"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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In article ,
Jeff Layman wrote:

Feijoa sellowiana - I didn't know that it wasn't self-fertile,
but I doubt that you would get much fruit, anyway. Mine is
flowering now - the flowers are edible and, unusually, sweet.

I grew this in Sussex and it flowered regularly. Then one year it
produced around a kilo of fruit. These had a rather strange flavour, but
did make some very interesting chutney. It never fruited again (only
once in a dozen years). I'm now growing another one in south Hampshire,
and will be interested to see if that ever sets fruit, although it's
still too young to flower at less than a metre high. It seems to depend
on the strain as to how self-fertile it is
(http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/feijoa.html).

Ah, interesting. Mine is less than a metre high, but in a pot,
and pruned to keep it within bounds.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Have you tried Bomarea? B edulis is the one that's easy having tubers it
will cope with dry periods and it dies down to the edible tubers for winter
so is perfectly hardy.

Take a look at
http://pushingtheborders.com/phpBB/v....php?f=4&t=475


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