| ELK CREEK DRAGON FRUIT FALLBROOK, CA GERHARD KESSLAU & LINDA NICKERSON 760-451-0320 LLNickers@Juno.com |
| AVAILABLE FROM FARM TO YOU: Fresh Delicious Fruit Well-rooted plants & fresh cuttings Six varieties of Hylocereus available. Growing instructions included Our Nursery uses NO PESTICIDES OR CHEMICALS |
| The beautiful red-fruited Thomson S-8, one of the most delicious Dragon Fruit. |
| This white fruited Undatus flower can be over a foot in diameter & will bring a crowd of photo buffs to your garden, as it does ours, on the one night each flower blooms. |
| For more info: Linda Nickerson & Gery Kesslau ELK CREEK DRAGON FRUIT Fallbrook, CA (N. San Diego Co.) 760-451-0320 LLNickers@Juno.com *shipping available* (cuttings only) |
| DESCRIPTIONS OF OUR VARIETIES Thompson S-8: Self Fertile but greatly benefits from hand pollination. Very dark green, thick stems with single thorn; abundant, small dark red outside/deep magenta inside fruit. Very hardy plant, heat and sun resistant, begins fruiting at a young age and blooms earlier than most DF-- early May--and continues throughout summer and fall into Nov. Fruit is firm, small but abundant and very sweet with slight floral taste. Undatus--white: Self Fertile and usually Self Pollinating. Very large (1- 1/2 to 3-1/2 lb), hot pink fruit with clear white flesh, sweet and refreshing. Plant has strong, wide stems with multiple thorns; can withstand full sun with minimal sunburn. Generally a mid summer (July) bloomer with plenty of fruit on into November and later. Guatemalan—Thomson G-2: Self Sterile so needs a pollinator. Sweet and delicious large (1-2 lb) dark red outside with dark magenta flesh. Stems are strong but will sunburn, though rarely sustain permanent damage; single thorn. Blooms early (May) and produces plenty of fruit well into Nov. Perfect companion to S-8, for cross pollination as they both bloom at approximately the same time. While its lack of sun tolerance and self sterile properties are a negative, the large, sweet, attractive fruit make it worth the trouble. Polyrhizus: Self Sterile so needs a pollinator. Very dark red outside, deep magenta inside, sweet and delicious medium size fruit (3/4 -1 lb). Branches are very strong and resistant to sun damage—have a waxy coating. Cuttings and plants are available in limited quantities. (currently sold out) |
| Some of our Dragon Fruit plants are naturally shaded by our Fan Palms and grown on redwood trellises. |
| Clockwise from top left: S-8, Undatus white, Polyrizus. |
| Undatus white fruit. |