Sugar Apple, Sweetsop

hey everyone,

I have a few flowers but most of them are dried out.. dead... what should i do to not let this happen??

Bought this plant 2 months at at River's End Nursery. It has already had flowers. The plant was grafted and should be big enough to bea...Read Morer fruit next year.

I began selling tropical fruit trees via mail order this past year. Living in South Florida I became addicted to tropical trees a long ti...Read Moreme ago.

This is a very easy plant to grow in containers. Most of my customers are up north where they grow tropical tree/plants in large pots, place them on the patio in the summers then inside during the winter months. There are some tropical trees that don’t require as much light as most fruiting/flowering trees/plants- Sugar Apple is one of them. The fruit is amazing and they seem to fruit nicely in containers.

The only thing that throws me off a bit is the scent of the leaves. It’s not bad, just strong when you’re close to it. The plant itself is very pretty and even without fruit makes a lovely indoor or patio tree.

Tamara
Tam’s Trees

Although the exact origin of Sugar Apple (Annona squamosa) is still being debated, experts agree that its native habitat extends f...Read Morerom south of Central America to the tropical South America.

And now it is not only cultivated in many parts of the tropical world, but it can also be found growing in the wild.

The Spaniards are credited with bringing Sugar Apple from the New World into one of their colonies, the Philippines; while the Portuguese are thought to be responsible for bringing Sugar Apple into India around the beginning of the 16th century.

Today, India boasts the most acreage in the world for Sugar Apple production. One of the most popular fruits of India, Sugar Apple can also be found growing in the wild in many parts of India.