Comments on danielle's garden blog: Big Crop of Miracle Fruit

It looks a bit like a quandong which grows in West...

2010-01-21T08:11:17.333-05:00

It looks a bit like a quandong which grows in West Australia. Is it related? Quandong fruit is a bit rounder but the leaves look very similar.

Joan- I ordered from Top Tropicals. It was in a 1 ...

2009-08-13T08:25:03.759-04:00

Joan-
I ordered from Top Tropicals. It was in a 1 gal pot. I ordered it Feb 08 and it produced tons of fruit for the first time summer of 09.

hi Danielle. Just stumbled upon your blog, which i...

2009-08-11T22:15:23.507-04:00

hi Danielle. Just stumbled upon your blog, which is very informative and super cute! Just wondered if you grew the miracle fruit from a seed or seedling, and where did you order it from? Thanks, and i look forward to reading your blog more in the future, have a great day :)
joan

I took my plant indoors twice when the weather thr...

2009-08-04T11:01:59.835-04:00

I took my plant indoors twice when the weather threatened below 30. Other than that, it's hearty in zone 9b

Okay, you have convinced me. I am going to have t...

2009-08-03T11:51:27.343-04:00

Okay, you have convinced me. I am going to have to grow this fruit now! How hardy is the plant in Florida winters?

Wow! Good Luck. That is a good plant. The miracle ...

2009-07-29T05:22:57.844-04:00

Wow! Good Luck. That is a good plant.
The miracle fruit, or miracle berry plant (Synsepalum dulcificum), produces berries that, when eaten, cause sour foods (such as lemons and limes) subsequently consumed to taste sweet. The berry was first documented by explorer Chevalier des Marchais[2] who searched for many different fruits during a 1725 excursion to its native West Africa. Marchais noticed that local tribes picked the berry from shrubs and chewed it before meals. The plant grows in bushes up to 20 feet (6.1 m) high in its native habitat, but does not usually grow higher than ten feet in cultivation, and it produces two crops per year, after the end of the rainy season. It is an evergreen plant that produces small red berries, with flowers that are white and which are produced for many months of the year. The seeds are about the size of coffee beans.
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That's fantastic that you were able to grow them s...

2009-07-22T22:51:57.591-04:00

That's fantastic that you were able to grow them so well. They are not so easy to get right.

Hi Danielle, today I did a post on the essential o...

2009-07-17T23:28:47.049-04:00

Hi Danielle, today I did a post on the essential oil of patchouli and used the photograph of your patchouli plant on my blog. I gave you complete credit and acknlowledgement and added a link to your blog. Please come and visit!

This is a fabulous garden blog and it's wonderful to see someone your age so knowledgable about the plant world.