Kunzea pomifera
F.Muell.
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Description
Kunzea pomifera is an evergreen Shrub. It is frost tender. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs). Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It prefers moist soil.
Edible Uses
Fruit. Used in preserves.
Distribution
Australia - South Australia and Victoria.
Where It Grows
AUSTRALASIA: Australia (South Australia (southeast), Victoria (west))
Cultivation
Requires a sunny, very well-drained position. 193, 200 This species is hardy to about -7°c in Australian gardens, though this cannot be transferred direct to British gardens due to our cooler summers that often fail to fully ripen the wood, plus our longer, wetter, colder winters. Plants require cool greenhouse treatment in Britain. They succeed outdoors on the Isles of Scilly.
Propagation
Seed -
