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Rose Apple in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Syzygium Jambos

 

Rose Apple

Syzygium are typically grown as ornamental plants for their attractive glossy foliage. Some varieties produce edible fruit that are eaten fresh or used in jams and jellies. It has a multitude of uses. It is evergreen, has dense foliage, and grows rapidly to a height of up to 4 m if left unchecked. Syzygiums are sensitive to extreme cold and frost, but will grow almost anywhere. Syzygium Jambos is a medium-large tree that can reach over 12m in ideal conditions. The tree will not flower or bear fruit in areas of frost. Flowers are very ornate, large, with hundreds of beautiful white stamens that attract nectar loving insects. Flowering and fruiting usually follow cycles but these cycles vary throughout the tropics.

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plant Features
  • Rose Apple likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Rose Apple likes very little water

    Very little water

  • Rose Apple is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Rose Apple likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Rose Apple

Latin name

Syzygium Jambos

type

Evergreen Shrub

family

Myrtaceae

ph

5.0 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Rose Apple likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Rose Apple is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Soil

    Rose Apple likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

  • Water

    Rose Apple likes very little water

    Very little water

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Rose Apple is 5.00meters x 10.00meters 5.00 M 10.00 M

Syzygium Jambos

Syzygium are typically grown as ornamental plants for their attractive glossy foliage. Some varieties produce edible fruit that are eaten fresh or used in jams and jellies. It has a multitude of uses. It is evergreen, has dense foliage, and grows rapidly to a height of up to 4 m if left unchecked. Syzygiums are sensitive to extreme cold and frost, but will grow almost anywhere. Syzygium Jambos is a medium-large tree that can reach over 12m in ideal conditions. The tree will not flower or bear fruit in areas of frost. Flowers are very ornate, large, with hundreds of beautiful white stamens that attract nectar loving insects. Flowering and fruiting usually follow cycles but these cycles vary throughout the tropics.


Planting young plants

From Early Spring TO Early Spring

Plant in full sun or in shade. A well-drained, fertile soil is ideal. To plant as a hedge, it is best to dig a trench instead of individual planting holes. This will help you plant the hedge in a neat straight row. Mix the extracted topsoil with a mixture of compost and bone meal. Also place several spades of compost and bone meal in the ditch and mix it with the sub-soil. Place the young plants in the trench, about 50 cm to 1 m apart, and at the same depth they were growing in their nursery pots. Fill with the enriched topsoil and water immediately, then keep the soil moist until you see the first signs of growth.

 
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