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Mango fruits increasingly establish in our kitchens as dessert, chutney or essential ingredient of many Asian dishes. However, not only for hobby- or professional cooks harvesting your own Mango fruits can therefore be interisting. Watching the matur … Mango fruits increasingly establish...
Many of you might still remember Black Mulberry trees from the (grand-) parents’ garden. Just 60 years ago they wereas common in gardens as quince or pear trees. After World War II these robust fruit trees with their multiform, rough-textured leaves … Many of you might still remember...
From this Giant Granadilla (Passiflora quadrangularis) you may expect spectacular flowers as well as huge fruits that gave this plant its name. The approximately 10cm large flowers are dark-red with rays in white-violet stripes- a striking combinatio … From this Giant Granadilla...
If you like to harvest your own Avocado-fruit you will get best results with a grafted plant: the small trees with their large, glossy, bluish green leaves are amazingly modest for a tropical plant. Grafted plants already start producing fruits 2 to … If you like to harvest your own...
The Almond Tree (Prunus dulcis; formerly: Prunus amygdalus/ Amygdalus communis) is a winter hardy garden plant with several advantages: its blossom in spring is exuberant and very beautiful as the white petals have a red dot at their base which makes … The Almond Tree (Prunus dulcis;...
Pomegranates really are granates concerning the size of fruits and flowers. The intensly orange, bell- shaped flowers can reach a length up to 5-6cm. Depending on the conditions in the winter quarter, flowers will show in early summer or summer. The … Pomegranates really are granates...
The Indian Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba), also named Chinese Date, can look back on more than 4000 years of cultural history and has been introduced into Europe as early as the year 0. In mediterranean countries it is therefore regarded as native plant. I … The Indian Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba),...
Fig Trees have much more to offer than only their known, sugar-sweet, drop-shaped fruits that - straight from the tree- taste so much better than dried figs. The hand-like shaped, multiform leaves are very decorative. In summer, sun elicits a sweet-a … Fig Trees have much more to offer...
The Barbados Cherry is nowadays cultivated far above its natural habitat in all semitropical regions of the world because of its red fruits: 100 g of its sweet-bitter fruits contain 2 to 4 g of vitamin C, which is more than 20 times as much as in an … The Barbados Cherry is nowadays...
Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica), also known as Japanese Plum or Nespoli, is a real beauty, especially because of its evergreen leaves: these are up to 25 cm long, their upside is dark green and underneath they are covered with fine white hairs.Cultivate … Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica), also...
‘Diospyros’ literally means ‘ambrosia’. Wearing such a name, it is no surprise that Kaki- fruits, so-called Persimmon, taste heavenly. When mature, the orange pulp of fruit is soft and juicy like jelly and melts in the mouth like pudding. Their taste … ‘Diospyros’ literally means...
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