5 Seeds Coffea canephora (Robusta Coffee)
Coffee canephora, commonly known as Robusta Coffee, offers a rewarding growing experience for enthusiasts interested in producing their own beans. This robust tropical plant features glossy, deep-green foliage and a naturally upright growth habit, making it an attractive addition to a conservatory, greenhouse, or sheltered patio in warm regions. The seeds are easy to start and produce vigorous seedlings that develop into productive bushes over time, providing both ornamental charm and the potential for a future harvest.
Use these seeds to cultivate a unique coffee plant that serves as an excellent conversation piece and a source of culinary interest for home roasters. In suitable climates, it can be grown outdoors as a landscape shrub, or kept in a large container and moved indoors during cooler months in temperate areas. The plant flourishes with consistent moisture and dappled light, rewarding patient growers with fragrant white flowers and clusters of green fruit that ripen to a deep red.
Species: Coffea canephora
Variety: Robusta
Type: Coffee Plant
Plant Habit: Evergreen Shrub
Sun: Partial to Full Sun (Filtered)
Soil: Rich, Well-Draining
Days to Harvest: 500–700
Zones: 8–11
Germination: 15–30 Days
Sowing: Sow Surface, Lightly Cover, Keep Warm and Moist
Spacing: 24–36 Inches Apart
Notes: Prefers High Humidity and Frost-Free Conditions