Billardiera Cymosa
Sweet Apple Berry
Billardiera cymosa is a climbing plant, if given something to climb up, with red or white flowers, depending on the variety, that are followed by small, sweet edible fruits with a sweet aniseed taste, which can be eaten raw, or cooked. It is frost hardy, but if the plant does get damaged by hard frost, it can be cut back and may re-sprout from the base.
Contributed by @grrr
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)
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Moist and free draining
Common name
Sweet Apple Berry
Latin name
Billardiera Cymosa
type
Vine
family
Pittosporaceae
ph
5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)
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Soil
Moist and free draining
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
1.50 M
2.40 M
Billardiera Cymosa
Billardiera cymosa is a climbing plant, if given something to climb up, with red or white flowers, depending on the variety, that are followed by small, sweet edible fruits with a sweet aniseed taste, which can be eaten raw, or cooked. It is frost hardy, but if the plant does get damaged by hard frost, it can be cut back and may re-sprout from the base.
Flowering
From Mid Spring TO Early Summer
Flowers from mid Spring to early Summer
Planting
From Early Spring TO Late Winter
Sow seeds at any time in seed compost bearing in mind that germination can be very slow - up to 3 months, or even longer. A germination temperature of 15 - 20 deg. C is ideal. Grow on individual seedlings in 3" pots before planting with support for the vine to climb on, in a well-drained sunny site, or in a very large pot.
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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