Stpete, out of the 4 varieties you listed I grow only 2 of them, Glenn and Lancetilla. If I had to do it over I would not have planted lancetilla, most of the reviews are they are not the best tasting(they get very large, so that's why I wanted one) Most of the reviews of Lancetilla is the flavor is not that great and the fruits have a tendency to "split" before ripening. My tree is VERY small since I've pruned it severely and also the freeze from a few years ago damaged a lot of my trees.

Why not try looking into Pickering (this has been highly recommended by many that grow it). Dwarf size can be kept at 8-10 ft. easily and a heavy producer.

Another variety that is highly recommended is Maha chanok.

My Glenn is one of my favorite mangoes...I have one in a pot, had it for a little over 6 years and one planted inground. My inground is appx. 6 to 6 1/2 ft. tall. Yearly freezes and pruning has kept this tree in check...

Glenn...6 years old

Thanks for the advice, puglvr1. Do you have any of the other fruit trees I mentioned? Makok sapodilla, Clementine or Ponkan mandarin, Emperor lychee?
My interest in Lancetilla or Neelum is mainly to extend the mango season by a month or two. But you and some others on this forum (in other discussion threads) have commented on Lancetilla's mediocre taste, and that has made me hesitate. No point in planting one, waiting years and then getting disappointed.
The tendency to split could be due to our wet summers. The fruit probably get too much water just before they ripen, causing the split.
Your idea of a Pickering is good, and I know you have some very nice Cogshalls. My hesitation is solely because they would put all the mangoes in a 2-month period. Fruit overload, though my neighbors and friends could be very happy indeed.
My wife tells me there is no point in having a longer season with mangoes one doesn't enjoy, and I guess I will give in to her wisdom!
That's a lovely Glenn in your photo, and so full of blooms. From the picture, I would have placed its height at 10 to 12 feet. And it makes me think I could grow one too. Wonder if Jene's Tropicals grows its Glenns on different root-stock, or whether that particular bit of info - that Glenns get to be 45 - 50 feet tall -- is even accurate. Something to ask them when I visit them next.
They do have most of the trees I would like to get, and the idea of one-stop shopping, along with delivery for $25, has its appeal.
Where we have lived in St. Petersburg these past 8 years, we haven't had a freeze. Couple of really chilly winters, including one when most of my hibiscuses dropped many leaves and some small branches died. But no tree or shrub has died due to the cold, and I hope it stays that way.

The mango being discussed over in the Tropical Fruit Forum (linked by Puglvr1 in the thread Lychee Tree Problems) is getting rave reviews. People are going nuts over it! I reposted the link below.

Carol in Jacksonville

Here is a link that might be useful: Seedling mango tree success in Jacksonville FL!

Thanks Carol...I'm always in awe of people that are able to grow plants especially fruit trees by pushing their zone limits. A very satisfying feeling when we succeed, especially for the all the hard work that's involved.

STpete, I certainly understand you wanting to extend your mango season...why not try growing a Keitt mango (its a late variety and I 've been able to keep mine at 6 ft. It fruited for me for the very first time last summer (the rest of the time the yearly freezes has almost killed my poor tree :o(
Keitt has a very scraggly growth habit so you will have to prune them often to keep them from getting too big. I think
I ate my last Keitt around the end of Sept. and it was delicious!!

I do have a few Cogshall and love them also, but they are an early variety (June/July).

This is my Keitt...taken last Sept.

I don't grow sapodilla...I have one lychee tree and its Mauritius variety. This variety can get very large but its one that's recommended for being the best bearer for my area. When I wanted to buy one Mauritius was the only one I could find here . With the yearly freezes I'm not worried about keeping this one at 12ft or so...my biggest concern is keeping it alive from year to year,lol...Sweetheart is suppose to be an excellent lychee also, but emperor is supposed to be a semi dwarf.

I'll post a picture of my Mauritius lychee tree on the next thread since I can only post one picture at a time.

I also have a very small (2 1 /2 ft) Satsuma tangerine I planted about 2 years ago. NO fruits yet this year. I'm hoping I will get to try a few next year. Its a dwarf tree and mine grows very slowly.

My Mauritius lychee

Go with a Keitt to extend the season. They actually taste good!

Puglvr, thanks for posting the photos of the Mauritius lychee, and also for the suggestion about Keitt (You too, slopfrog). Reading up on that this afternoon. Again, I was under the impression that it is quite a large tree.
That said, your yard appears far bigger than mine. Pinellas County, and St. Petersburg, do not have as generous yards. Ours is an older neighborhood, so yards are considered decent-sized. Mine is 100 x 102 feet. So the smaller varieties of sapodilla and lychee have their appeal (Makok and Emperor). Still, we're grateful we don't live in some of the newer subdivisions where yards are half the size and there are no trees than 10 or 12 feet around.
Four hours after breakfast went in the yard. Have to relocate some sprinklers to make sure the spray doesn't go into the areas where the fruit trees will be planted. Read that mango and lychee trees are sensitive to chlorides in reclaimed water; sapodilla and citrus seem to be more tolerant to reclaimed water, as least in a drip irrigation system.

If it wasn't for the occasional hard freezes here, I would plant another 10 or more tropical fruit trees and fill the backyard with them. Protecting them yearly becomes such a chore and the larger the trees get and the older I get the harder it is lol...

Please let us know what varieties you decide on and post pictures.

In case you didn't see the link I posted below on another thread, Best advice I can give you when you plant the lychee tree is plant it in a (sunny spot, of course) that's sheltered from wind or build a small enclosure around it for at least a couple of years .

Here is a link that might be useful: Lychees Online...wind protection

After nearly 2 years, an update. Planted 6 mango trees, and have been waiting for them to do their thing.
In Feb/March 2013, I planted one each of Mallika, Nam Doc Mai #4, Cogshall, Neelam, Pickering and Graham. The first summer, I got a couple of fruits from all of them. This year, I got fewer; the Mallika and Neelum failed to get past the flowering stage, the NDM dropped all its fruits when they were still small. It was a wet winter, and perhaps that affected the fruiting.
The strange thing this year: the NDM is fruiting. It has 10 mangoes; 3 are fairly large, but nowhere full size. Wondering if it is a freak crop, or they are destined to be early-season mangoes around April.
All the trees, other than the Graham, were in 3-gal pots when I got them; the Graham was in a 5-gal pot.
Will try to post a url to a google photo of the NDM

Here is a link that might be useful: NDM mangoes

This post was edited by stpete_mango on Wed, Nov 19, 14 at 21:15