Avocado

Landscaping

Avocados are beautiful evergreen trees. The older varieties (like Avocado Hass) require a good-sized garden. However, new varieties like Avocado Cleopatra™ that are more compact and do not grow as big are more suitable for a slightly smaller garden. Watch out for new varieties from incredible edibles® coming on the market soon.
Culinary & Nutrition

Avocados are rich in mono-unsaturated oil, protein, and vitamins A and B. Low in sugar and cholesterol with large amounts of minerals, calcium, iron, and potassium. We all know the endless uses of Avocados in salads, from baking to making your own guacamole. Remove the fruit from the tree with part of the stem attached. Ripen the fruit at room temperature until slightly soft before refrigerating.
Growing Conditions

A warm sheltered sunny position protected from the wind when young. Frost tender, especially when young. Avocados prefer a free draining soil and fertilise in the growing seasons with a high Nitrogen fertiliser. Prune to maintain the desired shape. It can take some years before fruiting. Avocados can be grown from Avocado stone, but these are unlikely to produce fruit.

Incredible Avocado Varieties

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Cleopatra™ is a relatively new variety (and the best on the market). Its more compact growth habit makes it more versatile for the home garden. It can easily be trimmed to contain the size of the plant further. Described as a beautiful bushy, compact evergreen tree with a thick canopy with large dark green leathery leaves.

Avocados flower heavily, and the fruit is medium-sized pear-shaped black fruit with a shiny skin. The fruit is larger than the traditional Hass variety. The creamy yellow flesh has a nutty, creamy, rich flavour. The flowers are light yellow/green appearing in abundance in spring. Harvest is from July to December.

Avocados prefer a warm sheltered sunny position with good drainage. Add blood and bone and plenty of organic matter when planting, and apply mulch after planting (and annually) to support a healthy root system.

Produced and Marketed by Tharfield Nursery Ltd in association with 100 Percent Pure Ltd. Avocado Cleopatra™ (‘V.B.3’) is protected under the New Zealand Plant Variety Act 1987.

Persea americana mill V.B.3 PVR

Avocado Hass

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Hass is the variety we all know or have heard of. A larger tree than the newer Cleopatra™ variety, although Hass can also be trimmed to maintain a smaller size, it still provides a good-sized evergreen tree with a thick canopy with large dark green leathery leaves.

Hass produces medium-sized oval-shaped black fruit with a black pebbled skin. The fruit is a deliciously rich, nutty flavour. The flowers are light yellow/green appearing in abundance in spring. Harvest is from November to March.

Persea amaricana ‘Hass’