In our unique part of the world spring often comes not once, but twice a year! After our summer dry season is over and the rains return around the end of September or October, we are rewarded with another flush of growth and blossoming flowers from many plants in the...
Winter is a great time for spring planning and daydreaming of fresh growth ahead. It’s also a perfect time to prune dormant fruit trees and plants. Pruning during the winter can help set your fruit trees up for a successful growing season to come. Be sure to check out our winter pruning guide and...
Flavor Delight Aprium® is an apricot-plum hybrid. Resembles an apricot but with a distinctive flavor and texture all its own. High taste-test scores, one of the most flavorful early season fruits. Very low chilling requirement, less than 300 hours.
Fruit Tree Chill Hours Chart *this chart is based on the average range, some cultivars do vary Almond: 400-600 Walnut: 800-100 Filbert (Hazelnut): 800-1300 Chestnut: 300-500 Pistachio: 550-800 ————————————– Apple: 700-1000 (Low chill varieties between 200-500) Apricot: 500-800 Peach: 600-1000 (low chill varieties between 300-500) Nectarine: 100-500 Asian Pear: 400-500 European Pear: 600-800 Japanese Plum: 500-900 European Plum: 700-1000 Pluot: 400-800 (Low chill...
With summertime arriving, fruit trees are actively growing, developing fruits, and producing their buds and branches for next year. The fruit tree’s roots are drinking in the beneficial nutrients from the soil and their leaves are absorbing the energy from the sun’s rays needed to keep them growing and thriving....
Likely the earliest of any Flowering Plum, Rosemary Clarke Japanese Flowering Plum often produces double flowers that are pure white and cover the entire tree in early February. Nothing lifts the late winter blues like a profusion of cinnamon scented snow white ume flowers.
Kobai is one of the most stunning of the Japanese Flowering Plums with its deep pink to nearly red double blossoms. Flowers open from late December to early March. Fruits are also great for making delicious plum wine but it’s all about the flowers with this one.
Perhaps the easiest of any Grevillea to grow in our climate, Poorinda Leanne Grevillea is a spectacular cross between the lower growing Grevillea juniperiana and the always gorgeous Grevillea victoriae.
A magnificent white fleshed apricot hybrid with apricot and plum in its parentage. Cot-N-Candy Aprium is a very early bloomer so best for warmer climates or against the south side of a building. Flavor is one of the best of any aprium and fruit set is very reliable.