Red Lady Papaya (Premium size) - Carica papaya Food forest Giant Ironweed is a perennial

Giant Ironweed is a perennial that goes dormant in the winter

Don't be startled when you see berries growing right on the trunk of the Myrciaria cauliflora

This type needs 250 chill hours below 50 degrees Fahrenheit to produce

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Red Lady Papaya (Premium size) - Carica papaya Food forest Giant Ironweed is a perennialRed Lady Papaya has a high yield of fruit that's similar but sweeter and tastier than the typical grocery store types. The flavor resembles melons. Red Lady often starts to fruit when it reaches just 4 feet tall. Not sure if your fruit is ripe yet? Just let it stay on the tree until about a third of the skin changes color and then pull it off to ripen at room temperature. Like bananas, papayas get sweeter as they ripen. This papaya is self fertile.