These are on 1 acre in Hawaii:

Abiu
Acerola
Atemoya: 3 Gefner
Avocado: Green Gold, 2 unknown from seeds
Black sapote: 2
Breadfruit
Blueberry: Misty, Sharpblue, Sunshine
Coconut palms: 17 total
Durian: Monthong
Fig: White Kadota, Brown Turkey
Green Sapote
Grumichama
Guava: White Indonesian , unknown pink
Jakfruit: 2 Ziman pink
Langsat
Lime: 2 Tahitian, 2 Kafir,
Lemon: Meyer
Longan: 2 Biewkiew, Sri chompoo
Loquat: Golden Nugget, Mammoth
Lychee: 2 Kaimana, Bosworth
Malabar chestnut: 9
Maprang
Mango: Namdocmai, 2 Florigon
Mangostein
Mountain Apple: white, 2 red
Mulberry: 3
Noni
Orange: Washington Naval, Valencia, 4 unknown
Pomegranite: 4 Wonders, 1 unknown
Pummelo: Tahitian Pomplemousse, 2 Chandler
Rambutan - R134, R162, R167
Rollinia
Sapodilla: Makok, Betawi
Star apple
Starfruit
Surinam cherry: 4
Tamarind: 1 Sweet, 1 unknown
Tangerines: Honey, Clementine, Fremont, Dancy, 2 unknown
Water apple

Also:
Banana: Thai (Kluay kai),Red Iholena, Red apple, dwarf
Chinese William, William, 2 Cuban Red, IceCream,
Rajapuri, Silk Fig, several Apples.
Papaya: several unknown
Pineapple: too many to count, curently 50 with fruits

Potted Seedlings: Cherimoya, Java Plum, Mayong Chid,
Thai lime.

Wish list: Sugar apple, Cherry of Rio Grande, and Fig (Black mission or others with deep dark color).

Tropical/Subtropical Fruits:

Mango
Bananas (himalayan, dwarf cavendish, enano gigante, African
giant "Kandarian")
Citrus
Oranges (Valencia, Washington Navel, Satsuma mandarin
& Blood
Persian Lime
Lemons (Meyer's and Eureka)
Calamondin
Kumquat (meiwa and nagami)
Citron (Buddha's fingers)
Poncirus (hardy orange)

Avocado
Tropical Guava (Ruby Supreme)
Ficus carica (figs)
Sugar cane
Ginger
Eggplant
Loquat (in the ground)

I live in SW Ranches, Florida. Due west of Fort Lauderdale we moved into our house last October.

So far we have...

Valencia Pride Mango
Russell Avocado
Ayala Sapodilla
Sweet Sop
Pimento Tree/Allspice
Coconut Palm
Banana/Plantain
Banana Dwarf Cavendish

hello swrancher, you sound like me, i moved into my house about two years ago and started my collection out small like you and now have about 20 different trees.

you are right next door to the Broward Rare fruit council. you should join, its $20 per year and they have a a garden with 208 different fruit tree specimens growing and have semi annual sales.

I'm in Miami and here are my Fruits:

*Bananas (Two types)
*Mangos: Carrie, Valencia, Choc-anon(Miracle Mango), Mallika, Madame Francis
*Avocado (Special type from Cuba)
*Pine Apple(delicious, just picked one last week)
*Papaya
*Yams
*Coconut Palm(yellow Type)
*Sugar Canes (Two types)--Growing on Pot perfectly

Here is what I'm growing.. =) Wow, you guys/girls sure have a lot =). Also, I'm looking for "Thai White Guava" (I think the "Bangkok Apple" kind?).. It is the crunchy version. My wife said she ate some in China and wanted to grow it. Anyone have any for sale? =) Thanks. I can never find that on the internet for sale.

Trees (Large,Medium)
==================
Lemon (Zones 8-11)
Apple (Zones 3a-8b)
White Nectarine (Zones 5a-9b)
Buddha's Hand (Zones 10a-11)

Vegetables/Fruit
==============
Snow Peas **ALL ZONES**
Cauliflower **ALL ZONES**
Kohlrabi **ALL ZONES**
Brussel Sprouts (Long Island Improved) **ALL ZONES**
Broccoli **ALL ZONES**
Asparagus (Zones 4-9)
Ginger (Zones 8b-11)
Red Onion / Green Onion **ALL ZONES**
Potato **ALL ZONES**
Celery **ALL ZONES*
Carrots **ALL ZONES**
Cucumber (Dasher II) **ALL ZONES**
Spinach (New England Heirloom) (Zones 6a-9b)
Watermelon (Crimson Sweet, Yellow Doll) **ALL ZONES**
Pumpkin (Connecticut Field) **ALL ZONES**
Soybean (Be-Sweet 292) **ALL ZONES**
Tomatoes (Big Boy, Yellow Pear Cherry) **ALL ZONES**
Rosemary (Zones 7a-10b)
Basil **ALL ZONES**
Bitter Melon **ALL ZONES**
Aloe (Zones 9a-11)
Strawberry (Zones 5a-9b)
Kumquat (Zones 8-10)
Golden Kiwi (Zones 8a-10b)

Lowes
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Avocado (Hass) (Zones 9a-10b)
Santa Rosa Plum (Zones 5a-8a)
Eggplant (Hansel + Other) *ALL ZONES*
Li Jujube (Zones 6b-9b)
Blueberry (Southern Highbush) (Zones 6a-9b)

Stark Bros
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Cherry (Gold Sweet, Royalton Sweet, Emperor Francis Sweet) (Zones 5a-8a)
Blueberry (Misty, Legacy) (Zones 7a-8b)
Mango Grafted Pawpaw (Zones 5a-8a)
Kiowa Blackberry (Zones 3a-8b)

Burnt Ridge Nursery
================
**Puget Gold Apricot (Zones 5b-7b)**
Nijesseiki Asian Pear (Zones 4a-9b)
Italian Plum (Zones 5a-8a)
**Gooseberry (Invicta, Pixwell) (Zones 3a-6b)**
Currant (White Imperial) (Zones 3a-8b)

Ebay
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**Sugar Apple (Zone 10a-11)**
**Mangosteen (Zone 11)**
**Jackfruit (Zones 9b-11)**
Loquat (Zones 7-10)

Jackfruit
Sugar Apple
Cherimoya
Mango (3 types)
Banana
Li Jujube
Guava (3 types)
White Sapote
Mamey Sapote
Japanese Persimmon
Moringa (ok, so it isn't a fruit...)

mangosteen
mangosteen
mangosteen
mangosteen
mangosteen
mangosteen

Mangostana- what zone are you and how are your mangosteens doing? Any pictures? Have they fruited yet?

Hi rayandgwenn,
Im in southern california. My mangosteens are doing very well. I'll let you know when something big happens soon. smiles!

Hello ,
Read that someone might have yellow Jaboticaba seed and wonder If you would consider parting with a few seeds
Ursula
culejools@yahoo.ca

Current tropical fruits:

Coconut (Malay Dwarf)
Dwarf Papaya
Guava (Ruby Supreme)
Simpson's Avocado
Persian Lime
Key Lime
Mamey zapote (Pouteria zapota)
Pineapple
Eureka Lemon
Meyer's Lemon
Calamondin
Kumquat (Meiwa)
Kumquat (Nagami)
Satsuma Mandarin
Ruby Red Grapefruit
Valencia Orange
Washington Navel Orange
Moro Blood Orange
Sea Grape
Dwarf Orinoco Banana
Dwarf Cavendish Banana
Raja Puri Banana
Brown Turkey Fig
Celest Fig
Loquat
Dragon Fruit
Glen Mango
Jackfruit

Right now I have these growing in my backyard:
Longan
Guava
Li Jujube
Barbados Cherry
Cherimoya
2 wax jambus (1 pink, 1 white)
Avocado
2 persimmons (1 chololate, 1 fuju)

I would like to add these:
mango
sapote
papaya
star fruit
atemoya

Australian Finger Lime - (Citrus austalasica)
Wampi/Wampee - (Clausena lansium)
White Sapote - (seedlings) (Casimiroa edulis)
White Indian Guava - (Psidium guajava)
Red Malaysian Guava
Pear Guava - (Large) [seedling]
Lemon Guava - (Psidium littorale)
Feijoa/Pineapple Guava - (Acca sellowiana)
Cherry of the Rio Grande (Eugenia aggregata) [seedling]
Surinam Cherry (Eugenia uniflora) [seedling]
Loquat - (Eriobotrya japonica)
Jujube - Li & Lang (Ziziphus zizyphus)
Cherimoya - (seedlings)
Jackfruit - (seedlings)
Mango - (seedlings)
Papaya - (seedlings)
Babaco
Passion Fruit - (seedlings)
Pomegranate - (seedling trees)
Dragon Fruit - (Hylocereus #2, H. Peruvianus, Pink - ? [La Verne Nursery])

anyone know if Rancor2006 is still around? he's got a nice collection...what part of Socal is he from?

JF

Here in Malaysia, I am growing the following:

Banana - 4 varieties
Passion Fruit - Edulis & Flavicarpa
Papaya - 6 varieties
Guava
Pomegranate
Star Fruit
Sour Sob
Longan
Kafir Lime
Jackfruit
Sugar Apple

1 Jackfruit (Mai 1)
1 Chocolate Sapote
1 Turkey Fig
1 Blueberry
1 Rasberry
2 Sugar apple trees (annona squamosa)
2 Malay Coconut
2 Dwarf Coconut
1 Haden Mango
1 My own exp cultivar mango
1 Seedless Indonesian Guava (Best I've had!)
12+ over a dozen miniature "Mazula Bannanas"
1 Pumello Citrus tree
1 Custard apple - annona reticulata
1 Atemoya - "Lisa" 48-26
1 Sapodilla (unknown variety)
1 Sapodilla (Hasya)
1 Avocado (Lula?)
7+ Kathi Patha (Curry Leaf tree)
2 different cultivars of Papaya
1 Pineapple

I live in PA and would like to grown a Sugarloaf Pineapple and Kaffir lime. Can anyone tell me where I can find the sugarloaf and where I can get seeds for the Kaffir lime? Would anyone be kind to send/exchange some seeds/cuttings of the Kaffier lime and the top of the sugarloaf pineapple?

You can purchase Kona Sugarloaf pineapple on Ebay. There are 2 ebay dealers-

floridahillnursery
wellspring gardens

I purchased mine from wellspring gardens. Just do an ebay search for Kona Sugarloaf pineapple.

2 Julie Mango (one is 5 yr old, the other a 7 gal)
1 Nam Doc Mai (5 yr old)
1 Lancetilla (7gal)
1 Mallika (7gal)
1 Oxkutzcab Sapodilla (3gal)
Sugar Cane

6 grafted mangoes: Kent, glenn, lemon zest, nam doc mai #4, carrie, and valencia pride.

2 grafted pace mamey sapote.

2 bananas: manzano banana and a "baby" banana. I think baby banana's are the same as lady finger.

Brogdon grafted avocado.

Passion fruit.

4 ft thai-lessard sweetsop seedling.

6 ft soursop seedling.

Choquette(or beta) avocado seedling.

3 year old magana mamey sapote seedling.

Vietnamese pomegranate.

I am growing:

A mallika mango tree.

A dwarf musa green banana.

A commun fig tree.

A purple passion fruit seedling.

A Pakistani mango tree seedling.

A mandarin tree seedling.

All this in canada brrr....

Hi Everyone! I just joined this forum because I would very much like to grow my own purple mombin tree as I cannot find any websites that carry and sell the fruit in California. I have been craving for this fruit for years and haven't given up on getting my hands on it. I decided that I should try growing my own mombin or sineguela fruit.

What websites do you recommend I purchase the purple mombin tree from?

Any help would be greatly appreciated...Thanks in advance
I look forward to hearing from you.

Marina

@Marina welcome to the forum, I am sure someone from California will answer your question soon, you might want to try the search function, someone may have already covered that topic, also the California Rare fruit growers website might have growers that have the plant your looking for.

http://www.crfg.org/

Hello & welcome to the addiction,

Here are some CA nurseries.
There's also Mimosa nursery in LA, Champa nursery, the list goes on .... search function hahahaha

Tim

Thank you!

Marina

@esco, after reading my post over again , that does sound funny, i meant the forum search of course.

Wow this thread goes back to 06.
I started growing plants as a small hobby and am really enjoying it.
Im here in massachusetts so as you can guess it gets very cold here.
This is what i have growing in my sunroom.

Super dwarf cavendish (2)
Musa basjoo (2)
Meyer lemon
Dwarf tangerine
Nugami kumquat
Lemon guava
Dwarf navel orange
Hardy chicago fig
Top hat blueberry

i will probably look to add a couple more plants in the next couple of weeks.

Dontommyg,

Nice starter list, now its time for some mangoes, lychees, sapodillas, starfruit, etc. hehe. You may want to supplement lighting with some LEDs, if you lack good sun for the sun loving plants.

Calamondin (2)
guava
lychee
zapodilla
mango
banana
blueberries
sugar apple

I'm in Florida - started off just growing veggies and herbs, then planted a few trees, now I'm pretty much trying to duplicate the Garden of Eden! lol. Here's what I have:

Banana
Tarocco Blood Orange
Eustis Limequat
Meiwa Kumquat
Vietnamese Red Pomegranate
Dwarf Pomegranate
Carrie Mango
Bacon Avocado
Hall Avocado
Coconut Palm
Australian Finger Lime
Key Lime
Pink lemon
Meyer Lemon
Barbados Cherry
Starfruit
Black Turkey Fig
Sweet Sunrise Yellow Passion Fruit
Possum Purple Passion Fruit
UF Sun Peach
Miracle Fruit
Grumichama

jamoon
mangoes (julie,starch,sap,therpintime,dodues,applemango)
custard apple
guarana
guava
soursop
papaya
cashew
avocado
grapefruit
orange
mandarin
tangerine
Portugal
king orange
pomegranate
coconuts

Hello,

I had a mango tree few years back (Julie) It didn't grow much and finally died. Also had 2 wax jambu last yr and they died too! I am in zone 6 so any tropical would have to be in pots and winterized. I like to try growing mangoes again and I have seen some of you having fruits growing in containers. Any suggestions and tips for growing and winterizing would be most appreciated. thanks in advance

Hello
I live in Lithuania, Europe (Cold Zone 5A/5B), and I'm interested in exotic plants my area. Unfortunately send in plants of the U.S. is very expensive, so maybe you know where I can get seeds Fig Chicago hardy, Persimon (Diospyros), Pomedgranate (Punica granatum), goji, Poncirus trifoliata, succulents and other exotic plants in Lithuania, which could grow in my area.
Maybe I could buy or exchange seeds (in my area).
Best regards
Zenius Sadauskas
Lithuania

Hello Zenius,

Try these nurseries in Germany and Spain:

http://www.pflanzenkindergarten.de/index.php?osCsid=3e34def48978925f398e2f0602365632

http://www.flora-toskana.de/onlineshop2/index.php?osCsid=57f7891a65bfbe09aea16fe1bfabc933

http://www.palmenmann.de/shop/de/Exotische-Fruechte

http://www.frutalestropicales.com/

http://www.viverossevilla.com/

http://www.canarius.com/en/

Good luck!

I live in Grenada a small volcanic island in the Caribbean it's extremely tropical but because of the high altitudes some areas experience some cold weather not snow obviously but cold enough to cause discomfort.
I have ten acres that I want to turn into an exotic fruit garden most of it would be cocoa and nutmegs which are the primary export crops. I want to plant them in a systematic way as to use the canopy to create an attraction.

I grow a variety of tropical fruits and some sub tropical and temperate for experiment. our zones range from 9a to 12b.
I grow:

purple and yellow mobin
Mangoes many varities
Citrus many varities
Atemoya
Cherimoya
Sugar apple
Sour sup
pond apples
Custard apples
Longan
Spanish lime
Rambutan
Lychee
Brazilian cherry
Suriname cherry
Cherry de rio grande
Pitomba
Rainforest plum
pine apple Guava
pear guava
large Bangkok guava
red strawberry guava
large red guava
local unnamed varieties
Indian jujubee
jack fruit
loquats
caimito and the small similar variety
star fruit
bananas
sweet tamarind
Otaheite gooseberry
Cashew nut
malay apple
water apple
mangosteen
lemon drop mangosteen
unnamed mangosteen with very large seed.
velvet apple
mamey apple
mamey sapote
sapodilla
grape
strawberries
pomegranate
fig
and a few temperate for experiments
apples
nectarines

I grow these in south Texas.

30 assorted apples, peaches and plum trees.
Pineapple
Guava
Papaya
Pomegranite
Moringa
Lemon
Orange
Lime
Calamasi
Banana
Dragon Fruit

Hi, I'm new to the forum! I don't see anywhere to post an Introduction, so I thought this might be a good substitute.

I am very fortunate to have recently moved to the Florida Keys, to live out my dream of growing every tropical fruit I can manage. I grow only organic, and am very conscious of native plantings and invasives, as this is an ecologically unique and sensitive area - so in some cases I grow items that need special care or quarantining in pots, or even indoors. My list is ever growing, but this is as it stands now (tropical fruits only, I have plenty of other stuff that doesn't fit this section):

Cavendish Banana
Namwah Banana
Beautyberry
Blackberry Jam fruit
Gulfstream Tropical Blueberry
Calamondin
Barbados Cherry
Coconut
Cocoplum
Coffee Arabica
Wild Coffee (Native to Keys)
Bahama Wild Coffee
Pygmy Date
Brown Turkey Fig
Muscadine Grape
White Guava
Guanabana/Soursop
Kiwi
Meyer Lemon
Key Lime
Persian Lime
Loquat
Lychee
Mamey Sapote
Maha chinook Mango
Mallika Mango
Mangosteen
Mulberry
Noni
Passiflora caerulea (I know... eh...)
Passiflora edulis, Possum Purple
Passiflora incarnata
Passiflora multiflora (native to Keys)
Royal Hawaiian Pineapple
Sugarloaf Pineapple
Dwarf Pomegranate
Vietnam Pomegranate
Sapodilla Hasya (grafted)
Wild Dilly (wild sapodilla, native to the Keys)
Black Sapote
Seagrape
Dwarf Starfruit (Averhoa carambola var Hart)
Tamarind
Tangerine

Hoping to add to this list soon: Acai, Pitomba, Ice Cream Bean, and Strawberry Tree, among other things

** I think it's safe to say I'm addicted. **

Prior to this, I lived up North, and although I had a knack for gardening I did not get the opportunity to grow any fruits at all, just a handful of plants in a yard, and experiments in pots indoors on a very small budget. Now I grow everything that could conceivably be edible that I can fit either inside or outside the house! Fruits do dominate my curiosity, but I also am foraying into a lot of tropical vegetables (which I assume belong to the Tropical Plant forum, so I won't list them here). I intend to be completely self-sufficient when it comes to my produce needs, and to be able to eat as much fresh produce every day as I feel like.

I am new to this, so I will need a lot of help from this forum to keep everything healthy, and fruit-bearing. But so far, so good! Most of my plants are a few years old, so only about half have fruited as yet.

[I'm also growing some cold-weather varieties of fruits, and will be experimenting with simulating chill hours indoors. I have no idea how successful that will be yet, but I am not one to be limited by climate - if others can grow tropical fruit up North, why can't I grow cold-weather fruit in the tropics? :) ]

Hi all Great thread!
Apologies if this is not in the right forum, but looks like I've come to a thread where you all know what your doing.
I have what I thought where goji berries but by other pictures from google I'm not sure anymore, google pics of the goji leaf are narrow with a slight point, mine however have a heart shape type of leaf, here are some pictures any help would be appreciated.

I'm not sure how to apply two pictures in one message!
But here is the bottom of the plant, the first leaves to sprout looked like the goji but as I mentioned in my first post the round heart shaped leaves have thrown me off! Thank you for taking the time to help.

i have 2 different Goji
there are lots of variety from my understanding.

still... it doent look like either one of mine
i dont think its a goji

try the link below

I've started my first proper garden after years of living in smaller places. I'm currently growing:

Cape Gooseberry (basically a weed in my garden)
Pomegranate
Blackberries (don't know the type)
White, weeping mulberry (found on the property)
Litchi / Lychee (nursery didn't label the type)
Avocado (Fuerte & have been advised to get a Haas too)
Apricot (Cape Early, a South African cultivar)
Apple (Early Red one & looking for a tart, green pollinator/pie apple)
Eureka lemon
Unidentified dwarf lemon (found on property)
Shaddock pomelo, red flesh
Peach (Oom Sarel, a large South African cultivar)

Two fruits that I'm growing, but I've never tasted before:
- Miracle Fruit (3 seedlings about 20cm, under glass & one recently planted outside). I've served the pills for a party.
- Pepino

Got a whole of herbs, peppers and veggies too. I'm looking to replace granadilla / passion fruit and mangoes that I've grown before. I don't care for the taste of granadilla but I love the Passion flowers.

I live north of Johannesburg in South Africa & it's spring time here. I want to grow some of the traditional fruit trees I grew up with, like delicious sweet Marula (sclerocarya birrea). Marula makes a small, sweet fruit that you can eat fresh when it turns yellow, can ferment into a traditional beer and leaves a hard seed with a sweet nut. Other traditional trees are Milk plum (Englerophytum magalismontanum) & Moepel (Mimusops zeyheri)...I don't know it's English name but I see it's part of the Sapoteceae genus.

Lets see,
Dwarf Meyers Lemon.
Ice cream Banana.
Mexicola Avocado.
Suebelle Sapote.
Mango 'Baileys Marvel rootstock"
Cherimoya "Supermarket" !
Root Beer plant- a Piper species.
Ti plants..the wife uses the leafs for steam cooking. Same for the Banana.
Like many people none were from a list..just add here and add there...

Zone 10 a

rollinia deliciosa
nam doc mai mango
dragon fruit
passion fruit
cacao tree
banana
miracle fruit
pomegranate
2 glenn mangos
3 blueberries
Barbados cherry
florida crest peach
tangerine
persian lime
navel orange
brewster lychee
emperor lychee
jackfruit
hass avocado
strawberry tree(my favorite)
Everbearing mulberry tree
black sapote
And then a rainbow eucalytpus and silk floss tree

I'm growing the following in New Orleans La.

Mango
Guava(Mexican Cream and strawberry)
Pomegranate
Lychee
satsuma orange
Sugar Apple
Papaya (( 20+ plants 5 varieties))
Mamey
Jackfruit (several)
dragon fruit
Red mulberry
Everbearing mulberry
Carambola
blueberries
Goji
Loquat (several)
Kantikari
Black Sapote
Turkey Fig
Baobob (several)
Giant Soursop
Jaboticaba
jujube (several)
prickly pear (several)
Black Elderberry
Autumn olive

------------------------------------
Roselle Hibiscus
annato (several)
Malabar Spinach
Spinach
chard
mustard
Moringa
ginger
Aloes
ashwaghanda (several)
basil (several)

Ruby red grape fruit
Valencia orange
Sunburst tangerine
Key lime
Red lime
Meiwa kumquat
Mangoes: Kent, Pickering, NDM, Po Pyu Kalay, Lemon Zest, Southern Blush, 2 Coconut cream, Mallika, Peach cobbler, Irwin, Galaxy
Lychee: Hak Ip, Sweetheart
Longan: Biew Kiew, See Chompoo
Carambola: Kary, Fwang Tung
Jaboticaba: Grimal, White, Yellow, 2 Sabara, Sabara X
Miracle fruit
Black Sapote (seedling)
Mamey Sapote (seedling)
White Sapote (seedling)
Jack fruit: Mai 1, Cristela, Bankok Lemon, Gold nugget hybrid, Black Gold, Fairchild Hardy (seedling), NS1 (seedling), Lueng Bang (seedling), Borneo red (seedling)
Persimmon: Fuyu, Saijo, Chocolate
Atemoya: Geffner
Custard apple: Tobago Pink, Fernandez
Rollinia
Sapodilla: Silas wood, Alano
Canistel: Fairchild 2
Garcinia
Cherry of the Rio Grande
Grumichama: Yellow
Cacao: 4 different
Bananas: Raja Puri, Gran Nain, Jamaican red, Blue Java (a real one), Manzano, Namwa, FHIA 17, Hua Moa, Ice cream (not a blue java)
Dragon fruit: Halley comet, Physical graffiti, Purple haze, yellow, Vietnamese Jaina, American beauty, Arizona purple, Edgar's red, Condor, Cebra, Natural mystic, 2 unknown white flesh
Star Anise
Cinnamon tree
Datil peppers
Tulsi (Holy basil): Vana, Rama, Krishna, Kapoor
pineapple: White jade, elite and the tops from most of the ones I eat

DM

I've added Lemon Guava- tasty little fruits. Red Malaysian Guava..a winter ripeness..so we will see. Aultalfo Mango..grown from seed. Its fun to mix ornamentals with exotic fruits. I like it better then all of one or the other.

Subtract the Root Beer and Mexicola. The gophers ate the Root Beer,and the Mexicola fruits were just too small to bother with. Why they were that small? Who wants that? No wonder it was sold out of the back of a van to me-lol.

I agree, I mix ornamentals with exotic fruits too, about half and half, variety makes things more interesting.

Ah,I forgot!..Santol. Its doing pretty well too. From what I've read of a few in soucal growing this is..they drop foliage easily in winter. Yet,I read that they are naturally adapted to drop leaves in the dry season of the tropics. Our cold is like the dry to them.

Now since planting out in spring my 8 year old,6' houseplant grown Santol, I have only to learn if they can take a bay area winter..rains and the occasional frost. Keep you all posted on that.