Trees recommended to plant in our area.
- Caffre lime
- Custard apple
- Grape fruit
- Guava strawberry / cherry
- pineapple guava
- yellow guava
- Kiwi fruit
- Paw Paw
Native species for backyard Orchard
- Syzygium luehmani australe
These are extremely versatile trees - they can be used as screen shrubs and then the fruit (berry) can be used for jams, seasonings, and pies.
- Davidsons plum
These plum like fruits can be used to make jam and wine, and to provide colouring and flavouring in sauces, ice creams and drinks. The fruit has dark red flesh with a sour plum flavour.
The finger lime has been recently popularised as a gourmet bushfood. The globular Juice vesicles have been likened to a "caviar lime", which can be used as a garnish or added to various recipes. The fruit juice is acidic and similar to that of a lime.
There is a wide range of different coloured variants of finger lime fruit, including green, yellow, orange, red, purple, black and brown. Finger lime is thought to have the widest range of colour variation within any Citrus species