It arrived about 1.5' tall already with intact flowers and ready to bloom/produce fruit. I'm always happy with the health of Logee's plants on arrival.
This is an easy growing tree. I received the plant sometime in June as a rooted cutting, now now by September the plant is 3 to 4 ft tall and many flowers. Few fruits already set. Cannot be happier with a purchase. Already spread the word to my gardener clubs. Thank you Logees!
We found that the plant takes a little time to get acclimated, then grows fast! Ours liked to be planted in the garden during the season. It took a long time for the flowers to produce fruit and the fruit ripened very slowly. We're in zone 6 and brought the (very tall) plant in with its green fruits last fall. They seemed to ripen but then tasted really really awful, bitter, pungent, unpalatable. Suspect it would have gone otherwise if they'd ripened in the sun. Fun nightshade cousin, definitely recommend.
This is an update to my first review. Many of the fruit did indeed ripen, and I'm continuing to eat them - very tasty. However, I allowed the plant to remain outdoors during an unexpected light frost, which extensively toasted the leaves, despite the plant being under a protected eave. I moved the pot into a greenhouse, where it appears to be recovering, with new leaves emerging.
I received this plant in the spring, and in one season it has grown in a pot to about 5 feet tall, with lots of fruit and ongoing flowers. However it isn't at all drought tolerant, and needs water about every day in hot weather. Also, some of the fruits have been of mature size for quite some time, but remain green. I hope they will ripen before winter. All in all, a nice, tropical-looking plant.