Purple Berry Lilly Pilly. The Syzygium panticulatum celebrates the new year with a beautiful array of colourful fruit manifested in masses on the branches of 6m tall syzygiums. Heat stress and Scale infestation cause leaf browning.
Lilly Pilly plants may show dying signs due to various reasons. Rich in vitamin C it has good astringent. Very tall bushy native lillypilly tree with large leaves bright pink and weeping when new dark green when mature.
The berry has a tart cranberry-like flavor that has a hint of cloves.
The tree produces small round pinkpurple fruits during winter to summer that you can eat straight off the bush however if you want to get the most out of the berry we would recommend you make it into a delicious jam. Raw berry fruits contain toxic chemicals that can cause stomach problems if consumed in large quantities. The fast growing Lilly pilly tree is characterised by spectacular thick foliage with a glossy sheen which makes them ideal for use as hedges windbreaks as well as for attracting birds or simply as an eye-catching ornamental plant. In spring to early summer most lilly pillies have fluffy white or greenish flowers followed by long lasting red purple or whitish berries.
