Plant Database
Pink Flesh Dragon Fruit
Dragon fruit ‘Pink Flesh’
The Pink Flesh Dragon Fruit offers the best of both worlds: the familiar appearance of the classic red-skinned fruit with a sweeter, more visually striking pale pink interior. It‘s a delightful and productive variety that combines beauty, flavor, and ease of care for the Bay Area gardener.
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Produces attractive oval fruit with pink skin and green scales, similar to the red-fleshed variety.
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Flesh is a sweet, soft pink to white color, offering a higher sugar content and more delicate flavor than the common white-fleshed type.
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Exceptionally juicy with a smooth, fine texture and tiny, edible black seeds.
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A self-pollinating, fast-growing evergreen cactus vine that requires a sturdy support structure like a trellis or pergola.
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Features the same spectacular night-blooming, fragrant white flowers as other dragon fruit varieties.
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Well-adapted to warm, sunny locations in Zone 9a and requires minimal water once established.
Flavor Profile:
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Flavor: Sweet and pleasant, milder than the intense magenta variety but sweeter than the common white.
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Texture: Very juicy and soft, with a melt-in-your-mouth quality when perfectly ripe.
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Best Uses: Excellent for fresh eating, adding a sweet, colorful touch to fruit platters, smoothies, and desserts.