Barbados Cherry in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Malpighia Glabra

Barbados Cherry

Barbados Cherry is a tropical large, bushy shrub or small tree that bears red-skinned fruit that look like cherries.The fruits can be used to make juices, jams and toppings for desserts. Young trees are not frost hardy, but can tolerate a brief spell of temperature of -2 deg.C. It is self-fertile, but the crop will be enhanced by having a second tree

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plant Features

Full sun
Very little water
Not Frost hardy
Free draining and fertile

plant information

Common name

Barbados Cherry

Latin name

Malpighia Glabra

type

Evergreen Trees or Shrubs

family

Malpighiaceae

ph

6.0 - 7.3 Acid - Neutral

Light

Full sun
Frost

Not Frost hardy

Soil

Free draining and fertile
Water

Very little water

Plant & bloom calendar

Best time to plant

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Barbados Cherry is 6.00meters x 6.00meters

6.00 M 6.00 M

Malpighia Glabra

Barbados Cherry is a tropical large, bushy shrub or small tree that bears red-skinned fruit that look like cherries.The fruits can be used to make juices, jams and toppings for desserts. Young trees are not frost hardy, but can tolerate a brief spell of temperature of -2 deg.C. It is self-fertile, but the crop will be enhanced by having a second tree

Planting

From Early Spring TO Late Spring

Plant in a sunny site in well-draining, humus-rich, neutral to slightly acidic soil.

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