Perennial / Evergreen Trees / Loquat , "Chinese Plum" , Japanese Medlar Fruit
 
 
  •   Plant name - Loquat
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  •   Common name - Japanese Medlar
  •   Plant type - Evergreen
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  •   Vegetation type - Perennial
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  •   Growth rate - Medium
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  •   Leaf / Flower color - Green / White
  •   Other names - Eriobotrya japonica
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    Description :
        Eriobotrya japonica is a large evergreen shrub or small tree, with a rounded crown, short trunk and woolly new twigs. The tree can grow to 5–10 metres (16–33 ft) tall, but is often smaller, about 3–4 metres (10–13 ft).
        The leaves are alternate, simple, 10–25 centimetres (4–10 in) long, dark green, tough and leathery in texture, with a serrated margin, and densely velvety-hairy below with thick yellow-brown pubescence; the young leaves are also densely pubescent above, but this soon rubs off. .
     
     Growing Instructions :
    * Rinse and rub the loquat seed under running water.
    * Prepare your planting area. Loquats require good drainage, but can grow in almost any soil type. Add some organic matter to the planting location so that the soil is moderately fertile. Loquats cannot tolerate standing water, so amend the soil with peat moss or other organic material to loosen it and improve drainage.
    * Plant each seed 1 inch deep in the center of a 6-inch pot filled with moistened seed-starting soil.
    * Transplant the plants into larger pots or into the ground when they are 6 inches tall. Remove most of the soilless media, because this will delay the growth of the loquat tree. Be sure that some of the roots are exposed when you plant the loquat tree. Dig a hole slightly larger than the peat pot or flat the seed is growing in. Spread the roots in the hole and pack the soil down gently.