures Late December-early January. grafted with pinkish-red skinned Gala, maturing Sunshine Special: A local variety originating jams and chutney. Group planting recommended white flesh, crimson-red blushed fruit, maturing and width. Matures mid-late January. Good low chill variety, suitable for coastal areas. late February and Red Fuji, red skinned maturing in Mundijong W.A. Large fruit filled with delicious for improved pollination and fruit set. Matures late December. May require fruit thinning. mid-April. Dwarf Royal Gem: A dwarf tree growing 1.5 to pulp. Skin colour red/purple over the warmer in winter. 2m in height and width. Produces medium-sized, months and tending to be more purple/ green Double Grafted Apple - Crimson Crisp/Pixie over the cooler months. Begins flowering and Strawberry Guava (Psidium Cattleianum): Also Traditional Nectarines red-skinned, clingstone fruit with unique pink Dwarf Peaches Crunch- Dark red blushed Crimson Crisp and red fruiting from an early age and mature plants known as Cherry Guava. Attractive, evergreen Traditional style trees are self-fertile and blushed, white flesh. Matures early December. Dwarf Flordagold: Produces large, clingstone blushed Pixie Crunch, both maturing early March. seem to carry some fruit almost all year round. shrub to small tree, usually 1-3 metres tall. grow to around 4m high and wide. fruit with light red over yellow skin and juicy Dwarf Nectarine: Produces double, Non grafted, non-suckering variety. Leathery, glossy green foliage. Masses of small Double Grafted Apple - Golden Delicious/ pink blossoms in spring followed by full sized, yellow flesh. Matures mid- December. Grows Arctic Rose: A taste sensation. Producing red skinned fruit 2-3.5cm across filled with tangy Granny Smith- Grafted with golden skinned freestone, red skinned fruit with delicious yellow to 1-2m high. freestone, white, sweet-fleshed fruit with red white flesh and many seeds. Self-fertile. Matures Golden Delicious maturing mid–March and green flesh. It has attractive red foliage throughout the blushed skin. Best eaten while still firm, like an Paw Paw/Papaya Dwarf Golden Queen: Famous canning and late summer. Suitable for hedging. skinned Granny Smith, maturing early April. season. And grows to 80cm in height and width. apple. Matures mid-January. These tropical fruits are seasonally available bottling variety. Golden skin and flesh colour. Double Grafted Apricot – Moorpark/ Trevatt Matures in late December. over the warmer months. The Paw Paws we Clingstone. Height and width to 1.5-2m. Late Fantasia: Produces yellow fleshed, freestone Mangoes - Featuring Moorpark, medium to large orange Dwarf Tuscany: A dwarf tree growing 1.5 to 2m offer are bisexual and in theory self-fertile. season maturity, March-April. fruit with red blushed skin. Matures mid-late However as they are seed grown, the reality Mangoes are evergreen trees capable of skinned fruit, maturing late December – early in height and width. Produces medium to large, Dwarf Sunset Peach: Produces double pink January. is that the resulting seedlings are variable. growing to around 4-8m in Perth and are January and Trevatt, medium to large pale freestone, red-skinned, white fleshed, fruit. flowers in spring followed by full sized, white While the majority of seedlings will be available from late spring. Provide shade for apricot coloured skin maturing mid-December. Goldmine: Produces medium-sized clingstone Matures early February. fleshed, freestone fruit. Maturing late November bisexual, some will also be male or female. young trees for their first two summers, as fruit with red skin and juicy white flesh. A reliable to early December. Grows to 80cm in height Double Grafted Nectarine – Goldmine/ May To overcome this variability, the best policy they are prone to sunburn, until they adjust Grafted with Goldmine, red blushed skin, cropper. Matures early February. and width. Grand - Olives to ensure reliable pollination is to plant in to our climate. Both grafted and seedling white flesh, maturing mid-late January and May May Grand: Produces fine flavoured, freestone The classic Mediterranean tree. Olives groups of three or more. Paw Paws require Trixzie® ‘Pixzee’ Miniature Peach: A dwarf Mangoes will begin fruiting as little as 3 to Grand, red skinned with yellow flesh, maturing nectarines, with yellow flesh and highly coloured are extremely hardy and long lived once frost free conditions and do best in improved, peach producing spring pink flowers followed by 4 years after planting. Grafted trees will mid-late December. red blushed skin. Matures mid- December. well drained soils in sunny protected full sized delicious, yellow fleshed, freestone, red sometimes fruit a year earlier than seedling established. They prefer relatively frost free positions. Plants can grow to 2-3m tall. blushed fruit. Ideal for tubs. Matures mid to late grown trees. Double Grafted Peach – Tasty Zee/ Double Queen Giant®: Produces white-fleshed, districts and slightly alkaline (limey) soils. Jewel - Grafted with two great modern Peaches. freestone fruit with crimson red blushed skin and Olive trees left to their own devices will tend January. Grows to 1.5m in height and width. Seedling Mango Kensington Pride*(Bowen): Tasty Zee with super sweet, white flesh, maturing full flavour. Fruit matures late December-early to develop a very dense canopy and regular Valley Red Dwarf: Produces medium-sized, The standard Australian mango, producing large, mid-late January and Double Jewel with red skin February. pruning is required to limit height and keep Peaches yellow fleshed, freestone fruit with red-blushed delicious, highly coloured fruit, which matures in and yellow flesh, maturing late December. the trees fairly open in the centre of the skin. Matures early March. Grows to only 2m high. February. Spicezee: A nectarine/plum cross. Maroon-red canopy. Olives are generally considered as Double Grafted Pear – Packhams/ Williams Traditional Peaches skinned fruit with pale green to white flesh. self-fertile. They grow to around 4m x 4m King Thai*: Produces medium-sized, elongated, - Grafted with Bartlett, yellow skin, white flesh, Distinctive juicy flavour. Freestone fruit, matures and recommended spacing is 6-8m apart. These traditional varieties are self-fertile red blushed fruit with an aromatic Kensington matures mid-January and Packhams Triumph mid-January. Purplish-pink blossom in spring and grow into attractive rounded trees to Pride flavour. Slightly weeping branches. It’s a with pale lemon skin, maturing early-mid followed by red spring new foliage which fades Garden Harvest: A new, compact growing 4m x 4m. Spraying to prevent Peach Leaf compact, semi-dwarf tree, growing to 3 to 3.5m February. to green over summer. Vigorous, upright tree variety, growing to just 2-2.5m high and 2m wide. Curl is essential. Spray in late winter-early in height at maturity and 2 to 2.5m in width. Double Grafted Plum – Flavor Supreme/ to 4 x 4m. Great as a hedge or container Olive. Fruit Matures spring at the early bud swell stage. Suitable Mariposa- Grafted with Mariposa, blood red flesh in autumn suitable for pickling. sprays include Yates Liquid Copper. and dark maroon skin, maturing early to mid- January and Flavor Supreme with greenmaroon blushed skin and pinky red-dark red flesh, maturing mid-late December.

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Mariposa: Produces large, heart-shaped fruit with red flesh and a good flavour. It has a good Prunes Pears keeping quality. Matures mid-January. Pollinates D’Agen: A partially self-fertile variety. One with Ruby Blood, Satsuma or Santa Rosa. of the best prunes. Produces medium-sized, Seedling Chestnut*: Grown from the seed West Indian: A large shrub or small tree, Traditional Pears rich, sugary fruit. Excellent for drying. Matures Plumcott Dwarf Spring Satin: A plum/apricot of trees specially selected for their fruiting Lemons bearing small, round, green to yellow fruit, Pears are tall vigorous trees growing to cross. Produces showy white flowers, followed February. Pollinates with Robe de Sergeant. habit and large-sized nuts. *Very limited n The indispensable home fruit. with green flesh and a true lime flavour. 4 x 4m. Pears require cross pollination. by yellow/red fleshed fruit with rich, dark plum Grows to 4 x 4m umbers available. Everyone needs a lemon! Carries fruit for most of the year. This variety is less cold tolerant than Tahitian Lime. Bartlett (also known as Williams): Produces coloured skin. Matures late November to early Robe de Sergeant: Produces very sweet, Eureka: A very hardy, rewarding variety. A large, medium to large, white-fleshed fruit with smooth December. Partly self-pollinating, but better with medium-sized, dark blue to purple fruit. Matures Hazelnuts roughly rounded tree. Produces and carries some a pollinator like Plum Mariposa. Grows 2m high. early to late January. Pollinate with D’Agen. yellow skin. Good flavour. Matures January. Recommended for cooler districts. fruit all year round. Main crop matures late Mandarins Grows to 4x 4m. Pollinates with Beurre Bosc and 20th Century Primetime: Medium to large, heart shaped fruit. Hazelnuts are suckering shrubs forming winter to early summer. A prolific producer of Emperor: A recommended mid-season variety. (Nijisseiki). Red to purple coloured skin. Flesh is yellow with a thicket. They can grow to 3-4m high. large, rough skinned fruit. Every garden should Heavy cropping, producing large, easily peeled, have one. Beurre Bosc: Produces large, brown-skinned some pinky-red colouration diffused throughout. Quince sweet fruit that contains few seeds. Matures July. fruit with an excellent flavour. Matures February. Pollinates with Santa Rosa. Clingstone variety, American White*: Produces large mahogany Quinces are hardy fruits noted for their Lemonade Tree: The Lemonade Tree is a Imperial: An early maturing Australian variety. Pollinates with Bartlett and Red Sensation and maturing late December to early January. Grows to brown nuts. Pollinates with Cosford. showy display of white spring blossom and vigorous tree, bearing rounded, lemon-like fruit. Produces small, pale orange, sweet and tangy 20th Century. to 4 x 4m. late season, golden skinned aromatic fruit. Cosford*: Produces medium-sized nuts with The flesh has a sweet lemonade flavour that can fruit. Contains few seeds. Matures April to July. Josephine De Malines: Produces mediumsized, Santa Rosa: Produces excellent, tasty, blood Quinces are self-fertile and grow into small a light brown thin shell. A reliable cropper. be eaten fresh or squeezed to make lemonade. A very early maturing roundish, green/yellow skin. A highly flavoured coloured fruit with crimson skin. Matures late trees of around 3 x 3m. They are worth Pollinates with American White. *Very limited A heavy cropper, ideal for pots. Carries some Japanese Seedless: variety with sweet, low acid fruit that’s easy to variety, maturing in March. Pollinates with Kosui, December. Pollinates with Ruby Blood, Satsuma growing just to make your own home-made stocks available. fruit for most of the year. peel. Matures April to June. Packham’s Triumph and 20th Century. or Mariposa. Quince paste! Lisbon: A heavy cropping variety, similar to Ortanique: The latest maturing Mandarin Packham’s Triumph: A very popular variety with Smyrna: Produces large, roughly pear-shaped Macadamia Nuts Eureka, however the fruit is smaller and the skin variety, with fruit maturing August to September clear yellow skin and a delicious flavour. Matures fruit. A vigorous, productive tree, even at a young Macadamias are self-fertile and are fairly is smoother and thinner. High quality, Juicy, Dwarf Plums and hanging on tree till well into late spring. February. Pollinates with Josephine De Malines. age. Matures May- early Winter. large trees growing 5 to 8m high. high acid fruit. Tends to have a heavy, main crop Dwarf Plums grow to 1.5-2.5m tall. Ideal for ripening over winter-spring and carries some Produces fruit with highly coloured skin with Produces red skinned, medium Red Sensation: small garden and large tubs. Plums require Grafted Macadamia: Trees grafted with reliable fruit for much of the year. Good cold tolerance. sweet, juicy, full-flavoured flesh. to large fruit. Similar in shape and size to Bartlett. cross pollination. Strawberries Macadamia selections. Grafted trees start Becoming very popular with commercial growers. Creamy white, smooth-textured flesh. Matures producing nuts after about 5 years. Mature Silverhill: Aeedless variety, producing fruit Dwarf Gulf Ruby: Produces large, yellow fleshed Grow your own delicious strawberries. early February. Pollinates with Beurre Bosc and nuts fall from February to September. Limited Lemonicious: A dwarf “patio” lemon, similar with smooth, thin skin and sweet, juicy flesh. fruit, with pink-red skin. Matures early to mid- Our container grown plants are ideal for 20th Century. seasonal availability. to Lots of lemons. This is a dwarf form of Meyer Matures April to July. December. Considered self-pollinating but will planting up your pots, hanging baskets Lemon, recommended for container planting pollinate with Santa Rosa or Sunrise Gulf. A low or your own strawberry patch. where it excels, producing bountiful, full sized Dwarf Pears chill variety. Oranges Chandler: A high yielding, brilliantly coloured Walnuts fruit. Main crop winter-spring, but tends to spot Super Dwarf Pears will grow 2-2.5m high Maltese Blood: Produces fruit with Dwarf Mariposa: Produces large, heartshaped variety with exceptional flavour. Medium to Franquette*: Requires cold winters, suited flower and fruit at other times. and 1.5-2m wide. to Perth hills and inland southwest. A self- orangereddish skin and irregular, red pigmented fruit with red flesh and a good flavour. It has a large conical to wedge shaped fruits. Main A dwarf form of the popular pollinating variety, producing large thin skinned Lots of Lemons: flesh. Matures July to September. Super Dwarf Bartlett (also know as Williams): good keeping quality. Matures mid- January. fruiting period is spring through till mid-Summer. Meyer Lemon. Produces an abundance of full- nuts. Matures April to May. *Limited availability. Produces a low acid and virtually Produces medium to large, whitefleshed fruit Pollinates with Ruby Blood, Satsuma or Originally bred for Southern Californian conditions sized, smooth skinned fruit. Ideal for growing in Cara Cara: seedless Blood Navel Orange. Cara Cara’s pink with smooth yellow skin. Good flavour. Matures Santa Rosa. and well suited to the Perth metro area. containers. Grows 1-1.5m high on average. January. Pollinates with Beurre Bosc and 20th coloured flesh is sweet to taste, with subtle Century (Nijisseiki). Dwarf Santa Rosa: Produces excellent, tasty, Fragoo: This variety is both decorative and Meyer: A smaller growing tree, ideally suited cherry undertones and is extremely juicy. blood coloured fruit with crimson skin. Matures delicious with unique, pink flowers followed Citrus Fruits to growing in containers or small gardens. Matures winter. Super Dwarf Beurre Bosc: Produces large, late December. Pollinates with Ruby Blood, by sweet, red fruit. Extra-long runners are a Produces rounded, thin-skinned, juicy fruit, brown-skinned fruit with an excellent flavour. Citrus fruits are a must for the home garden. Produces very sweet, slightly oval Satsuma or Mariposa. feature adding to its appeal when grown in maturing mainly during winter. Sweeter in Navelina: Matures February. Pollinates with Bartlett, Red Citrus are very tough and rewarding fruit shaped fruit. A vigorous medium-sized tree. pots and baskets. flavour than other lemons. A heavy bearer, Sensation and 20th Century. Dwarf Satsuma: Produces delicious, juicy trees. Traditional citrus trees generally grow Matures May blood coloured fruit with dark red skin and flesh. Temptation: A compact growing variety ideal to around 3-4m x 3m. Many varieties are now even as a young tree. See 20th Century Nashi: Matures mid-January. Pollinates with Santa Rosa for container and basket growing. Heart shaped, also available as dwarf or semi dwarf trees, Ruby Blood: A medium-sized tree producing Super Dwarf Nashi Pear 20th Century or Mariposa. deep red, delicious fruit. these are ideal for large tubs and smaller Limes round to slightly flattened fruit with orange to Produces round yellowish-green reddish tinged skin. Matures July to September. (Nijisseiki): Dwarf Sunrise Gulf: Produces small, gardens (see text box for more on dwarf and Australian Rainforest Pearl: A native Finger fruit with creamy-white flesh and a delicious redblushed fruit with yellow flesh. Well suited semi- dwarf Citrus). Lime selection. Finger-like fruit is reddish-brown Valencia: A popular sweet orange, producing crisp flavour. Partly self-fertile. Pollinates with to the metro area and coastal districts. Matures in colour and contains red blushed juice sacks medium-sized, very juicy fruit. Matures Bartlett, Beurre Bosc, Kosui, Josephine and Red early December. Pollinates with Gulf Ruby. Nut Trees Cumquats with lime flavours. Use in marinades, sauces and September to December. Sensation. Matures mid to late February. Almonds Calamondin: A highly ornamental, upright salads. A hardy, thorny, small to medium tree Washington Navel: The most popular home Pomegranates and columnar small tree, growing to 3m high. best kept to 3-4m. Suitable for large tubs. Matures garden variety. Produces large, seedless, juicy Persimmon Almonds bloom very early in spring, Produces multitudes of small round, orange autumn-winter. fruit. Matures May to September. Pomegranates are an ancient fruit. They’re Fuyu: Self-fertile, non-astringent variety maturing covering themselves in white blossom. Bird fruits with a tart flavour, suitable for marmalade. very hardy and one of the easiest fruits to Australian Red Centre Lime: A cross between Tangelo Minneola: Produces highly coloured, mid-autumn-early winter. Glossy orange skinned, netting is essential to protect developing Fruit are a wonderful winter colour. Ideal for tubs. grow. They thrive in our Mediterranean native Finger Lime and a Mandarin. Produces almost pear-shaped fruit. A very juicy, excellent rounded fruit. Delicious complex, sweet flavour. nuts from feathered thieves! Matures July to December. climate. Pomegranates can be maintained small, red-skinned, oval fruit, 3-5cm long. Matures eating variety. Matures July to September. Attractive autumn foliage colour is an added Nagami: A beautiful fruiting and ornamental as a large shrub or small tree growing 3 to All In One: Self-pollinating, producing sweet, winter. Grows to 2m high - ideal for pots. bonus. Tree size approximately 4 x 4 metres. small tree, growing 3 to 4m high. Nagami is the 4m high and wide. They flower in spring and flavourful, soft shelled Almonds on a semi dwarf Australian Sunrise Lime: A Finger Lime- sized tree. Matures mid-February. Grows to 3 x most popular cumquat variety. It produces summer and fruit matures late autumn to plentiful small, oval, orange fruits. The rind Calamondin cross. Produces small, oval to pear- Citrus customers note: early winter. Pomegranates are self-fertile. 3m. Plums is mildly sweet and the flesh is moderately shaped, yellow-skinned fruit with a tangy lime We also stock a range of dwarf and semi Gulosha Rosavaya: A Russian variety with very Dwarf Self-Pollinating Almond: Ideal for the acidic in flavor, ideal for marmalade, liqueurs flavour. Matures winter. It has wiry spiny branches dwarf citrus trees. home garden. A heavy bearer of soft-shelled, and crystallizing. An attractive container plant. and grows 2 to 4m high, smaller if kept clipped. Traditional Plums decorative, slightly elongated fruit with light, Semi dwarf citrus grow about two thirds pink-red skin colour. Produces large, red, juicy sweet, flavourful almonds. Dwarf form only Matures July to September. A slow growing, thorny small tree of Plums are vigorous trees growing to 4 x 4m. Kaffir: the size of a regular citrus tree. In most cases grains with an exceptional flavour. growing to 1.5 to 2m in height and width. At this irregular shape. Leaves are widely used in Asian Plums require cross pollination. size it’s so easy to net and protect your crop. depending on the variety, this means trees will Mollar de Elche: A variety selected from the Grapefruits cooking to impart a lime flavour. grow to between 2 to 3m on maturity. Semi- LittleChum (Cherry Plum): Small rounded to Fits into any garden and ideal for pots and tubs. town of Elche, in Valencia, Spain. Produces Grapefruits perform well in Perth. Fruit Sublime: A new dwarf form of West Indian Lime, dwarf trees can be readily grown in large tubs heart shaped, red skinned fruit. Small, seed Matures mid-February. exotic, pink- blushed fruit, filled with delicious, matures between July and September. with small rounded fruit. Skin colour changes to or in the garden spaced 2m apart. These size and juicy, yellow flesh which has a lovely jewel-like juice sacks surrounding edible seeds. : A very popular seedless variety. will begin fruiting earlier than regular-sized balance of plum and cherry flavours. Clingstone. Marsh Seedless yellow if left to fully mature. The fragrant flesh Chestnuts Produces large, pale yellow skinned fruit, with trees. They’re highly productive and have An upright tree due to its plum and cherry Wonderful: Produces showy, double, red flowers is greenish with classic lime flavour. Sublime is Recommended for cooler districts. Chestnuts white/yellow flesh. Matures June to September. recommended for growing in larger pots and high nematode and phytophthora (root rot) parentage. Pollinates with Primetime, in late spring to early summer, followed by resistance. Santa Rosa and Louisa. large orange–red blushed fruit, which matures are substantial trees, growing as large as Rio Red: Rio Red is a medium-sized tree tubs. It will grow to around 1.5m high in a pot and mid-May-early June. Produces a high quality 10 x 10m. To ensure pollination, plant with producing large fruit with heavily pigmented pink in the ground it can grow to around 3m. Dwarf citrus trees are ideal for Lusia: A self-pollinating variety producing another Chestnut variety or seedling. distinctive heart-shaped, large fruit with red juice. The Californian Pomegranate juice to red flesh. Tahitian Lime: A larger growing tree, well suited container planting as they grow to industry is based on this variety. Attractive, mature sizes of around 1.75-2m tall. blushed skin and yellow, sweet, juicy flesh. Flemings Prolific*: A grafted variety. Prolific Star Ruby: A red-fleshed variety usually seedless to Perth. Fruit resembles a lemon. The fruit rind Matures late January to early February. yellow autumn foliage. Frost hardy. bearer of medium to large, light brown nuts. to few seeds. Produces thin-skinned fruit with varies from green to yellow/orange at maturity Matures late March to mid-April. sweet flesh and a high juice content. Matures with seedless, greenish/yellow flesh and an June to September. acidic-lime flavour. Matures June to July.

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and Care Fruit Fly Control - Mediterranean Fruit Fly (Medfly) is the number one pest of fruit trees in W.A. To control Medfly, we need a community approach. The efforts you make will not only help reduce Medfly in your garden but the whole fruit growing community. The best approach is to control For Established Trees: The most important fertilising Medfly year-round, using a combination of techniques Position: Generally all fruit trees times are late winter-early spring and again in early including trapping, bait spraying, exclusion and good autumn. Spring is by far the most important feeding time hygiene practices. Remember together we can beat do best in full sun positions. as trees do the bulk of their growing over the spring to early Medfly! For more see medflychallenge.com summer period. Always feed with quality all purpose Planting Fruit Trees: or specialist fruit fertilisers like Eco Growth Prime Garden, Fruit Fly Trapping – Is easy to do. It works by attracting fruit flies with bait mixtures. The smell of the liquid bait Dawson’s All Purpose Fertiliser or Searles Fruit and Citrus Container Grown Trees – When planting any fruit tree, mixture attracts fruit flies onto the trap. Unable to escape give it a good soak before removing it from the container. Food. Apply fertiliser at recommended rates, evenly they drown in the liquid. Remember for best Medfly control Soil improvement at planting time is vital! Dig a hole at below and out some distance from the canopy (tree you need to be using trapping year round. least 60cm wide by 60cm deep. Blend one part Dawson’s roots actually extend much further than the area below Try making your own out of Organic Soil Improver with two parts soil removed from the canopy). Whenever adding fertiliser, don’t apply to Home-Made Fruit Fly Traps - used plastic soft drink or milk bottles*. Melt or drill 1-2 holes the hole. Add a handful of Apex slow release fertiliser and dry soil and make sure fertiliser is well watered in. about 10mm wide). Above and below the holes, stick on a mix in well. Return some of this mix to the bottom of the band of bright yellow duct or masking tape. Fill bottles to at hole. Remember to set the plant in the hole no deeper Pruning least one third with a mixture of protein and a sugar source than the soil level in the container and then backfill soil The main aim of fruit tree pruning is to establish a such, as beer and Vegemite. A popular recipe is 1 litre of mix around the roots. Use any left-over soil to make a water, ½ tbs of cloudy ammonia, ½ teaspoon of vanilla framework of productive fruit bearing branches, remove shallow well around the plant. This will help retain water essence and 100g of white sugar. Hang baits at about 1.5m and direct it to the root system. Newly planted fruit dead or diseased wood, inter-twined branches, thin over above the ground. Remember to replace bait liquid every trees are very vulnerable to drying out. To avoid this, crowded branches and to control height. Fruit trees are few weeks. Ideally hang two traps per tree. Also place ensure adequate watering is provided during the critical generally maintained to a height of about 2.5-3m, this traps in a few non-fruiting trees and in plants close to the establishment period. allows for easy harvest and maintenance. neighbour’s fence as decoys to keep Medfly away from your fruiting plants. *As a precaution it’s a good idea to soak Bare Root Trees - These are dormant trees sold during Generally deciduous fruit trees are pruned in winter and labels off any old bottles or containers you use. winter. When taken out of the pots the soil will usually fall it’s a good idea to seal pruning cuts with a pruning paint. off the roots. Use soil improver to get them off to a flying Cera Trap® - Is a ready to use, organic, pesticide free fruit start (see planting container trees). Make a mound of soil If you are unsure of where flower buds are, wait till fly trap. Cera Trap contains a unique protein based liquid in the bottom of the hole. Take your bare root tree and flowering time and prune then. Always make angled solution that is very attractive to fruit flies. Continues to position the roots so that they fan out over the mound. cuts, just above an outward facing bud. work for 3-4 months. Recommended backyard application rate is 1 Cera Trap per fruit tree. Refill packs of the bait Before back filling the rest of the soil mix, check the tree is An excellent illustrated introduction to pruning fruit planted to the right level. Often the soil stain on the stem solution are available. trees can be viewed online courtesy of Flemings will indicate the correct level to plant the tree. The bud Nurseries at www. flemings.com.au/documents/ Bait Spraying - Eco-Naturalure® is an organic certified union should be above the soil level. It’s a good time to product for fruit fly control. The product is a mix of a protein pruning_ multi_page.pdf add a stake now, as you can see where the roots are. attractant and the chemical Spinosad (based on a naturally Then backfill the rest of the soil mix and water in well. occurring bacteria).The attracted Medfly are poisoned by ingesting the bait mixture. It can be applied with a sprayer Watering Bird Control - Bird attack on fruit crops can be devastating or hand sprayer with nozzle set to produce coarse droplets. and disheartening. Simple frames can be made out of Spray is directed to the underside of foliage through the When watering established fruit trees, 2-3 deep waterings stakes and flexible poly/pvc pipe to drape bird net over. middle portion of the tree. It can also be applied to small, a week is the minimum. When establishing trees extra hand preferably yellow boards, made from any suitable non porous watering for the first summer will be essential. Water young Pest and Disease Control – Our staff are ready to help material and hung in the mid-section of the canopy. Only trees every second day for their first season, in their second you with practical advice about pest and disease control. small amounts of bait solution are needed (see product year in the garden, 2 deep soaks twice a week will do. Soil It’s always helpful if you can bring in a sample of diseased packaging for further information). It is best to commence bait wetting agents like Eco Wet allow water to penetrate into foliage or damaged fruit, as it makes diagnosis much easier. spraying immediately after flower drop. Winter is another key water repellent, sandy soils. Apply at planting time and re- Environmentally friendly controls and chemicals are now time for bait spraying as Medfly will target citrus during winter. apply six months later. Or, for a more permanent fix, try the available for many of the common pests and diseases Eco- Naturalure® must be re-applied at weekly intervals. kaolinite clay based, soil builder Soil Solver. affecting fruiting plants. Exclusion Netting and Bags - Provide a physical barrier to fruit fly, so if you net or bag fruit, as soon as possible (after Preventative Spraying is often a good idea to protect Staking flowering), you end up with perfect fruit. Don’t let netting fruit trees, some recommended treatments are: Many fruit trees, particularly those planted as bare rooted or bags touch the fruit, as if they do, the fly can still sting plants, will require staking for the initial establishment For Citrus Leaf Miner - Spray trees fortnightly during peak the fruit. Exclusion while effective doesn’t reduce Medfly period. Plants should be loosely tied to stakes and growth periods when citrus “flush” with new growth. The numbers, so it should always be used in conjunction with other control techniques. generally stakes can be removed about three to five light film of oil will protect developing foliage as it matures. months after planting. Spray with Eco- Oil. A trap is also available, the eco-CLM Good Hygiene – Remove and dispose of Medfly infested trap. The trap uses pheromones to attract and trap male and excess fruit before it falls to the ground. Also remove Mulching citrus leaf miner wasps and prevents them from mating any fallen fruit as soon as possible. Then kill Medfly larvae in damaged fruit by putting in tightly sealed plastic bags All fruit trees will benefit from maintaining a weed/ grass with females. Fewer females reduces the overall population giving better protection for your citrus trees. and leaving out in the sun for a few days, or by freezing, free area around them. You can further benefit your trees boiling or soaking. This is one of the most effective ways by applying a mulch around them (but remember not to To prevent various fungal diseases on deciduous fruit to break the Medfly life-cycle, as the larvae, pupate in the mulch right up to the trunk of the tree as this can cause trees - Spray trees twice a year, once in autumn at leaf ground before they emerge as a flying aduls. If disposing collar rot). Suitable mulching materials include garden fall and in spring at early budswell stage. Spray with Yates of treated fruit through the rubbish, place in tightly sealed compost, wood chips, coarse grade bark and straw. Mulch Liquid copper or Fungus Fighter. bags before putting in the bin. For more ways of treating to a depth of at least 5-10cm thick. and disposing of affected fruit seemedflychallenge.com Spraying To prevent Powdery Mildew on Grape Vines - This is a No Fly Zone is an action package supported by The Fertilising should take place at intervals of 2, 4 and 6 weeks after University of Western Australia and Plant Biosecurity CRC. budburst and again just before flowering. Foliage must For The First Season: Sprinkle 50gms (one adult handful) Dawson’s acknowledges the assistance Isabel Arevalo-Vigne of Apex Slow Release Fertiliser in with the backfill soil be monitored for the rest of the season and extra sprays and Rachel Davison in compiling the Medfly Control section. at planting time. No other fertilising is required until carried out if required. Spray with Eco-Fungicide (used in growth commences. Supplement this by adding 50gms conjunction with Eco-Oil). Need To Know More? of a balanced all purpose fertiliser, such as Dawson’s To prevent Leaf Curl in Peaches and Nectarines - www.dawsonsgardenworld.com.au All Purpose Fertiliser every 5 weeks for the first growing Spraying to prevent Peach Leaf Curl is essential. Spray season (spring through till early autumn). Our friendly staff will be happy to advise you about in late winter-early spring, at the early budswell stage. selecting and growing fruiting plants - just ask! Or Suitable sprays include Yates Liquid Copper. email [email protected]

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