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Red Custard Apple Tree

Annona reticulata
$9997
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Plant Highlights

Red Custard Apple Tree highlights at a glance!

Plant Highlights

  • Brand
    Nature Hills' Choice
  • Botanical Name
    Annona reticulata
  • Growing Zones
    10-11
  • Mature Height
    25 - 35 feet
  • Mature Spread
    15 - 30 feet
  • Sun Exposure
    Full Sun
  • Moisture
    Medium
  • Soil
    Well Drained Soil
  • Growth Rate
    Medium
  • Pollinator Friendly
    Yes
  • Fragrant
    No
  • Pruning Time
    After Fruiting
  • Bloom Period
    Summer

You may not be familiar with the Custard Apple, but you’ll certainly want to buy one after hearing about this! The Red Custard Apple Tree (Annona reticulata) is in the Sweetsop family and a subtropical treat as well as gorgeous landscaping ornamental!

Also known as Sugar Apple or Bullock’s Heart, these unique exotic fruits feature a red rind with curious scale-like indentations decorating the skin! Dangling among the long, tropical green foliage, they look like pointed apples in the tree. Spring’s greenish-yellow blooms are a major draw for pollinators as well as people as they’re are drawn to this unique specimen tree!

Once ripe on the tree, harvest this delicious and healthy fruit for the custardy flesh. Eat it fresh, add it to baked goods or breakfast smoothies, or churn up some unique flavored ice cream! The pulps color can vary, as can the flavor, but it is pleasant and aromatic when allowed to ripen on the tree!

Planting and Application:

These mid-sized trees cast lush shade over your gardens, or they adapt to pruning so you can easily keep them smaller. Readily worked into an existing landscape or established orchard. The fantastic shape and foliage make these great around your landscape and when the softball-sized fruit develops, your tree will be turning heads!

Custard Apples can be pruned smaller as needed and kept in large planters or just kept smaller to fit these trees into smaller properties. Lovely front yard landscaping trees as well as back yard shade and accents, you’ll love all the healthful benefits and curiosity this tree provides!

  • Large Red Textured Fruit
  • Creamy Custardy Flavorful Pulp
  • Lush Semi-Tropical Foliage
  • Mid-Sized - Can be Pruned Smaller
  • Accent, Shade & Edible Ornamental Specimen

#ProPlantTips for Care:

Custard Apples do their best in protected warm growing zones without any chance of frost. They will lose their foliage in a chill but regrow once temperatures warm. Container plants can be brought indoors in cooler growing zones to protect them. Keep moderately watered in the full sun for the best flowering and the most fruit.

  • Full Sun
  • Early Producing & Self Fertile
  • Average Fertility & Well-Drained Soil
  • Prune After Fruiting

Buy your tropical and exotic fruit trees at NatureHills.com today and enjoy flavorful and unique specimen trees like the exciting Red Custard Apple Tree available now! Order yours before these curious fruit trees are gone!

Red Custard Apple Tree
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Red Custard Apple Tree

$9997

You may not be familiar with the Custard Apple, but you’ll certainly want to buy one after hearing about this! The Red Custard Apple Tree (Annona reticulata) is in the Sweetsop family and a subtropical treat as well as gorgeous landscaping ornamental!

Also known as Sugar Apple or Bullock’s Heart, these unique exotic fruits feature a red rind with curious scale-like indentations decorating the skin! Dangling among the long, tropical green foliage, they look like pointed apples in the tree. Spring’s greenish-yellow blooms are a major draw for pollinators as well as people as they’re are drawn to this unique specimen tree!

Once ripe on the tree, harvest this delicious and healthy fruit for the custardy flesh. Eat it fresh, add it to baked goods or breakfast smoothies, or churn up some unique flavored ice cream! The pulps color can vary, as can the flavor, but it is pleasant and aromatic when allowed to ripen on the tree!

Planting and Application:

These mid-sized trees cast lush shade over your gardens, or they adapt to pruning so you can easily keep them smaller. Readily worked into an existing landscape or established orchard. The fantastic shape and foliage make these great around your landscape and when the softball-sized fruit develops, your tree will be turning heads!

Custard Apples can be pruned smaller as needed and kept in large planters or just kept smaller to fit these trees into smaller properties. Lovely front yard landscaping trees as well as back yard shade and accents, you’ll love all the healthful benefits and curiosity this tree provides!

  • Large Red Textured Fruit
  • Creamy Custardy Flavorful Pulp
  • Lush Semi-Tropical Foliage
  • Mid-Sized - Can be Pruned Smaller
  • Accent, Shade & Edible Ornamental Specimen

#ProPlantTips for Care:

Custard Apples do their best in protected warm growing zones without any chance of frost. They will lose their foliage in a chill but regrow once temperatures warm. Container plants can be brought indoors in cooler growing zones to protect them. Keep moderately watered in the full sun for the best flowering and the most fruit.

  • Full Sun
  • Early Producing & Self Fertile
  • Average Fertility & Well-Drained Soil
  • Prune After Fruiting

Buy your tropical and exotic fruit trees at NatureHills.com today and enjoy flavorful and unique specimen trees like the exciting Red Custard Apple Tree available now! Order yours before these curious fruit trees are gone!

Plant Size

  • #1 Container 1-2 Feet
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