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Arabica Coffee Bean Plant -4" pot- Grow & Brew Your Own
The original home of the coffee plant is Africa. The first coffee plant of economic importance was Coffea Arabica. It grows to the height of 2-3 feet but the cultivated plants are cut to the height of 1-2 feet to get more width. The leaves of the coffee are lustrous dark green with lighter underside. The flowers emerge from the branches together with the leaves. The white coffee flower has five petals and a scent resembling that of jasmine. The coffee berries are cherry-sized and green at first, turning dark red later on. The ripening takes eight months. The coffee plant can simultaneously have flowers and berries in all stages of development. The coffee tree requires temperature of 65-80 degrees F. Thus, the coffee tree is a tropical plant. The plant you will receive is growing in a 4" pot and is about 8" tall. There are multiple plants in the pot.
Excellent plants
I received the two pots ordered in excellent condition. The plants were healthy and full of life and each pot had 4-5 plants and not just one plant. I already transplanted them in separate pots and I now have 10 pots with ten healthy trees which I hope will survive so that I may transplant them again in my garden.
However, I would like to suggest a better way of packing so that the plants could travel for longer distances. I was in New York when I received them and then I had to travel to Greece and Cyprus where I wished to take them with me. I had to repack them myself very carefully and I did manage to bring them alive and healthy up to my final destination in Cyprus. They are doing well so far and I hope they will thrive in our moderate climate. I had a similar experience one year ago and I have 8 plants in my garden doing quite well.
I would also like to be able in future to order and receive such plants or any other for direct delivery to me in Cyprus.
Wonderful!! Beautiful!!!
Received the plants in excellent condition...each plant looked very healthy...transplanted them according to the instruction included in the package and the plants continued to thrive....I love them!!!
Received in EXCELLENT condition
Received in EXCELLENT condition - especially considering it's the middle of January and the package sat on my porch for at least 4 hours in subfreezing temperatures. I can't believe how good this plant looks! It even came in a pot! I've ordered plants by mail before this is the first company who sent the plant in a pot, usually it's a bag of dirt.
I am very very pleased. I will order many many more products from Hirt's Gardens.
Thriving after six months
I bought these early this summer. I just got one, which came as a single pot containing a tangle of plants that were mostly 4" in height. I separated all the plants before potting them. Now, about six months later, I have about eight seedlings ranging from 4" to nearly a foot in height. I haven't found any health problems with them, though one turns yellow when it's brought inside my dim apartment -- sort of odd, since all of the others have been fine indoors.
Care notes:
I have done nothing special with my plants -- they are in regular Miracle-Gro brand potting mix, in terracotta or well-drained plastic pots with a bit of styrofoam or drainage rock at the bottom. They loved the rainy Atlanta summer and fall; I never added water unless they started to look limp. When I water them indoors, I let the water flow through the dirt several times so that the dirt is soaked. I want the soil to stay moist for several days, but I don't want a bog. Keep the plants' native climate in mind, and you'll do fine.
They're clearly sensitive to cold -- they droop dramatically when exposed to weather below about 40F, so I've moved them inside as needed. (Do keep them out of reach of cats. They're not poisonous like poinsettias, but you do NOT want to be cracked in the shin by a fast-moving caffeinated feline. Trust me on that.)
To those who think they'll be able to harvest coffee from these things: Um, no. It takes ten years for a coffea arabica to produce fruit, and even then, you won't get much. And by the time that happens, it'll be six or eight feet tall. You aren't buying a fruit tree here. You're buying a beautiful houseplant and conversation piece. Enjoy it for what it is. There are plenty of places to buy fresh coffee.
I love these little coffee plants!
