fejoa flower

: fejoa flower; Out in my garden and found the fejoa flowers were out. I think the colours are beautiful.; Created by: Tmr8.; Tools Used: finepix S3pro; Created on: 15 November 2006; Image Views: 1,623; Average Views per Day: 1.5; Image Number: 32244

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Tmr8 from New Zealand on Jun 18, 2009 at 5:03 PM said:

Hi Hellie. Thank you for the comment. I hope your tree is one that can product fruit on its own. Some kinds need 2 trees 1 male and 1 female. When we were growing up mum would put the lawn clippings around the tree (not touching the trunk) and also tea leaves. It always had big juicy sweet fruit and lots of it.

Hellie1 on Jun 3, 2009 at 11:54 PM said:

Yum, FEIJOA'S!! My poor little tree I planted last year doesn't seem to be doing very well & I certainly haven't noticed any flowers yet. Maybe some strategically placed fertilizer will do the trick. :o)

Tania (TMR8) from Taranaki New Zealand on May 10, 2007 at 1:10 AM said:

Steve that is fantastic I have told my NZ Aussy friends that they need to go back to their garden centers and order some trees to plant

Steve from Australia (Melbourne) on May 9, 2007 at 10:53 PM said:

I only discovered yesterday that i have a fejoa tree in my front yard. Most people at work love them.

Tania (TMR8) from Taranaki New Zealand on Apr 24, 2007 at 9:59 PM said:

I have taken photos of the fejoa fruit and added it. I have enjoyed eating them to YUM!!!

Bernadette Brown (BRB) from Wellington, New Zealand on Mar 25, 2007 at 2:24 AM said:

Lynne - oooops, sorry I called you Lulu. Must have been engrossed in her alcoholic Feijoa drink. Lol. Good Luck with the growing.

Tania (TMR8) from Taranaki New Zealand on Mar 24, 2007 at 10:13 PM said:

Lynee good luck with growing them. they have wonderful different taste and textures. Keep in touch. We have had big storms over here and all my fruit has fallen off all of our trees including the blossoms.

Bernie thank you for looking and leaving a coment. we have a few new fejoa flowers coming in so hopefully we will still get some fruit

Lynne from England on Mar 24, 2007 at 5:31 PM said:

Thanks for the advice - I'll let you know how I get on. Fingers crossed eh!

Bernadette Brown (BRB) from Wellington, New Zealand on Mar 24, 2007 at 5:48 AM said:

What a beautiful flower. I had no idea they looked like that. Hope you have plenty of flowers. I'll have to come up in a couple of weeks to check!

Lulu. Sounds like you will be the envy of the non-Kiwis on this site. Try putting them in a shallow tray of soil first, to get seedlings. Or damp cotton wool??? I'm no gardner, but they may like to be more enclosed to star with. Egg cartons are great. And if your egg cartons are like ours, once you have the seedling, you can transfer the whole carton to the pot.

LYNNE from ENGLAND on Mar 23, 2007 at 8:20 PM said:

I HAVE MANAGED TO GET MY HANDS ON FEJOA SEEDS FROM A SPECIALIST SEED SUPPLIER. I HAVE PLANTED THEM INTO SMALL POTS BUT THEY DON'T SEEM TO BE GERMINATING. ANY SUGGESTIONS?

Tania (TMR8) from Taranaki New Zealand on Dec 15, 2006 at 11:29 PM said:

Lulu I agree. Have a drink for me.

Lulu from New Zealand on Dec 15, 2006 at 3:37 AM said:

You would have to be quick to photograph them around me. Once cut, they are eaten straight away! I'm currently drinking a feijoa drink (alcoholic too I might add). Some things are just too nice to be exclusive so we really must share.

Tania (TMR8) from Taranaki New Zealand on Nov 22, 2006 at 10:45 PM said:

Thank you Talsi and Mary. Yes I will take photos of the fruit whole and cut and add them.

Mary Sham from Pgh,PA on Nov 22, 2006 at 12:05 PM said:

Now that you've shown us the lovely flower you will have to photo the fruit so we can see what it looks like, whole and cut open so we can see the outer leaves and flesh.:) The flower is exotic looking and very pretty.

Talsi from WNC on Nov 22, 2006 at 10:41 AM said:

Interesting and a quite lovely flower.

Tania (TMR8) from Taranaki New Zealand on Nov 18, 2006 at 3:24 AM said:

LULU I knew you or Michael would know thank you for the answer. I am hoping the heavy winds we are getting here wont blow the flowers off so we get no fruit.

Lulu from New Zealand on Nov 18, 2006 at 3:17 AM said:

Yum, its nearly feijoa time. I must check mine. To answer an earlier question - yes, these delicious fruit are exclusive to New Zealand from what I hear. Something to keep in mind to taste when you all visit.

Tania (TMR8) from Taranaki New Zealand on Nov 18, 2006 at 3:15 AM said:

Hi Lorraine and Mike thanks for looking. I dont think fejoa;s are a New Zealand. I have only traveled to Australia and Rarotonga and they dont grow in either of thesen places. Ill have to investigate this. If anyone out there knows the answer I would love to know

grumpy(mike) from engalnd(mboro) on Nov 16, 2006 at 4:19 PM said:

such a wonderful and wierd flower such bright colours neat capture.. are they native only to nz?

lorraine from NZ on Nov 16, 2006 at 4:15 AM said:

Hi tania, glad to see you have got that camera out of it's box, lovely shot, your fejoa's are doing much better than mine.

Tania (TMR8) from Taranaki New Zealand on Nov 16, 2006 at 12:11 AM said:

Thank you both for your kind coments. I have friends who moved to Australia and miss haveing fejoa's. May Try asking your local garden center if they can get some seeds or seedlings

Doug Hough from California on Nov 15, 2006 at 11:49 PM said:

A lovely flower, nice work Tania.

May from Bayou George, FL on Nov 15, 2006 at 10:38 PM said:

Where can I get one? This is beautiful and exotic. Lucky you!

Save us all seeds!

Tania (TMR) from Taranaki New Zealand on Nov 15, 2006 at 7:25 PM said:

Hi Donwrob. Fejoa is a fruit it has an egg like shape and ranges in sizes. it has a eddible outer green skin (Im not fussed on) and a realy tasty cream coloured flesh it is so scrummy. It is eaten fresh, cooked, used in baking, jams, wine. this is the flower that it comes from. I love the colours and shapes.

donwrob from Ohio on Nov 15, 2006 at 6:01 PM said:

What on Earth is a fejoa flower :-)? Doesn't matter, they are beautiful! Very nice capture, I like the shalow DOF on this one. Don

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