‘GARAWANG’ PURPLE APPLE BERRY Billardiera macrantha Seeds

‘GARAWANG Wurundjeri

Purple berry or climbing blue berry

Common in tall open forests of the Otways and mountain ranges east of Melbourne, with isolated occurrences at Mt Macedon and the Grampians

A slender, twining creeper which thrives in semi shade and cooler and moister areas It has narrow dark green leaves and pale green tubular flowers , and oval shaped shiny purple berries which hang from the twiggy stems

Flowers Oct CFeb

As a bush food crop it grows well on trellises, or as a matted ground cover

Edible Fruits ripe when they have dropped to the ground can be added to fruit salads, used in pies and yeast bakery products

Germination: Sow Seeds Early Spring Summer, Only just cover the seed
Seed may retain viability for 1 2 years stored at room temperature