Hello Everyone,
I've used this forum ever since I got my hands on some Luc's Garcinia plants after falling in love with Achacha fruit. I've just started posting and you wonderful people have given me loads of advice!
Background:
I'm a city worker for a Mining Software company in Brisbane, Australia but I'm a Yank originally. Very passionate about gardening and I have a 2-acre plot on a mountain hillside outside Brisbane. The place is in a rain shadow so gets only 800mm per year. With the drought I am phasing out my thirsty plants in favour of more water-wise ones. The soil is thin and heavy before hitting rock but I've worked my butt off to build it up with organic matter from the kitchen and duck coop as well as importing a bit of soil and mixing it in. I'm slowly building terraces to assist with soil and water retention. I have several trees in the ground and many in containers. I am far too obsessed with fruit growing for my own good which is why I probably need to downsize if only for water usage. Not that anyone asked but below is what is in the orchard!
Orchard
In the ground & fruiting:
- 2 x Dwarf Black Mulberry
- 2 x Passionfruit (Gold, Black)
- Orange Tamarillo
- Unknown small tropical white peach (was there when I bought the place and fruits well)
- Unknown Pomegranate
- Lisbon Lemon
In containers & fruiting
- Daisy Mandarin
- Yellow Cherry Guava
- Kaffir Lime
- 6 x Finger Lime (Alstonville, Pink Ice, Rick's Red, and a few unknown ones)
- 2 x Naranjilla
- Blueberry
- Raspberries
In the ground & too young to fruit
- King Thai Mango
- 5 x Sweet Granadilla
- China Pear Guava
- Tahitian Lime
- Cara Cara Orange
- 4 x Feijoa varieties (Apollo, Unique, White Goose, Duffy)
- Nagasakiwasi Loquat
- Picual Olive
- Azerbajjani Pomegranate
- Black Beauty Pitanga
- 3 x Avocado varieties (Lamb Hass, Wurtz, Pinkerton)
- Dwarf Red Dacca Bananas
- 3 x White Sapote/Casimora
- 5 x Dragonfruit (Yellow Pitaya, Aussie Gold, Pearl, Frankie's Red Dwarf)
- Ambarella
Other Specimens in Containers:
- Alphonso Mango
- 2 x Small leaved Tamarind (Dipoglottis Cambellii)
- Jakfruit seedling
- Longan seedling
- Shepherd Avocado
- Arecuzzo Olive
- 2 x Yellow Jaboticaba (Cabelluda)
- 4 x Luc's Garcinia
- 3 x Charichuelo/Madruno
- 3 x Achacha
- Ross Sapote
- Green Sapote
- Mamey Sapote
- Grumichama x 4
- Acerola
- Madrono (Garcinia Intermedia)
- 2 x Wai Chi Lychee
-Ugni
- Strawberry Guava
- 6 x Hawaiian Guava
- Wax Jambu (Pink)
- 2 x Jaboticaba