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Photographs are of our actual stock, taken at the nursery. Plants are living things — expect small differences in shape and leaf count from the plant shown.
Outdoor Plants
Malpighia (Barbados Cherry Shrub)
Malpighia glabra
Malpighia does two jobs at once. Small pink flowers with crimped, almost torn-looking petals appear in flushes through the warm months, and each is followed by a bright scarlet fruit the size of a cherry — genuinely edible, tart, and extraordinarily high in vitamin C.
It also clips well into a dense hedge, which makes it one of the more useful plants in a small garden: colour, fruit and structure from a single shrub.
- Edible scarlet fruit, exceptionally high in vitamin C
- Frilled pink flowers in repeated flushes through the warm months
- Clips into a dense informal hedge
Rs 1,000for the 12 inch pot
Inclusive of pot and mix. Delivery Rs 350, free over Rs 5,000.
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Never bought in and resold
At a glance
- Mature size
- 1–2 m
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Difficulty
- Easy to keep
- Around pets
- Non-toxic — safe if chewed
Full sunPartial shadeHedgeGarden
How to look after your Malpighia (Barbados Cherry Shrub)
Written for Pakistani conditions — long hot summers, dry winter air, and hard tap water. Follow this rather than advice written for a temperate climate.
- Light
- Full sun for the heaviest flowering — six hours or more. In partial shade you get foliage and few blooms.
- Water
- Deeply twice a week in summer, weekly in winter. Let the top few centimetres dry between waterings.
- Humidity
- Ambient outdoor humidity is fine.
- Soil
- Well-draining garden soil or a loam-based container mix enriched with compost.
- Feeding
- High-phosphorus feed every 3 weeks through the flowering season to keep buds coming.
- Temperature
- 15–45°C. Most are heat-loving; protect from frost.
If something goes wrong
Healthy leaves but no flowers
Why it happens: Too little sun, or a nitrogen-heavy feed.
What to do: Move into full sun and switch to a high-phosphorus feed.
Buds forming then dropping before opening
Why it happens: Irregular watering or a sudden move.
What to do: Water on a steady schedule and leave the plant in one position while it is budding.
Sticky leaves and black sooty film
Why it happens: Aphids or scale, and the mould that grows on their honeydew.
What to do: Spray with neem oil weekly for three weeks, covering the leaf undersides.
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