Shade Producing Fruit Trees

Loquat/Japanese Plum Tree in a 3 Gallon Container. Loquats are shaped like Christmas trees, but they have large fuzzy leaves that are green on top and silver underneath. The fruit tastes like a combination of peach and apricot. They are most often eaten fresh, in jellies and in wines. The trees will begin fruiting at just one to two years of age. Cold hardy tree good addition to any garden since it provides fruit during the winter months.

Coconut Tree Dwarf Green Variety in a 3 Gallon Container. Some people believe that coconut palms are the symbol of romance in the tropics. People associate the coconut palm with relaxation and shade looking out over the sea to the horizon. Coconuts have numerous health benefits, the coconut water/milk is high in electolytes and nutritious. These dwarf variety may grow to a height of twenty-five to thirty feet and begin flower after three years, being only about three feet tall. The dwarf varieties are valued because they bear early and are resistant to lethal yellowing disease.

• Comes in 3 gallon container • Both a male and female tree are required to produce fruit • Rare Grafted Tree • Very close relative of the lychee and longan • Olive green skin, salmon colored pulp • Pulp is tart, tastes sweet and tangy • High in fiber, vitamin A, and vitamin C • Full sun or sun to partial shade, drought tolerant • Zones 9-13

• Comes in a 3 gallon Container • High quality, hard to crack • Often used in baking • Eaten fresh or roasted • About the size of a quarter • Require vise or hammer to open • Slow growing, very dense trees • Can be container grown • Grow to about 8 ft. tall • Patio/Indoor growing Zones 4-11, Outdoors Zones 9-11

Cardamom plant in a 3 gallon container. Cardamom has a complex flavor. It's citrusy, minty, spicy and herbal all at the same time, and it's highly fragrant, too. Because of this, it's widely used in all sorts of dishes. You'll find it featured in sweet foods and savory foods, paired with meats, fruits, legumes and grains, incorporated into cookies, pastries and other baked goods and even used as a flavoring in coffee, tea and alcohol. It is a nice compliment to cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, cloves and ginger (which it's related to), so you'll often see it used in conjunction with these spices.

Neem Tree in a 3 Gallon Container. While nearly unknown in the US, neem is one of the most widely used medicinal herbs in the world. Neem is a cornerstone of the Ayurvedic tradition, and was known as sarva roga nivarin or "healer of all ailments" in ancient India. Today, in tropical regions around the world, neem is often called "the village pharmacy." In the US, it is most often used as an immune system booster with multiple actions that make it particularly effective. First it increases activity of both the cell-mediated system (the Killer T response) and macrophage response (white blood cells). It also is packed with antioxidants that are critical in preventing age-related disorders. The tree is an amazing value since it literally has 100's of uses, medicinally and around the house. Neem trees place around the border of a property will prevent mosquitoes and other pests and insects for entering. Neem leaves place inside rice and other lentil containers is a natural way to keep out bugs. A must for every home garden.

The Bailey's Marvel is a popular Florida grown mango that is a cross between the Hayden and the Bombay mango varieties. The fruit skin can vary in color being a deep yellow to red blush and the flesh being fiber less bright orange creamy inside. This Variety is considered to be slightly more cold tolerant than other varieties of Mango

Canistel/Egg Fruit Tree in a 3 Gallon Container. The Canistel is a large, open, evergreen tree that has dark green leaves up to twelve inches long clustered at the tips of the branches. The fruit has an orange to yellow thin skin, and the pulp is dry like a hard boiled egg yolk. They are commonly eaten fresh, used in cooking, pies, and they are excellent in ice cream. In milk shakes they taste like eggnog. They are very similar in taste to the Lucuma from Andean countries.

• Comes in 3 gallon container • One of the rarest fruits in the world • Firm and juicy flesh, sweet taste similar to a lychee fruit • Naturally red in color, sometimes seem yellow or orange • Leather like skin covered in soft “spines” • Round or oval shaped fruit, 1-2 inches in length • Cannot be cooked, can only be eaten raw • High in carbohydrates, fats, proteins, phosphorous, iron, vitamin C, and calcium • Tropical fruit tree (Zones 11-13)

• Comes in 3 gallon container • Flavor of passion fruit and grapes, scent of a red rose • Tastes slightly more tart than other lychee varieties • Considered a commercial variety • Full sun, sun to partial shade • Indoor/Patio Growing (Zones 4-11), Outdoor Growing (Zones 9-11)

Tamarind Tree in a 3 Gallon Container. The tamarind is a graceful stately tree commonly found in the south Florida landscape and growing wild along Central American roadsides. The fruit hang in clusters peapod like legumes typically six to eight inches long. The fruit is eaten fresh, in candies, and in sauces. In fact, it is one of the primary ingredients of Worcestershire, as well as numerous other jerk and barbeque sauces. Makes a great stately shade tree. *Decorative Container Shown NOT Included

Jaboticaba Tree in a 3 Gallon Container. The jaboticaba forms a small bushy tree that has multiple ornate stems. The fruit are grape-like with a thick skin & melting pulp. They are eaten as fresh fruit, in jams and in wine. They can be frozen whole to enjoy throughout the year. Because the fruit occurs on the old growth it is best never to prune them. They are especially cold hardy plants, and they like a lot of water. Fruit throughout the year. Used commerically in a Jelly made by Smuckers.

Creamy smooth butter texture, slight sweet flavor melts in your mouth. This elegant fruit is a medium to large that produces 6-8 oz. in size. It's gorgeous Aubergine color makes your gravitate towards this beauty . Used to garnish salads, made into guacamole or eaten right off the tree. • Comes in 3 gallon container • Purple skin, weighs about 8-12 oz. • Firm pulp with nutty flavor • Average height of 25 feet • Fruits July through September • Good shade producing tree • Full sun to partial shade • Zones 9b-11

Coconut Tree Dwarf Yellow Variety in a 3 Gallon Container. Some people believe that coconut palms are the symbol of romance in the tropics. People associate the coconut palm with relaxation and shade looking out over the sea to the horizon. Coconuts have numerous health benefits, the coconut water/milk is high in electolytes and nutritious. These dwarf variety may grow to a height of twenty-five to thirty feet and begin flower after three years, being only about three feet tall. The dwarf varieties are valued because they bear early and are resistant to lethal yellowing disease.

Fig Tree Black Mission Variety in a 3 Gallon Container. With a history that dates back to 5,000 B.C. the edible fig is one of the most widely recognized and distributed fruits in the world. They were first introduced to the New World through Mexico in 1560 and then to California in 1769. It is one of the few fruits that can be grown in all fifty states, and there are a multitude of varieties suitable to each growing region. The Black Mission and especially the Brown Turkey variety are the two best for tropical and subtropical climates. Black Mission figs are teardrop in shape with thin black skin and a reddish flesh. Sweeter than honey these larger figs are the cream of the crop. They provide 2 crops a year.

Mamey Tree Grafted in a 3 Gallon Container. Mamey is the national fruit of Cuba. It has the flavor and texture of sweet potato pudding and it is best served as a milkshake. It can be difficult to tell when the fruit is mature, because they do not have a color break like mangos and they will still be rock hard. The best way to tell if the fruit is ready to pick is to scratch the surface. If it is green underneath, then it needs more time. If the fruit is pink where scratched, then it is ready to pick. They typically take four to five days to ripen once picked, and at this stage they are soft to the touch. Great value since Mamey fruit usually cost between $5-$7 each.

Creamy smooth butter texture, melts in your mouth. It's gorgeous bright green color makes your gravitate towards this plant . Used to garnish salads, made into guacamole or eaten right off the tree.

Malay Apple Tree in a 3 Gallon Container. The malay apple or Otaheite Apple is a close relative to the wax jambu and the rose apple. Unlike the wax jambu the malay apple has a single marbled sized seed that separates easily from the pulp. The fruit are bell shaped and can be up to eight inches long. The taste can be described as a rose water flavored apple, and they are pleasant and cooling to eat. The trees fruit prolifically, and larger fruit size can be achieved by thinning the crop and watering heavily. The tree grows fast and large, and they typically have a Christmas tree shape.

Flavorful, fiberless mango that is great for fresh eating from the tree or in a chopped salad! • Comes in a 3 gallon container • Sweet, fragrant, premium taste • Golden yellowish skin with reddish blush when exposed to sun • Vigorous and large grower • Consistent producer with long-lasting season • Ripens from June to July • Does well in drier climates but can survive in humidity too (Zones 9-11)

Ylang Ylang Tree in a 3 gallon container. The ylang ylang is an elegant open tree famous for its flower’s fragrance which is used in nine different perfumes including Chanel #5. The flower itself is large, showy, and obviously extremely aromatic. The tree blooms sporadically throughout the year, but is heaviest in late autumn.

Mulberry Tree Everbearing Variety in a 3 Gallon Container. Mulberries taste similar to blackberries, and they will stain your hands and lips like black berries as well. They are excellent eaten right out of hand, but they are often used to preserves, jellies, and jams. The leaves of the mulberry are cultivated in many parts of the world as food for silk worms. Everbearing produces small fruit almost year round.

The Blue Jaboticaba Fruit in a 3 gallon container all the way from Brazil has a thin dark purple almost blue in color fruit. The flesh sweet and juicy with on or two large seeds inside. People say that the fruit tastes like a juicy grape.

Cinnamon Tree in a 3 Gallon Container. Cinnamon is an evergreen shrub or small tree with dark, leathery, aromatic leaves. In cultivation young trees are cut back twice a year and sucker shoots develop from the roots. These long slender shoots furnish the bark that is the commercial product. The leaves are used in tea. Cinnamon is a very popular culinary spice and it is also used in candy, gum, incense, toothpaste and perfumes. The oil is used in medicine as a carminative, antiseptic, astringent and as the source of cinnamon extract. It's simple to this spice: you just peel the outer bark off, the branches, and leave it to dry in the sun. Once it's dry you'll have Cinnamon sticks.

Extremely Rare Ice Cream Bean Tree in a 3 gallon container. A large tree which produces bean pods up to 1 meter long which contain sweet, juicy, white pulp that has a soft cotton wool texture and tastes of vanilla ice-cream. Comes from Central and Southern America. Also know as guaba, inga cipo, guamo bejuro, pois sucre, rabo de mico, inga de metro, monkey tail. Makes a delectable snack for children.

White Sapote Tree in a 3 Gallon Container. The white sapote is a superb but delicate fruit that tastes like a rncreamy sugar cube. The fruit are typically baseball to softball size, and the trees begin fruiting in just one to rntwo years. They are best eaten fresh and chilled, but are excellent in ice cream and milkshakes as well. They are rnreputed in Mexico to have soporific effect. Fruit are extremely sweet and make a great treat.

Persimmon Tree Fuyu Variety Grafted in a 3 Gallon Container. This is the flat shaped fruit. The persimmon is a multitrunked or single-stemmed deciduous tree to 25 ft. high and at least as wide. It is a handsome ornamental with drooping leaves and branches that give it a languid, rather tropical appearance. . The color of the fruit varies from light yellow-orange to dark orange-red. The size can be as little as a few ounces to more than a pound. The entire fruit is edible except for the seed. Makes a great treat and is cold hardy will provide tropical tastes in cooler climates.

• Comes in 3 gallon container • Crisp texture, mild flavor, cooling effect on body • Tastes like an apple with hint of rosewater • Trees easily maintained at 10-12 feet, can grow to 40 feet • Fruits July to September • Patio/Indoor growing Zones 4-11, Outdoor growing Zones 10-11

Green Sapote Tree Grafted in a 3 gallon container. This tree is popular in South and Central America. The green sapote is very closely related to the mamey. The fruit have a smooth, leathery, green skin that has a slightly reddish hue when ripe. The pulp is creamy and moist and they are typically single seeded. The flavor can be compared to a creamy pumpkin pie, and they are most often eaten fresh or in a milkshake.

The ilama fruit resembles the Cherimoya. The skin is pale green to deep pink or purple while the fruit has a custard consistency

• Comes in 3 gallon container • Flavor of passion fruit and grapes, scent of a red rose • Large, deep red fruit • Fruits May – June • Full sun, sun to partial shade • Indoor/Patio Growing (Zones 4-11), Outdoor Growing (Zones 9-11)