Lilly Pilly – Blue – Syzygium oleosum

Plant family: Myrtaceae

Plant origin: Eastern Australia.

Fruit description: Blue Lilly Pilly produce beautiful purple-blue edible berries. Each contains a small seed. The fruit is crisp, sweet and aromatic.

Flowers: The flowers are small, fluffy and creamy white, produced November, December, and January.

Growing conditions: This beautiful evergreen tree grows to about 6 metres. It has dense foliage of small glossy pointed leaves. The leaves when crushed have a lovely fruity aroma. The new growth is a very attractive salmon pink colour. The bark is red brown. It makes a handsome shade tree, or can be pruned and trimmed to make an attractive and dense hedge or screen. It can also be grown in a pot, as a lovely feature. The Blue Lilly Pilly likes moist, well-drained soil in full or part sunshine. Protect the young tree from frost but the established plant can tolerate frost. It is quite hardy and can tolerate dry conditions and most soil types.

Uses: Eat the fruit fresh or in fruit salad, or use it to make delicious jam, sauce, syrup, and desserts.

Medicinal uses:

Pollination requirements: Self-Pollinating.

Harvest time Pick the berries when they are dark blue.

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Grown by method: Seed Grown Pot size:

Plant growing Height and Width for pots or in the ground planting: Grows to 2 metres high by 1.5 metres wide if Planted in a Pot. Grows 6 metres high by 4 metres wide if Planted in the Ground.

Shipping plant pot or planter bag size: