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Mountain Apple Berry

Billardiera nesophila

Also called Purple Apple Berry

Mountain Apple Berry
Photo: Stig Pederson, CC BY 3.0 au

Billardiera nesophila is a slender twining shrub from Tasmania that climbs up to about 5 m, with pendent yellow-green flowers and glossy bluish-purple berries. It grows naturally in shady coastal woodland, so give it partial shade and moist, well-drained soil.

Family
Pittosporaceae (Pittospor family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade, Shade
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during growth and reduce slightly in winter.
Soil
Humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil or a peat-based mix.
Temperature
10–22 °C; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate

About

Billardiera nesophila is a species of flowering plant in the family Pittosporaceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is a slender, twining shrub that has narrowly elliptic leaves and pendent yellowish-green flowers that turn canary yellow as they age.

Where it grows

This species of billardiera grows in shady woodland in coastal areas of western Tasmania, and on islands south from King Island.`

Other Billardiera plants

Billardiera coriacea · Billardiera cymosa · Billardiera drummondii · White Flowered Billardiera · Elegant Pronaya · Australian Bluebell · Bluebell Creeper · Billardiera laxiflora · Kurup · Purple apple berry · Mountain Apple Berry · Common Apple Berry

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Billardiera nesophila by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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