A fruit tree that has a spreading growth habit and can be used as a hedge plant or for indoor or container planting.  Avocado trees bear the most delicious organic fruit in Summer and grow into medium to large size trees.

It is a low-maintenance plant that produces white, ivory to yellow coloured flowers that blossom from Autumn to Winter.  This fruitful tree has fragile branches that can easily be damaged by wind and need to be protected from cold weather conditions.

Avo trees can be either exotic or indigenous depending on the cultivar and grow best with nitrogen-fixing plants, beans, papaya and flowering plants and herbs that prefer shade.

• Young trees need to be protected from frost
• Tolerates temperatures as low as 23°C
• Estimated height: 9m
• Estimated width: 10m
• Planting distance: 3m
• Drought-resistant
• No chilling required

Indigenous Cultivars: Bacon.

Exotic Cultivars: Reed, Edranol, Fuerte, Hass, Pinkerton, Ryan.

Pollen compatibility: Self-pollinating.

Water requirements: Water regularly.

Herbaceous perennial: Avocado plants aren’t evergreen or deciduous, but rather herbaceous perennials since their roots remain alive while the top dies down to the ground yearly and sends up new top growth.