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countrykitty_gw

I swiped some Chinese evergreen fruit...now what?

countrykitty
16 years ago

While at a hospital I spied a large chinese evergreen with quite a few red fruit like berries, so of course I picked up 3. I've done some searches but can't find any instructions on how to go about planting them. Any ideas?

Comment (1)

  • hostaholic2 z 4, MN
    16 years ago

    I've only ever started with cuttings, so I'm not really sure. The berries remind me a little of Jack in the pulpit berries. With those, you mush the berries and separate the seeds from the pulp. Don't know if that would work or not for these. Maybe someone else will have experience with them.

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