Shepard
The Shepard Avocado is a smooth-skinned, green avocado variety, known for its rich, buttery flavour and creamy texture. This medium-sized fruit has a smooth, glossy green skin that remains green when ripe, making it easy to identify the perfect time for eating. Unlike some other varieties, the Shepard Avocado is less prone to browning once cut, making it ideal for salads, sandwiches, and fresh eating. The Shepard Avocado tree is a reliable and vigorous grower, offering a generous harvest from late summer to early autumn, providing a steady supply of delicious avocados during the off-season for other varieties. It thrives in full sun and well-drained soil, making it an excellent choice for home gardeners looking for a productive and easy-to-grow avocado tree. For optimal fruit production, it benefits from cross-pollination with another avocado variety. Its upright growth habit makes it suitable for gardens and small orchards, ensuring you can enjoy fresh, homegrown avocados straight from the tree.
SHEPARD AVOCADO TREE FEATURES
- Fruit: Medium-sized with smooth, glossy green skin and rich, buttery flesh
- Height: 4-6 metres when mature
- Growing Habits: Upright and spreading, benefits from cross-pollination, thrives in full sun, prefers well-drained soil, suitable for garden planting or large pots.
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As recommended by the Swiss Rose Garden Nursery.
- Dig a hole 60cm wide and 60cm deep. If the topsoil is usable, separate it from the sand as it can be re-used in the hole. When planting roses in an existing rose bed or where roses have been previously grown during the last 5 years, the soil must be replaced.
- Mix together a mixture that contains 2 parts topsoil, 2 parts compost, 1 part manure or buy a Soil Improver, Landscaping or Rose Soil mix from a Landscape supply place. About 100 litres per planting hole is recommended.
- A layer of manure can be placed at the bottom of the hole and then the hole filled with the above soil mix.
- Place one handful of slow-release fertilizer at 20cm depth from the top where the roots of the newly planted rose will be situated.
- Soak the soil thoroughly and lightly compact.
- Now plant the rose in this mix with the surface of the plant even with the surface of the prepared area, e.g., the graft union should be about 5 to 10 cm above soil level.
- Water every day for the first six months from October onwards, up to 10 litres per day during warm weather is recommended for strong deep root development.
- Plant roses 1m to 1.2m apart.
Enjoy the beautiful roses!