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aka Dwarf Mandarin

Citrus. On 'Flying Dragon' rootstock to keep compact. 'Silverhill' has easy peel, thin smooth rind and attractive, flat shaped, seedless fruit. The fruit is low in acid and therefore really sweet and juicy. Just delicious for a healthy snack in the winter. Can be container grown. Evergreen.

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Citrus. One of the best flavoured of all the Mandarins. Medium to large sized fruit. Easy peeling, excellent eating and sweet and juicy. Fruit matures late Winter. A tolerant and fairly hardy variety that has a few thorns hence the name. Evergreen.

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Citrus. Forms a lovely small tree producing masses of rich orange teardrop shaped fruit. The thick soft sweet aromatic skin is quite delicious, with tart flesh. Evergreen

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aka Medlar

Here's something a little bit different for all you connoisseurs. Unusual ornamental fruiting tree with pretty single white flowers in spring followed by distinctive brown fruit with rough textured skin. The fruit is olive green to start, edible when it turns reddish brown. Deciduous.
Suitable for warmer areas including Auckland/Northland

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aka Weeping Mulberry

Desirable, weeping form of the highly ornamental Mulberry tree. The glossy large heart shaped leaves always look fresh. Small edible fruits appear in spring and are loved by birds! Berries are red, almost black when ripe. Give this special tree the space to spread its lovely pendulous branch formation. Deciduous.

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aka Mulberry

Dark red/black fruit, similar to boysenberry but about 15mm long. Fruit from 2 years on year old wood. Fast growing deciduous tree with large oval serrated leaves. Flowers in spring, Harvest in summer. Easy to grow in a sunny position. Self fertile. Deciduous.

Flowers appear early spring. Small yellow/green pendulous catkins separate male and female. The male is more slender than the female. Both appear on the one tree. Self fertile and wind pollination. More than one tree will increase fruit set. Harvest - spread a cloth beneath the tree and let fruit drop onto it. Harvest over 3 months, daily collection is best.

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aka Black Mulberry

Black Mulberry has sweet, intense, blackish red fruit approx 2cm long which mature in late spring/early summer. Quite juicy. Good flavour. Warning the birds love them! Lovely heart shaped, glossy green leaves dress the well shaped ornamental tree. Quite easy to grow in a sunny position. Deciduous.

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aka Mulberry

A beautiful ornamental fruit tree with medium sized purple/plum coloured sweet mulberries. Easy to grow. Deciduous.

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Quick growing round headed small tree with large, deeply lobed, evergreen leaves. Bright yellow, delicious fruit about the size of a small apple are produced, usually within 2 years. Harvest in late winter, early spring when fruit is yellow and softened.

Recommended to plant 2 or more for a successful cross pollination. Male and Female flowers on 1 plant but might not be present simultaneously.

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aka Chilean Guava Syn Ugni Molinae

AKA as Chilean Guava or NZ Cranberry. A reliable little shrub with tight small leaves in an attractive bronze green shade. Little white flowers in spring are followed by fragrant edible berries. Easy to grow, clips well so can be used for topiary or hedging. Evergreen.