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Coffea arabica | Also known as: Arabica coffee, Coffee | Rating: votes| Print / Pdf
While not an obvious choice of garden plant, coffea arabica is a tender, lush plant that is not short of charm. Its dark green foliage is made up of leathery, glossy lance-shaped leaves from a slender, grey woody stem. In spring, it produces small white fragrant blossoms with five linear petals and a flurry of long thin stamens, growing in small clusters on the stems. In autumn, these flowers are replaced by clusters of small, round berries, which ripen to a rich red shade. Commonly known as the Arabian coffee plant, it thrives in moist but well-drained acidic soil, preferably in full sun. Use loam-based compost when growing under glass, and water regularly.