Ceratonia siliqua 9cm pot 10cm tall

Carob tree

Mediterranean evergreen bushy tree with thick brown bark and green, leathery, pinnate leaves. Small green-tinted red flowers in racemes 2-5cm long, during late spring, are followed by edible black-brown leathery pods containing a sweet pulp.

Not fully hardy , grow as a pot specimen and over winter in an unheated greenhouse or try a sheltered microclimate.