Japanese Raisin Tree
Japanese Raisin Tree is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
Japanese Raisin Tree syn. Chinese Raisin Tree is an ornamental shade tree well-suited to the home garden and school playgrounds. It grows well with little care and attention. A deciduous tree, it grows to a height of 6 - 9 m with a spread of 4 m. It is suited to temperate and subtropical climates and is very hardy to cold. It produces copious quantities of sweet, raisin-like, edible fruit. It is tolerant of wide range of soil types but prefers good drainage. Space trees 4 m apart in full sun. More growing information...
Product: Japanese Raisin Tree
Product type: SEED (10)
Botanical name: Hovenia dulcis
Japanese Raisin tree is a hardy, cold tolerant, small tree; suited to temperate and subtropical climates. It produces large quantities of sweet, raisin-like, edible fruit. It is also useful as a shade tree; well-suited to the home garden and school playgrounds.
Plant type: Deciduous tree
Plant height: 6 to 9 m high with a spread of 4 m
Sow when: Germinate best at 15 - 20°C soil temp.
Temperate: Spring
Subtropical: Early spring
Tropical: Unlikely to do well
Germination: Seeds have an impermeable seed coat that severely slows down germination; scarify by rubbing the seed between sandpaper, then by soaking the seed in hot tap water (approximately 140°F) for several days
Depth: Cover seed lightly with a seed raising mix
Position: Full sun
Sow where: Into seedling trays; prick out into forestry tubes for later transplanting; liquid feed once germinated
Soil type: Tolerant of wide range of soil types but prefer good drainage; pH 6 - 7
Details: Keep moist, germination can be slow, up to 12 months
10 seeds per packet
Hovenia dulcis
Deciduous tree
Japanese Raisin Tree
Japanese Raisin Tree syn. Chinese Raisin Tree is an ornamental shade tree well-suited to the home garden and school playgrounds. It grows well with little care and attention. A deciduous tree, it grows to a height of 6 - 9 m with a spread of 4 m. It is suited to temperate and subtropical climates and is very hardy to cold. It produces copious quantities of sweet, raisin-like, edible fruit. It is tolerant of wide range of soil types but prefers good drainage. Space trees 4 m apart in full sun. More growing information...