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Carters Red Pummelo
Citrus maxima ‘Carters Red’
Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation
The price you see is the whole job: the plant supplied, delivered free and professionally installed. Done for you.
Supplied in 100Ltypically 2.5 to 3.5m tall on delivery
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Sizes shown are the sizes we currently source in this species. If you need larger specimens, project quantities or a size not listed, our sourcing team can look for it through our national supplier network. We confirm your exact stock with you on the booking call before anything ships.
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After checkout, our team contacts you to confirm site access and book a day that suits. Most orders are delivered and planted within 2 to 4 weeks of your booking call. Nothing else for you to organise.
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Price includes everything: the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.
Carters Red Pummelo - Citrus maxima ‘Carters Red’
Pummelo is the ancestor of the grapefruit and it produces the largest fruit in the citrus family, often the size of a football. Citrus maxima ‘Carters Red’ is a red-fleshed selection whose segments pull apart cleanly by hand and eat sweet and mild rather than sharp, because pummelo lacks the bitterness that grapefruit inherited from its other parent. The tree itself is handsome in its own right, with large glossy leaves carried on broadly winged leaf stalks and a rounded, spreading canopy.
Why Carters Red Pummelo
Fruit Size: Individual fruit are the largest of any citrus, which makes the tree a talking point as much as a crop.
Red Flesh: Pink to red segments with a mild, low-acid sweetness that suits eating fresh out of hand.
Easy Segments: The thick pith and loose membranes let the fruit be peeled and pulled apart without a knife.
Winter Harvest: Fruit ripens through the cooler months, when the tree is also holding its glossiest foliage.
Fragrant Bloom: Large white spring flowers carry a strong citrus perfume across a courtyard.
Ideal Applications
Productive Feature Tree: Substantial enough in leaf and canopy to work as the main tree in a small back garden.
Edible Landscape: Anchors a mixed fruiting bed with figs, olives and other citrus.
Courtyard Planting: The scented spring flowering makes it worth placing near a door or outdoor dining area.
Warm Coastal Gardens: Suits frost-free coastal Queensland, New South Wales, Perth and warm parts of South Australia.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): Not used as a hedge. In an orchard row allow 4 to 5m between trees.
Spacing (feature/avenue): 5 to 6m as a repeated or stand-alone specimen.
Best Planting Season: Spring, once frost risk has passed, or early autumn in warm districts.
Soil & Drainage: Deep, free-draining slightly acidic loam. Citrus roots rot quickly in heavy wet clay, so mound the planting position if drainage is at all doubtful.
Establishment Care: Water deeply twice a week through the first two summers and never let the tree dry out while it is carrying fruit. Mulch generously but keep a bare collar of 100mm around the trunk to prevent collar rot, and feed with a citrus fertiliser in late winter, mid spring and late summer.
Plant Details
Height: 4 to 6m
Width: 3 to 4m
Growth Rate: Moderate
Foliage: Evergreen
Light: Full sun, with at least six hours daily
Native to: Southeast Asia
Flower Colour: White and strongly perfumed
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
Questions? Send An EnquiryWhy Nursery Direct
Every price includes supply, delivery and installation
Buying a mature tree often means three separate jobs: the plant, the freight and finding someone to plant it. We price the whole job as one: the tree, the delivery and the professional install.
- One price: supplied, delivered and installed
- Mature trees and specimen palms at every scale
- National sourcing for hard-to-find stock
- Residential, estate and commercial projects
How It Works
Place your order. We do the rest.
We Supply
Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.
We Deliver
Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.
We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







