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Photo: Emőke Dénes (licence) · representative image, not the exact plant you receive
Red Lady Papaya
Carica papaya 'Red Lady'
Fruit in under a year. Red Lady is self-pollinating, so a single plant will crop, and it produces heavy loads of sweet red-orange fruit on a plant short enough to harvest by hand.
- RipensSummer harvest
- USDA zones9b-11
- Mature size6 to 10 ft
- CategoryTropical and Rare Fruit
The cultivar name and the figures above are our best effort rather than a guarantee. We rely in part on what the nurseries we buy from tell us. What that means.
Understory layer
Full sun
Protect below freezing
Grows well in a pot
High in vitamin C
- Pick up in person. Collect free from Booth J57 at Renninger's Flea Market, 20651 US-441, Mount Dora, at the weekend, or from the nursery on a weekday by arrangement. We will confirm the details with your order.
- Local delivery. We deliver to the Eustis, Mount Dora, Tavares and Umatilla area.
- Ship to me. Carefully packed and shipped from our Lake County nursery.
Growing Red Lady Papaya in Central Florida
Full sun and drainage that never waterlogs, which kills papaya faster than anything else. Short lived by nature: expect three to four good years, then replant.
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