She adds: ‘Papaya trees are exceptionally easy to grow. Technically a large herbaceous plant rather than a true tree, they are resilient and adaptable.’ They are plants with a lot of positives ...

You can easily grow papaya from seeds in your backyard ... With a bit of patience and care, you'll have a thriving papaya tree in no time!

I recently came across a remarkable papaya plant thriving since 2014 inside a greenhouse, and it has now grown into a productive tree.