I don't know if I love all loquats, but these are two that I grew from seeds that an LJ friend sent me from California. Now they're trees! They're six feet tall and would be happy to grow taller, but I have to keep trimming them so that I can bring them in and out of the house: out in summer, so they can catch the rays and be happy, and in in the winter, so they can keep warm and not die. (They like a southern Californian climate, not a Massachusetts one) They have beautiful long green leaves--the length of my forearm. In Japan they make an infusion from the leaves for a kind of herbal tea. And the wood is used to make biwas, a traditional instrument a bit like a lute. Loquats also produce a nice fruit, but mine haven't yet and may never, who knows. But I love them all the same. I love just staring at them, talking to them, the whole shebang.
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I don't know if I love all loquats, but these are two that I grew from seeds that an LJ friend sent me from California. Now they're trees! They're six feet tall and would be happy to grow taller, but I have to keep trimming them so that I can bring them in and out of the house: out in summer, so they can catch the rays and be happy, and in in the winter, so they can keep warm and not die. (They like a southern Californian climate, not a Massachusetts one) They have beautiful long green leaves--the length of my forearm. In Japan they make an infusion from the leaves for a kind of herbal tea. And the wood is used to make biwas, a traditional instrument a bit like a lute. Loquats also produce a nice fruit, but mine haven't yet and may never, who knows. But I love them all the same. I love just staring at them, talking to them, the whole shebang.