Tropical Fruits

Florida's climate gives home gardeners the opportunity to grow a surprising variety of tropical and subtropical backyard fruits. Many are familiar, such as avocado, lime, and mango, but there are also many with strange names, shapes, and flavors, like carambola, lychee, or sapote. Gardeners in South Florida have the biggest variety to choose from, but there are subtropical fruit that can be grown in Central Florida too. Even North Florida gardeners can grow a few in containers.

UF/IFAS Sites

• Florida Gardening Calendar
• FruitScapes: Temperate, Subtropical, and Tropical Fruit in Florida
• Tropical Fruit Photography

UF/IFAS Publications

• Avocado Growing in the Florida Home Landscape
• Carambola Growing in the Florida Home Landscape
• Guava Growing in the Florida Home Landscape
• Longan Growing in the Florida Home Landscape
• Loquat Growing in the Florida Home Landscape
• Lychee Growing in the Florida Home Landscape
• Mamey Sapote Growing in the Florida Home Landscape
• Mango Growing in the Florida Home Landscape
• Subtropical Fruit for the Home Landscape: publications
• Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Crops for the Home Landscape: Alternatives to Citrus
• Tropical Fruit for the Home Landscape: publications

Also on Gardening in a Minute

• Avocadoes
• Guava
• Key Limes
• Loquat
• Mangoes
• Papaya
• Starfruit (Carambola)

Other Sites

• Fruit & Spice Park (Homestead, FL)
• Rare Fruit and Vegetable Society of Broward County
• Tampa Bay Chapter of the Rare Fruit Council International
• Tropical Fruit Club of Central Florida
• Tropical Fruit Growers of South Florida