Jamaican Cherry has flowers

My Jamaican Cherry is on year two and it's starting to flower.

It's grown tall but not as full as I would like. I'll prune it back this fall to get a fuller affect.
However I'm excited to see little flowers on it. None of the flowers have turned into fruit so I wonder if it requires a pollinator.

New arrivals: June Plum and Muntingia calabura AKA Jamaican Cherry

Jamaican Cherry - Muntingia calabura AKA Panama Cherry

The Jamaican Cherry came from Fast-growing-trees.com and I'm glad I paid the $4 warranty because the plant arrived looking really beat up. The soil looks like it was replaced by peat moss and then covered by a bag to keep moist.  The combination of soil change and heat from the slow shipment choice probably did a double whammy on the plant and it's struggling big time. I hope I can revive it.

Hopefully they have a good replacement policy, because it's an uphill battle for this little tree from the get go.

Update: 6/5/16
Well the muntingia bit the dust. Fast growing trees will replace it however since it came in such poor condition.

June Plum (Ambarella Dulcis)

Purchased from Real Flora

"RealFlora aka Botanical Growers is a family owned, USDA licensed and inspected Florida nursery specializing in larger rare tropicals and fruiting trees. Our extensive collection began in Miami in 1987. Since then we relocated to 100 beautiful acres in North Florida."

They did an amazing job packaging up the tree and shipping it timely. I would definitely order from them again.

Unlike figs, June Plums do like NOT their crowns to be covered. My Little June plum that I bought was doing so well until I mulched it and the rains of Seattle came down and killed it.

This time I got a large tree to ensure a survival rate and it looks beautiful! It's already pushing out new fruit. I can't wait!

Cotton Candy Strawberry Tree - Muntingia calabura AKA Jamaican Cherry

Jamaican Cherry AKA Panama Cherry

Origin and Distribution
The Jamaica cherry is indigenous to southern Mexico, Central America, tropical South America, the Greater Antilles, St. Vincent and Trinidad. The type specimen was collected in Jamaica. It is widely cultivated in warm areas of the New World and in India, southeast Asia, Malaya, Indonesia, and the Philippines, in many places so thoroughly naturalized that it is thought by the local people to be native.

Macmillan says that it was first planted in Ceylon about 1912. Several trees were introduced into Hawaii by the United States Department of Agriculture in 1922. Dr. David Fairchild collected seeds of a yellow-fruited form in the Peradeniya. Botanic Gardens, Ceylon, in 1926 (S.P.I. #67936). The tree has been grown in southern Florida for its fruits and as quick shade for nursery plants. It is seldom planted at present. Volunteers from bird-distributed seeds spring up in disturbed hammocks and pinelands. The author supplied seeds requested by the Kenya Agriculture Research Institute, Kihuyu, in 1982. The Jamaica cherry is said to grow better than any other tree in the polluted air of Metropolitan Manila. It runs wild on denuded mountainsides and on cliffs and is being evaluated for reforestation in the Philippines where other trees have failed to grow and also for wildlife sanctuaries since birds and bats are partial to the fruits.

The Jamaican Cherry has red, sometimes yellow skin, is yellow inside and has two to three small oval seeds. It is slightly sweet, slightly tart and juicy, and is used to make juices, or washed and eaten just picked from the tree. The cherries are low in carbohydrates and are packed with vitamin C, vitamin A and folate.