Grapefruit - Oroblanco QLD ONLY Mediterranean

Grapefruit - Oroblanco QLD ONLY MediterraneanThe Oroblanco Grapefruit is the most popular white fleshed variety and is also known as the Sweetie. The fruit is large, seedless, oblong or round shape, with smooth yellow skin. The rind is very thick and a creamy white color. The flesh is juicy and sweet, lacking the bitterness found in many grapefruits. A very deliciously flavored fruit that tastes like the scent of its white color flowers. Very fragrant flowers and beautiful shiny green foliage.

and when dormant

grows in tropical and subtropical climates

This tree is a common rainforest species endemic to the east coast of Australia

The average weight at maturity is just under a pound

Self-fertile but will produce heavier crops when cross-pollinated

Current size has been pruned back to 60cm above the pot

A small growing tree with leather-like leaves which are green with silver undersides

scientifically known as Colocasia esculenta

it adds a tropical feel to any garden

it is a cross between a Guatemalan and a West Indian type avocado and has smooth green skin when ripe

This tree has delicate foliage and attractive pale yellow flowers

If the climate is too warm they do not produce fruit: if you’d like to get a tree to fruit in Brisbane you can freeze ice cream buckets of water and sit them on the ground around the tree overnight during winter