12-27-2010, 06:59 AM
Gingers are beautiful and there are many different kinds and colors. However, they spread. And spread. And spread. You can have your cake and eat it, however, by planting them in wide shallow pots that will contain those spreading rhyzomes.
Mangos will be a nice shade tree but don't count on fruit at that elevation. Mountain Apple - both red and white, will do very well. Ice Cream Bean (Inga edulis) and Malabar Chestnut will do too well - if you are not there to harvest daily you will return to a thick grove, as they drop their seeds and germinate very readily.
When you plant your citrus, which will do well even in rocks, keep different kinds away from each other or they will cross pollinate and yield strange combos of fruit. I have a grapefruit in the middle of a tangerine orchard, and because it only gets pollinated by tangerines, its fruit is the size of an orange with orange pulp but a grapefruit taste - a graperine!
Different varieties of avocado come into fruit at different times of year, so you may want to plant several kinds for year-round production.
Mangos will be a nice shade tree but don't count on fruit at that elevation. Mountain Apple - both red and white, will do very well. Ice Cream Bean (Inga edulis) and Malabar Chestnut will do too well - if you are not there to harvest daily you will return to a thick grove, as they drop their seeds and germinate very readily.
When you plant your citrus, which will do well even in rocks, keep different kinds away from each other or they will cross pollinate and yield strange combos of fruit. I have a grapefruit in the middle of a tangerine orchard, and because it only gets pollinated by tangerines, its fruit is the size of an orange with orange pulp but a grapefruit taste - a graperine!
Different varieties of avocado come into fruit at different times of year, so you may want to plant several kinds for year-round production.