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This grafted cherimoya variety 'White' has a lemony well-balanced flavour with large fruit. Flowering starts October and may continue until February. Fruit ripens over a long period. Plant early spring or summer. Prune young trees to a vase shape over the first 3 - 4 years. The plant is shy to fruit...

The cherimoya variety 'Perla' is a good cropping variety with medium sized flavourful fruit. Mid season fruiting with relatively little seed and delicious light creamy flesh. Flowering starts October and may continue until February. Fruit ripens over a long period. Harvest when skin turns greenish -...

The Basjoo banana is also known as the Japanese fibre banana. It is cold hardy and survives down to -20 C when heavily mulched around its base and underground corm. Large graceful leaves up to 4 - 5 m in height. Beautiful specimen plants. The fruit are small and seedy, but edible once seeds removed. Musa Basjoo

South American Red or Mountain Pineapple. The plant produces a spectactular flower and an edible fruit which is smaller and less fleshy than commercial pineapples. This pineapple variety is cold hardy and can be grown throughout NZ. Plant in full sun, protect from frost and stake against the wind. A...

Natal Queen or Rough Common Pineapple is the best eating variety found in New Zealand. It has golden yellow flesh, crisp texture and delicate mild flavour. It is a tropical plant, but will grow well in a greenhouse or in frost free areas of NZ. If there is a risk of frosts, then it is best to cover ...

The Goldfinger banana plant is a Honduran hybrid growing to 3 - 4 m in height. Hardy and robust with sweet, tangy, curved fruit. Black stems, with broad sometimes wavy leaves. Plant in a sheltered and warm spot in rich free draining soil. Water, mulch and feed well. Small: to cm in heightMedium: between cm and 100 cm in height Classification: FHIA-01, AAAB ploidy

Mona Lisa is a dessert Honduran hybrid banana growing 3 - 3.5 m in height. It is a vigorous and strong grower with partially red psuedostems. Performs well in warmer conditions. Tangy sweet fruit. Plant in a sheltered and warm spot in rich free draining soil. Water, mulch and feed well. Small: to cm in heightMedium: between cm and 100 cm in height Classifications: FHIA-02, AAAA ploidy

The High Noon banana is a variety similar to the Honduran variety FHIA-23 and is a superior flavoured dessert banana plant. The fruiting bunch hangs out at an angle to the pseudostem. Hardy and robust growing to 3 - 3.5 m in height. Plant in a sheltered and warm spot in rich free draining soil. Wate...

The Williams banana is a larger Cavendish type banana growing up to 3 m in height. The plant produces bigger fruit with very good flavour. This variety requires propping. Plant in a sheltered and warm spot in rich free draining soil. Water, mulch and feed well. Small: to 50 cm in heightMedium: between 50 cm and 100 cm in height

The Cavendish banana is a medium sized variety growing up to 3 m in height. This plant produces large bunches of high-quality fruit. Dense in flavour and sweet which results from growing in a colder climate. Classification: AAA ploidy

The unripe fruit are a striking silvery blue, slightly angular, turning yellow when ripe. Soft, sweet “ice cream" texture. Very vigorous with bunches that require propping for support. Classification: ABB ploidy

Misi Luki is the most common lady finger type banana plant grown in and among the tallest. It grows 3 - 5m in height with huge bunches of medium, fat fruit. Sweet creamy flesh once fully ripe otherwise can be hard and mealy. As it ripens the skin thins and becomes prone to bruising and damage to the...

A turmeric plant grows to 1 m with lush green leaves. Harvest tubers in the autumn. Plant turmeric in well drained rich soil in a warm spot. Water and feed well. Keep back some tubers to plant for the next season. In cool areas of plant in pots and keep in a warm spot. Botanical name: Curcuma longa

White perennial sugar cane. Nitrogen fixer. Good companion plant for bananas, helps remove excess soil moisture. Can be cut and chipped as a nitrogen rich mulch/fertiliser. Also is a high metabolizable energy stock food. Makes good fast low shelter for more tender crops. Sugar cane can be grown in warmer regions of NZ. Plant in well-drained soil, water in summer months and protect from frosts.

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A great fig which grows well in our Northland orchard. A 'large long green' fig with red-purple interior. A very ripe fig has the flavour of strawberries and is to die for. Prune to 2 m for ease of harvest and keep well watered in fruiting season. Size: 50 cm approx

A rainforest tree from Australia growing to 10 m. Popular bush tucker plant in Australia. The blue-black plum-like berries are clustered along the main trunk. The fruit is tart, but packed with antioxidants. This tree can grow in frost-free areas but protect from wind. It does best in partial shade and likes well-drained acidic soils. Needs good watering. Botanical Name: Davidsonia Pruriens

A shrub growing to 3 m, with glossy dark green leaves. They produce a bright orange or red cherry-sized fruit with a sweet and sometimes slightly sour taste - depending on the time of year. They look stunning in flower and make a great hedge. They fruit multiple times throughout the year. Grows best...

In the Sapotiaceae family, the canistel tree grows up to 10 m and produces orange-yellow fruit. Also called yellow sapote, the fruit is up to 7 cm long. The flavor is described as sweet moist pumpkin or creamy sweet potato. Can grow outside in a frost-free location. Botanical Name: Pouteria campechiana

Slow-growing evergreen tree from the Myrtle family grows up to 15m. Cold tolerant to around -5C when established, but best in a frost-free sheltered site. The purplish-black, white-pulped fruit arise directly on the tree trunk. Usually eaten raw or to make jellies, jams, juice or wine. Botanical Name: Plinia cauliflora Other Names: Plinia jaboticaba

The black sapote is an evergreen species of persimmon native to Mexico, Central America, and Colombia. It has a rounded crown, black bark, and glossy, dark green leaves. Its fruit is consumed raw when fully ripe and/or cooked. Its flesh is dark chocolate brown to black in colour but somewhat sweet a...

This tree, native to SE Asia, can grow to 5 - 12 m in height and has pink flowers with fleshy berry fruit. The fruit is acutely 5 angled and star shaped in cross-section. It is yellow when ripe and has 10 - 12 ovide seeds. Trees will grow and fruit in warmer, frost-free areas of NZ. Older trees are ...

A highly recommended cross of Jackfruit and Chempedak with very tasty fruit. Jackfruit is known to grow outdoors in warmer, frost-free areas of Northland. In its native Asian environment it is a large tree with fruits growing on the trunk and older branches. Jackfruit is the largest of all known fru...

A small, well-branched tree (in tropical climates) or shrub that bears edible fruits also called sugar-apples or sweetsops. It is in the same family as Cherimoya which are proven to grow and fruit well in warmer areas of NZ. Botanical name: Annona reticulata Other names: Rollinia deliciosa