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The Fruity Gardener Nursery 349 South Rd, Omata, Taranaki.
Fruit Trees
Apples. Many varieties available mid winter. Grows 4x3m. $42Avocado. Hass, Reed, Fuerte and Bacon. Grafted trees, need protection from wind and frost. $50Banana Blue Java. Cold hardy variety. Young fruit have bluey tint. Grows 3m high. $60Blackberry Black Satin. Thornless variety. Needs trellis for support. $20Black Currant. Cold and shade tolerant. Grows 1x1m. $20Blueberry. Many rabbiteye type varieties available. Need rich acidic soil. Grows 1.5×1.5m. $25Boysenberry Mapua. Mostly thornless variety. Needs a trellis for support. $20Cape Gooseberry. Easy to grow rambling plant. Fruit inside paper ‘lantern’. $12Casana. Much like tamarillo but sweet tropical flavoured fruit. Grows 2m. $20Casimiroa / White sapote. Needs frost free spot. Grows 4m. $15Chilean Guava / NZ Cranberry. Easy care shrub with sweet fragrant berries. Grows 1x1m. $12Citrus. Grafted Lemons, Limes, Oranges, Mandarins, Lemonades, Grapefruit & Kaffir Lime. Grow around 3x3m. $35Citrus cutting grown. Lime ‘bearss’ ‘tahitian’ and Lemon ‘meyer’. $20Dragonfruit Yellow. Rambling cactus fruit, requires warm location and hand pollination. $30Elderberry. Vigorous shrub produces flowers and berries over summer. Grows 3x3m. $20Feijoa sellowiana – For hedging. Seedling grown so fruiting is unknown. $12Ginger, Chinese. Same as supermarket ginger but homegrown is more pungent. Grows 1m. $12Grapes. Many hardy varieties available. Needs a trellis to grow. $20Guava Red & Yellow. Easy to grow shrubby trees with sweet fruit over winter. Grows 3m. $20Loquat. Hardy tree fruits sweet fragrant fruit November. Grows 4x4m. $20Mulberry, Black. Hardy tree, sweet berries in summer. Grows 4x4mNatal Plum. Spiky shrub with sweet edible fruit. Grows 1m. $30Olives. Many varieties available for hedging, pickling and oil production. Grows around 3m. $12Plums. Many varieties available mid winter. Grows 4x4m. $42Papaya Red Lady. Dwarf trees grow only 2m. Needs hothouse. $30Passionfruit Black. The original passionfruit. Needs warmth, shelter and a trellis to grow. $15Heritage Peaches. White fleshed and Blackboy varieties. Easy to grow. Grow 4m. $25Persimmon fuyu. Attractive trees fruiting May. Needs shelter from wind. Grows 4x4m. $60Pawpaw, Rainbow Valley. Fast growing tropical fruit, tastier than Babaco. Needs shelter and protection from frost. Grows 3m. $30Pineapple, Red. The easiest pineapple to grow. Needs a warm spot. sweet fruit in winter. $30Pine Nut. Grows 10m. $30Pomegranate. Attractive shrub. Thorny. Grows 2m. $25Raspberry. Multiple varieties available. $20Sugarcane. Tall grass easy to grow. $20Tamarillo, Red. Needs protection from wind and frost. $20
Native Hedging
Ake ake purple. Fast growing hardy hedging. Grows to 4m. $9Corokia Bronze King. Hardy coastal hedging. Grows to 1.5m. $9Griselinia Broadway Mint. Bright green easy care hedge. Grows to 3m. $9Griselinia lucida. Large glossy leaves, hardy. Grows 3m. $10Houheria ‘Purple Wave’. Fast growing native tree with purple leaves. Grows 7m. $9Kanuka. Fast growing native tree, attractive flowers. Grows 5m. $9Kowhai Dragons Gold. Dwarf Kowhai, grows 1.5m. $12Flowering Maunkas. Different varietis available with various flowering habits. $12Muehlenbeckia Astonii. Divaricating coastal shrub. Grows to 2m. $9Olearia Paniculata (Golden Akeake). Fast growing hedging. Trims well. Grows to 4m. $9Pittosporum Crassifolium (Karo). The toughest coastal hedging. Grows to 3m. $9Pittosporum Eugenoides (lemonwood). Fast growing attractive tree. Good tall hedging. To 8m. $9Pittosporum Fankies Folly. Otherwise named ‘golfball’. Neat minature shrub, grows to 60cm. $10Pittosporum Mountain Green. Fast growing neat hedging. Grows to 4m. $9Pittosporum Wrinkle Blue. Fast growing neat hedging. Grows to 4m. $9Pohutukawa Maori Princess. Heavy flowering bright red selection. Grows 8m. $10Pseudopanax Ace of Spaces. Hardy shrubby tree with large heart shaped leaves. Grows to 3m. $9Pseudopanax laetus. Large tropical leaves. Hardy tree grows to 4m. $9Pseudopanax lessonii purrple. Compact bushy shrub. Hardy. Grows 3m. $9Puka. Large glossy tropical leaves. Coastal hardy. Grows to 5m. $9Rewarewa. Upright native tree. Beutiful flowers when mature. Grows 12m. $9Ti Kouka (Cabbage Tree). Extremely hardy upright native. Good for bees. $10Totara. Large native tree. Grows up to 20m. $10Golden Totara. Hardy attractive bushy tree. Grows to 6m. $10
