NO, they were here when i bought the house, I think they are at least 30 years old..
but you can get the dwarf varieties of almost ever type of fruit which will yield in the first season and double the yield in the second and third seasons and they can be grown in pots too..
Bukhari :: Book 8 :: Volume 73 :: Hadith 41 Narrated Anas bin Malik (RA):
The Prophet SAWS said,
"If any Muslim plants any plant and a human being or an animal eats of it,
he will be rewarded as if he had given that much in charity."
Hey if that ladybird was alive and well would you be saying 'poor aphid'? I don't think so a spider's gotta eat! Everything has a set time to die, it was Mr. Ladybird's (how's that for gender confusion? ) time and his death gave something else life.
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Bukhari :: Book 8 :: Volume 73 :: Hadith 41 Narrated Anas bin Malik (RA):
The Prophet SAWS said,
"If any Muslim plants any plant and a human being or an animal eats of it,
he will be rewarded as if he had given that much in charity."