Ibervillea lindheimeri
Balsam Gourd
Ibervillea lindheimeri is a caudiciform succulent plant that is native to Mexico and the southernmost United States. Its common names include "Balsam gourd", "Globeberry", "Lindheimer's globeberry", "Wild balsam", and "Deer apple". It produces yellow to light green flowers in the late summer, and red-orange fruits shortly afterward. The fruit and foliage of the plant are both eaten by woodland animals in its natural habital, such as quail and deer. Ibervillea are not frost hardy plants. They can be grown fairly well within a greenhouse environment or indoors as a potted houseplant, but also outdoors in areas with a more Mediterranean climate that suits them best. Ibervillea lindheimeri takes very occasional waterings and can thrive for many years with minimal attentive care.
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Not Frost hardy
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Free draining
Common name
Balsam Gourd
Latin name
Ibervillea lindheimeri
type
Perennial
family
Cucurbitaceae
ph
6.0 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Not Frost hardy
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Soil
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
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When to harvest
full grown dimensions
0.35 M
0.20 M
Ibervillea lindheimeri
Ibervillea lindheimeri is a caudiciform succulent plant that is native to Mexico and the southernmost United States. Its common names include "Balsam gourd", "Globeberry", "Lindheimer's globeberry", "Wild balsam", and "Deer apple". It produces yellow to light green flowers in the late summer, and red-orange fruits shortly afterward. The fruit and foliage of the plant are both eaten by woodland animals in its natural habital, such as quail and deer. Ibervillea are not frost hardy plants. They can be grown fairly well within a greenhouse environment or indoors as a potted houseplant, but also outdoors in areas with a more Mediterranean climate that suits them best. Ibervillea lindheimeri takes very occasional waterings and can thrive for many years with minimal attentive care.
Repot plant
From Early Spring TO Early Summer
Repot plant into a more spaceous container when plant has outgrown its current pot.
Flowering
From Early Spring TO Late Summer
Plant will produce blooms between early spring and late summer.
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