- Hardiness zone.7-11
- Grow.Barely cover the seed and keep it moist. Stored seed germinates more freely if given a 3 month cold stratification and then sown in a cold frame. Germination is usually good.
- Fruit.When immature, the fruit is green and matures into a dark red to purple-red color.
- Sun.Yangmei do best in sun to partial shade.
- Self-seeding.Grow from seed and enjoy growing with your family
Product Description
Yangmei fruit trees are evergreens that produce purplish round fruit that looks somewhat like a berry, hence their alternate name of strawberry. The fruit is actually not a berry, however, but a drupe like cherries. That means that there is a single stone seed in the center of the fruit surrounded by juicy pulp. Drought Tolerant Plants. The fruit is sweet/tart and high in antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals. The fruit is often used to make healthy juices as well as being canned, dried, pickled, and even made into an alcoholic wine-like beverage.