PLANT OF MONTH – Bush Tucker
Carpobrotus glaucescens (Pig Face) produces a fleshy edible fruit after flowering
May we suggest adding Bush Tucker plants, indigenous to this area, to your garden?
- Austromyrtus dulcis – Midyim. Shrub to 50cm. Pretty white flowers spring to autumn followed by edible mauve white speckled berries.
- Carpobrotus glaucescens – Pig Face. Fleshy creeper growing on sand dunes. Flowers in summer months followed by reddish, edible, and fleshy fruit.
- Dianella caerulea – Flax Lily. Tufting plant to 1.8m. Bright blue flowers with yellow anthers followed by shiny dark blue edible berries.
- Syzygium. Many bear edible fruit good for jam making and good hedge plants. Not all species available at present.
Bring your Rates Notice in to claim your FREE TREES.
No room in your garden? You can donate them to our local schools.
Offer finishes at the end of May 2022.
Cooloola City Farm Nursery is located opposite the Community Centre
at Amity Place off Tin Can Bay Road.
Opening Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays 8am-3.00pm.
Contact number : (07) 5486-2304
Email: ccfni09@gmail.com Website: www.cooloolacityfarm.org.
