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.
Counter
Clockwise from top left:  S-8,
Undatus white, Polyrizus.
Undatus white fruit.