Sapodilla ‘Silas Woods’ (Manilkara zapota)

Name: Sapodilla ‘Silas Woods’ (Manilkara zapota)
Brand: Logee's Greenhouses
SKU: R2136-6G
Price: 99.95 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

SKU: R2136-6G

6" Pot Size Grafted Plant

This rare dwarf Sapodilla ‘Silas Woods’ produces fruit when young, often within the first year as a container plant. The fruit holds on the branches for several months until it ripens becoming soft when ready to pick. The sweet fruit can be scooped out with a spoon and tastes like brown sugar. Grow in full sun and hand-pollinate to ensure fruit set if grown indoors. Although optimum minimum temperatures are 60°F, it can tolerate temperatures down to 35°F for short periods. ‘Silas Woods’ is well suited for pot culture as it can easily be maintained at less than 5’ in height while still producing an abundance of fruit. Sapodilla plants produce chicle, a white natural gum that was originally used to make chewing gum. Our grafted plant is "true-to-name" and will fruit sooner.

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Excellent

I was very excited to receive my plant in a healthy and Pristine condition. Can't wait for it to fruit. Definitely I recommend Logee's. All my other plants from this site are also doing good.

A rare dwarfing, high quality variety sold with care

Silas Woods earns consistent praise for having the highest quality fruit among all sapodilla varieties. Not only that, it is also a dwarf variety that allows it to be grown and maintained as a container plant outside of the tropics. It is a challenge to find it for sale on online nurseries that ship nationwide, so finding it on Logee's was exciting. The plant arrived ahead of schedule and was packaged with care. Definitely worth the purchase while they're available.

Hurricane-proof

This little gem has survived a hurricane here in Florida. I bought it a few years ago and it is covered with fruit. I have neglected it and it still grows beautifully. If you prune it, it will branch out and form a nice shrub.

Nice plant.

It's a good size plant about 1.5 feet tall and arrived in excellent condition. It will need frost protection when the tree is young but supposedly can withstand colder temperature when matured. Make sure you know how to take care of this beautiful plant.

Very nice plant

I was searching for this specific variety of sapodilla because of the outstanding reviews but ai could not find it in stock in any online nursery so late in the season until logees. It arrived looking very nice with a nice compact canopy. To my surprise it arrived with one fruit already set! Very happy with my plant.

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