| Description | Persea americana 'Avocado' (Hass)
The most popular variety due to both its superior taste and excellent keeping qualities. Medium sized, pear-shaped fruit has an excellent creamy, flesh. The leathery rough dark-purple skin turns to black when ripe.
Avocados are very fussy about their soil conditions and will not tolerate wet feet or heavy soils, it is essential to prepare the ground for an avocado well before planting. Young trees are susceptible to sunburn and damage from frost so a small shelter while they establish is a very good idea.
12'' pot size | Helichrysum italicum
Silvio Spreading Curry Bush is heat and frost hardy. It grows in full sun and well drained soil. It has beautiful silver foliage which does not need pruning and which it keeps all year round. Curry Bush may help with injuries such as twists, sprains, bruises, and tendonitis. Currybush oil soothes burns and raw chapped skin. Currybush oil is useful for the treatment of respiratory problems and it is used as a fixative in perfumes. Silvio Spreading is a low growing variety reaching 30cm.
6"/14cm pot | |
| Content | Persea americana 'Avocado' (Hass)
The most popular variety due to both its superior taste and excellent keeping qualities. Medium sized, pear-shaped fruit has an excellent creamy, flesh. The leathery rough dark-purple skin turns to black when ripe.
Avocados are very fussy about their soil conditions and will not tolerate wet feet or heavy soils, it is essential to prepare the ground for an avocado well before planting. Young trees are susceptible to sunburn and damage from frost so a small shelter while they establish is a very good idea.
10'' pot size | | |
