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Survives zone 8 through 9
Small green-to-red berries tasting of spiced apple with a resinous edge — a genuine commercial Australian bush food, eaten fresh and in sauces. Care: Winter protection — mulch, fleece, or a warm wall.
- Hardiness
- Zone 8 to 9
- Habit
- Groundcover
- Edible part
- Fruit
- Ripens
- Late summer–autumn
- Mature size
- Prostrate trailing evergreen 0.2–0.5 m tall, spreading 1–2 m; excellent in containers and hanging baskets
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil pH
- 5.5–7.0 (acid–neutral; dislikes chalk)
- Environment
- Coastal dune and mallee scrub
- Status
- Both wild and cultivated
- Years to fruit
- 2–3 yrs
- Pollination
- Self-fertile, better with a partner