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Category: Edible Fruits and Nuts Shrubs Tropicals and Tender Perennials
Height: 4-6 ft. (1.2-1.8 m)
Spacing: 12-15 in. (30-38 cm)
Hardiness: USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F) USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F) USDA Zone 10a: to -1.1 °C (30 °F) USDA Zone 10b: to 1.7 °C (35 °F) USDA Zone 11: above 4.5 °C (40 °F)
Sun Exposure: Full Sun Sun to Partial Shade
Danger: N/A
Bloom Color: Pink
Bloom Time: Blooms repeatedly
Foliage: Evergreen Leathery-Textured
Other details: This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater Self-sows freely; deadhead if you do not want volunteer seedlings next season Suitable for growing in containers
Soil pH requirements: 5.6 to 6.0 (acidic) 6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic) 6.6 to 7.5 (neutral) 7.6 to 7.8 (mildly alkaline)
Patent Information: Non-patented
Propagation Methods: From softwood cuttings From semi-hardwood cuttings From seed; direct sow outdoors in fall By simple layering By air layering
Seed Collecting: Seed does not store well; sow as soon as possible
Grows wellin my garden but I lost tag please post cold tolerances for it . If it dies downto ground it will come up but it will look like a vine with thorns to hold plant uo on other trees or fences. Good tasting but you will either love it or hate it. Ed
On Dec 17, 2008, MotherNature4 from Bartow, FL (Zone 9a) wrote:
I have grown this plant for many years. The butterflies love the delicate pink flowers, and the tiny red fruits are especially enjoyed by the mockingbirds. It reproduces from seeds on its own, but has never been a problem.
On Nov 22, 2005, IslandJim from Keizer, OR (Zone 8b) wrote:
The cherries are sweet and small, about the size of cranberries. Like it's relative, M. glabra [the Barbados cherry], each fruit has three, three-ribbed seeds. Unlike M. glabra, however, there is no tart tang to the fruit and, hence, while it is uniformly sweet, it is also somewhat bland. The bush makes a very attractive hedge for subtropical landscapes.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
, Grenoble, Bartow, Florida Brandon, Florida Heathrow, Florida Homosassa, Florida Iona, Florida Medulla, Florida Port Orange, Florida South Venice, Florida Gardere, Louisiana Brenham, Texas Missouri City, Texas
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