Pistacia Vera. Pistachio.
The Pistacia Vera is a smallish deciduous tree with a spreading growth habit. It has a canopy of pinnate grey-green leaves made up of five oval leaflets. Starting to fruit from around the age of five years, both male and female trees are required for for the fruit to set. It blooms in Springtime when clusters of flowers are produced, a brownish green in colour but lacking any petals. These are followed by oval shaped fruit, which has a hard cream coloured shell turning a more golden colour and splitting apart when the fruit is ripe. This reveals the edible part of the nut, with a mauve coloured skin and light green flesh and that distinctive flavour that is so popular.
Grown in a sunny, sheltered position.
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PISTACIA VERA. Pistachio .
Latin Name: .Pistacia Vera
Common Name: Pistachio Nut. Green almond.
Origin: Persia. Southwestern and Central Asia
Hardiness: Around -10 degrees. May need some winter protection in severe frost.
Growth: Medium growth rate. Deciduous ornamental tree with grey-green leaves with 5 leaflets. Male and female flowers are needed for fruit. No petal flowers are followed by clusters of fruit with a hard exterior shell splitting when ripe to reveal the edible nut. Fruits after around the 5th year. Member of the Cashew nut family.
Sun: Full sun.
Exposure: Sheltered.
Flowering Season: Late Spring/ Summer.
Pruning Time: Early winter after harvest.
Soil: Rich well drained soil.
Moisture: Dry to moist.
Feeding: Feed a balanced fertilizer from Spring through the fruiting season.
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