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I acquired a plant last year and had no idea what it was. At first i though the leaves smelled like citrus, but recently it is more like cloves. It really started taking off in my greenhouse, so i got curious and googled it. It looks like it is allspice. Does anyone have experience growing that here? How big will it get? it's about 2 feet tall now. I heard that they are either male or female, and need a partner to seed. The seeds are what the spice is derived from. Anyone have suggestions for getting it to seed, and when it will flower?
Thanks in advance.
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There is at least one allspice (with seeds during the hula fest) in Liliokalani Park, near the teahouse... of course this is a pampered plant, but we liked the look & planted two a couple of years ago...so way too early to tell how it will be here (downtown Keaau) but at the park it is med. short (not more than 20'ishy) and nice & bushy...along with the clove that is there....
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Not sure about flowering, but I have clove and allspice doing well at 1200'.
Allspice is susceptible to "ohia rust".
Nutmeg trees from Plant'It Hawaii are self-fruitful (hermaphrodite).
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I'm at 1200 ft too, and have had my allspice tree for many years - just one, so no seed production. However I use the leaves to make spice teas and toddys. My tree is about 20 ft. tall.
