Within months of planting, we’re already snacking off our insanely fast growing panama berry tree, enjoying it’s sweet red berries that are the size of a big blueberries and taste like a cross between strawberries and figs, with a hint of caramel. You can literally see these trees grow before your eyes – this one only stood 70cm tall when we planted it out about 6 months ago!

These hardy sun loving trees love frost free subtropical climates like Wollongong, can be used as a wind break, and grow to a maximum of seven metres tall. Being such a fast growing tree, they’re perfect to plant in between slower growing fruit trees, and take out when the other trees come into production. They’re also fantastic in community and school gardens, providing quick, rewarding results and yummy snack food.

This is the first of our once a month fruit tree profile blogs, so keep an eye out for the likes of black sapote, babaco, japotacaba, grumacharma and many other fabulous fruit trees that thrive in Wollongong, but most people have never heard of!

For more info, check out our panama berry article.