Syzygium australe - Lily Pilly

Syzygium australe or the Lily Pilly is one of Australia’s favourite plants - mainly because it makes such good hedging.
But it's also very popular thanks to its wonderfully crisp fruits, which are very tasty and make excellent jams and jellies.

[@bodo9387]

Great, are the leaves scented at all?

[@Davy-lf4cj]

I have hinterland gold Lilly pillies in 500mm pots. Only wanting them to get 2m in that size pot! They spend 4 hours a day in sun. Temperature is never below 15degrees. Watered once a week. But they are dieing from the top down. Dead leaves and branches complete brown and snap crisply. I realised tonight the pots only have 2 tiny holes in bottom so I drilled 3 more. Could this be a factor?

[@n00bszpro]

Can i ask if these fruits are meant to be slightly sour? It is very crisp though. But I can't see how it's tasty as it's not as sweet.

[@GardensOnlineVideo]

Yes they are a bit tart, but make great jam with added sugar.

[@n00bszpro]

​@@GardensOnlineVideo I see and are you meant to pick them when they're really pink or red?

[@peachespage2923]

Excellent video but how are they in frost?

[@GardensOnlineVideo]

A bit marginal - need to be in a sheltered spot with lots of mulch to survive real frost.

[@dadbod6039]

My lilly pillys are 2m hight has excellent growth at the top but is rather bare in the middle sections, do you have any suggestions please?

[@AlexAlvaro]

Nice share..👍👍🙏🇮🇩💝