Annona squamosa

Sugar Apple

Annona squamosa is a small, tropical, tree or shrub that bears greenish-white flowers that are followed by knobbly green fruit known as sugar- apples with sweet white flesh

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plant Features

Full sun
Occasional watering
A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)
Free draining

plant information

Common name

Sugar Apple

Latin name

Annona squamosa

type

Deciduous tree

family

Annonaceae

ph

5.5 - 9.0 Acid - Neutral

Light

Full sun
Frost

A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)

Soil

Free draining
Water

Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

Best time to plant
When to harvest

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Sugar Apple is 4.00meters x 6.00meters

4.00 M 6.00 M

Annona squamosa

Annona squamosa is a small, tropical, tree or shrub that bears greenish-white flowers that are followed by knobbly green fruit known as sugar- apples with sweet white flesh

Planting

From Mid Spring TO Late Spring

Plant in any free-draining soil, in full sun.

Propagating by cuttings

From Late Summer TO Early Autumn

Take semi- ripe cuttings from this season's growth in Autumn. Cut neatly, just below a leaf node, a 5" approx. piece of a healthy shoot that has soft growth at the tip. pinch out the growing tip, and cut off the bottom leaves. Dip the bottom of the cutting in hormone rooting powder, and carefully place in a pot of cutting compost with the leaves just above the level of the compost. Water, label, cover with a polythene bag, and place in a warm, bright place, out of direct sunlight. Take the polythene bag off periodically for a while for ventilation (at least twice a week)

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