LeelaMaps

By leela

^{November 1, 2025 at 2:03 pm}

Bountiful Boulevard

Edible Grove, Forage Guide, fruit tree

By leela

^{_{Modified on November 1st, 2025 at 1:58 pm}
at 1:56 pm}

Smoky Bear Edible Grove

Edible Grove, Forage Guide, fruit tree

By leela

^{at 1:47 pm}

Fred Cone Edible Grove

Edible Grove, Forage Guide, fruit tree

Fred Cone Park has an edible grove consisting of:

By leela

^{_{Modified on November 9th, 2025 at 3:47 pm}
October 22, 2025 at 2:26 pm}

Aug-Dec: Turkey Lake Persimmons

fruit tree, persimmon, Unexpected Fruit Tree, Wild Fruit Tree

Craig Hepworth:

"The ‘Turkey Lake’ tree in Gainesville was planted in 2002, and it has grown to a large size. Every autumn it produces abundant crops of fruit over a long period – most years you should find some ripe fruits if you visit any time from late August through the middle of December. (The very earliest fruits to drop sometimes don’t taste quite as rich as the ones which ripen from October onward). If you’re in the North Florida area, this is a good opportunity to experience what a really good form of American persimmon tastes like. I consider fruits of this species to be one of autumn’s finest treats."

Craig selected this variety of wild American persimmon, due to its size & flavor, and propagated it here.

Visiting the ‘Turkey Lake’ tree in Gainesville:

The tree is located in Dreamer’s Garden, a city of Gainesville community garden located at the intersection of NW 10th Ave and NW 4th St. There’s easy parking across the street in the Earth Pets plaza (you can stop in at the store to pick up some eco-friendly treats for your furry companions while visiting the persimmon tree.)

Leela:

Thanks for the tip, Craig!

To other folks: bring a fruit picker or long tool that can trim off a laden branch. There are two of these trees and one can be climbed but requires long reach even up there. The fruits are astringent when unripe. Ripe when absolutely gooey. The fallen fruits are perfect but will have a spot of dirt to pick off. There are apparently more of these trees within the garden nearby.

By leela

^{_{Modified on July 14th, 2025 at 10:23 am}
June 19, 2025 at 4:39 pm}

Unexpected Mango Seen Nearby

fruit, fruit tree, plant, Significant Plant, tree, unexpected, Unexpected Fruit Tree

Kind of fruit tree:

Mango

Grow Notes:

Within frame of seasonal greenhouse

By Gainesville Eye

^{_{Modified on July 29th, 2024 at 8:44 am}
July 27, 2024 at 9:43 am}

Epic Mulberry Tree + Military Trucks

fruit tree, military resources, Significant Tree

By leela

^{_{Modified on July 23rd, 2024 at 6:00 pm}
July 23, 2024 at 5:58 pm}

Unexpected Fruit Tree

fruit, fruit tree, plant, tree, unexpected, Unexpected Fruit Tree

As seen by @_fruit__tella on IG

Kind of fruit tree:

Banana

Why this fruit tree is unexpected:

Tropical in temperate Mediterranean climate

By leela

^{_{Modified on July 15th, 2024 at 7:42 am}
July 15, 2024 at 7:41 am}

Unexpected Fruit Tree

fruit, fruit tree, plant, tree, unexpected, Unexpected Fruit Tree

Kind of fruit tree:

In the region of Apopka, a gardener has a mango in ground, breadfruit in container

Why this fruit tree is unexpected:

Mango is generally assumed to be “too tropical.”

Grow Notes:

By leela

^{_{Modified on June 8th, 2024 at 9:31 am}
June 7, 2024 at 8:54 pm}

Fruiting Durian in Florida

durian, fruit, fruit tree, plant, tree, unexpected, Unexpected Fruit Tree, zone 9b

Kind of fruit tree:

Durian

Why this fruit tree is unexpected:

Ultra-tropical, hardly anyone tries to grow it

Grow Notes:

There are folks who struggle to grow durian in even more southern tropical climate; common belief has been that it’s the climate that’s the issue, but it seems more an issue of soil

If anyone can find this grower, check their growing practices

(This is an approximate location, apparently the tree is on Pine Island somewhere)

By leela

^{at 8:04 pm}

Unexpected Fruit Tree

fruit, fruit tree, plant, tree, unexpected, Unexpected Fruit Tree

Kind of fruit tree:

Jackfruit
mango
Avocado

Why this fruit tree is unexpected:

Considered tropical, local lore is that the region’s hard frosts would kill any of these trees before maturity

By Leela Maps

^{March 29, 2024 at 7:24 pm}

🌳 Food Forest

Compost Pile, Ecospace, Food Forest, fruit tree, plant, tree

Nearby is a food forest.

📷

🌱 Plants

banana
mulberry
sugar apple
coconut
barbados cherry
avocado

By Leela Maps

^{March 15, 2024 at 2:45 pm}

Unexpected Fruit Tree

fruit, fruit tree, plant, tree, unexpected, Unexpected Fruit Tree

Kind of fruit tree:

Banana

Why this fruit tree is unexpected:

Semi-public, where swimmers and walkers can access; native to SE Asia

Grow Notes:

By John

^{_{Modified on March 12th, 2024 at 4:22 pm}
March 12, 2024 at 9:57 am}

Fruiting 🥑🌳!

fruit, fruit tree, plant, tree, unexpected, Unexpected Fruit Tree

Kind of fruit tree:

Avocado, mature fruiting

Why this fruit tree is unexpected:

This region is generally assumed to be too cold to grow subtropical fruit trees

Grow Notes:

By Leela Maps

^{_{Modified on March 8th, 2024 at 7:58 pm}
March 8, 2024 at 7:44 pm}

Flowering Lychee

fruit, fruit tree, plant, tree, unexpected, Unexpected Fruit Tree

By Leela Maps

^{February 16, 2024 at 8:05 pm}

Unexpected Fruit Tree: Cacao

fruit, fruit tree, plant, tree, unexpected, Unexpected Fruit Tree

Kind of fruit tree:

Cacao

Why this fruit tree is unexpected:

Super tropical

Grow Notes:

In ground

Grower: “My plan was never to cover it since it’s under the canopy of Mamey trees. Anyhow, it didn’t even get into the 30s this winter usually January has temperatures in the 30s but not even the high 30s reached this winter.”

By leela

^{_{Modified on January 5th, 2024 at 3:35 pm}
January 5, 2024 at 11:23 am}

Papaya fruiting in January

fruit, fruit tree, tree, Unexpected Fruit Tree

Kind of fruit tree:

Papaya

Grow Notes:

At Ocala Community Garden, alongside plots with fruiting eggplants, tomatoes, zucchinis and cucumbers, brassicas (esp kale, bok choy), fennel, pineapple, and more.

By leela

^{October 7, 2023 at 11:35 pm}

Auroville 🌳 Food Forest

Compost Pile, Ecospace, Food Forest, fruit tree, plant, Raw Vegan, tour, tree

By leela

^{_{Modified on October 6th, 2023 at 3:57 pm}
October 6, 2023 at 3:46 pm}

Stanford University Fruit Map

Food Forest, Forage, Forage Guide, fruit tree, map, video

Get the map

Show us where you sow your seeds!

Sow | Commit

By leela

^{at 3:38 pm}

Summer-Fall: Tree of 40 Fruit

Forage Guide, fruit tree, Grafting, Significant Tree, Unexpected Fruit Tree

40 different stone fruits on one tree: plums, peaches, nectarines, apricots, cherries, pluots, etc

By leela

^{September 23, 2023 at 5:29 pm}

Unexpected Fruit Tree: 🥭

fruit, fruit tree, tree, Unexpected Fruit Tree

Kind of fruit tree:

Mango

Why this fruit tree is unexpected:

Native to India

Grow Notes:

By leela

^{September 17, 2023 at 8:50 am}

June-August: Durian

August, fruit, fruit tree, July, June, travel, tree, Unexpected Fruit Tree

Kind of fruit tree:

Durian

Grow Notes:

By leela

^{_{Modified on September 17th, 2023 at 8:46 am}
at 8:45 am}

Unexpected Fruit Tree: Durian

fruit, fruit tree, tree, Unexpected Fruit Tree

Kind of fruit tree:

Durian

Grow Notes:

Growing commercially

By leela

^{_{Modified on September 17th, 2023 at 8:34 am}
at 8:27 am}

Unexpected Fruit Tree: Durian

fruit, fruit tree, tree, Unexpected Fruit Tree

Kind of fruit tree:

Durian

Grow Notes:

By leela

^{August 31, 2023 at 8:48 am}

Fig Trees

EcoResource, fig, fig tree, fruit tree, tree

Approximate Location

Variety

Green + Black Mission

Notes

My friend Vittorio has been picking from these fig trees in August for several years. He nicknames one “rattlesnake tree” based on a story of a time he was there; he has stories of the changes of yield and quantity over fluctuations of weather and land management strategies.

By leela

^{August 6, 2023 at 8:25 am}

🍋

EcoResource, fruit tree, tree

📷

Variety

Meyer & imperial lemon trees

Vitality

Mature & fruiting

Notes

Owned by Gregory “Dr Chocolate”

By leela

^{July 8, 2023 at 8:02 pm}

In this region: Durian

durian, fruit, fruit tree, tree, Unexpected Fruit Tree

By leela

^{June 30, 2023 at 3:19 pm}

Fruit Tree Nursery

fruit tree, MicroBiz, nursery

Contact for availability & pick up

from CL:

HASS AVOCADO FRUIT TREE IN ONE GALLON POT

CASH ONLY

PICK UP IN NORTH SAN JOSE

OTHER PLANTS AVAILABLE:

MEYER LEMON, VALENCIA ORANGE, WASHINGTON NAVEL ORANGE, LISBON LEMON, CLEMENTINE MANDARIN, TANGO MANDARIN, MEXICAN LIME, BEARSS LIME, CALAMANSI, EARLY ELBERTA PEACH TREE, DESERT GOLD PEACH TREE, EARLIGRANDE PEACH TREE, BABCOCK WHITE PEACH TREE, RED AND GOLD NECTARINE, AND MORE

By leela

^{at 3:13 pm}

CL: HUGE FUERTE AVO TROPICAL FRUIT TREES

fruit tree, MicroBiz, nursery, Unexpected Fruit Tree

contact for pickup location

from Craigslist ad:

Alohahhh 😊🤙☀️😎🌈 Everyone is welcome to visit my tropical and exotic home garden collection, “BY APPOINTMENT ONLY” Due to constant changes in supplies, list below may not be up-to-date. Please inquire before coming. ALL SALES ARE FINAL, on first come first served (NO guarantee, no money back, no return and no exchange). 😊🤙🌷🌺💕☀️😎. Mahalo

ANGEL TRUMPET - pink, white and yellow - available
ARABIAN JASMINE - available
ASHITABA "super food"- available
AVOCADO "Fuerte and Hass (grafted trees and seedlings)" - available
BROMELIAD - (pink) - available
BUDDAH FINGER LIME - available
BUDDAH HAND LEMON - available
CALAMANSI/CALAMANDIN (dwarf regular) - available
CHERIMOYA - available
CHICO/SAPODILLA - available
CHINESE LANTERN - available
DRAGON ROSE (Epiphyllum) "pink and red" - available
DUHAT/LOMBOY "JAVA PLUM JAMUN - available GUAVA TREES - Malaysian red, pineapple guava , pink flesh, white flesh, strawberry guava , yellow lemon guava
seedless white flesh - Available.
HAWAIIAN GINGER: YELLOW KAHILI and WHITE - available
JAVA PLUM/JAMUN/DUHAT -available
JUJUBE “ sugar jujube” - available
Kaffer/Keiffer Lime - available
MEYER LEMON - available
LONGEVITY SPINACH/GYNURA PRECUMBENS (similar benefits as ASHITABA) - available
MACADAMIA NUT TREE - not avail.
MORINGA - not available
PAKISTAN MULBERRY - available
PAPAYA TREE - not available
PASSION FRUIT VINES - not available
PERSIMMON - FUYU - available
SAPODILLA - available
WAX APPLE - not available
ZAPOTE - available

'PRICES: vary from $19 and up depending on type of plants, size/sprouts/flowers, ect. , all on first come first served basis - NO TRADING, NO RETURN, NO CASH BACK AND NO GUARANTEE.. PLANT AT YOUR OWN RISK. (Please do your research on plant growing before buying).

CASH AND/OR ZELLE PAY ONLY !!!!

Mahalo for your precious time,

By leela

^{at 1:17 pm}

🥑 Tree

EcoAction, EcoResource, fruit tree, transplant, tree

📷

Variety

Seedling Avocado

Germination Date (approx)

2019 or 2020

Planting Date (approx)

June 2023

Vitality

All mature leaves fell off while in container, new growth since transplanting

Care Instructions

Assess moisture and growth stage, water when needed

By leela

^{June 27, 2023 at 12:47 pm}

🌳 Food Forest

Compost Pile, Ecospace, Food Forest, fruit tree, plant, tree

By leela

^{_{Modified on June 26th, 2023 at 4:51 pm}
June 25, 2023 at 8:34 pm}

🍌 Tree Nearby

fruit, fruit tree, Rumor, tree, Unexpected Fruit Tree

Kind of fruit tree:

Banana, kumquat

also, kiwi vine

Why this fruit tree is unexpected:

Bananas had evolved and been cultivated in tropical region (SE Asia)

Grow Notes:

This information comes from a neighbor who characterizes the River Rd region as having a permaculture community. The grower’s name is Jan.

By leela

^{June 21, 2023 at 10:11 pm}

Syntropic Agroforestry Lesson🌳 Food Forest

Ecospace, Experiment, Food Forest, fruit tree, lesson, plant, Plant Experiment, tree

⛏ Growing Methods

Syntropic agroforestry

🧪 Experiments

Row planting

By leela

^{_{Modified on June 15th, 2023 at 2:42 pm}
June 14, 2023 at 3:21 pm}

Cottonwood Community Garden

community garden, Compost Pile, Ecospace, Food Forest, fruit tree, Garden, garden plots, Growspace, Guerrilla Garden, plant, tree

By Anevermorecompletecircle

^{May 23, 2023 at 12:55 pm}

Fruit Tree

EcoResource, fruit tree, tree

📷

Variety

Germination Date (approx)

Planting Date (approx)

Vitality

Good/average vulnerable if not cared for because of heavy shade and dry soil.

Care Instructions

Prune mulch water when possible

Notes

Small but strong if cared for

By Anevermorecompletecircle

^{at 12:15 pm}

Loquat

EcoResource, fruit tree, tree

📷

Variety

Seedling transplant

Germination Date (approx)

2022

Planting Date (approx)

2022

Vitality

Good/average

Care Instructions

Deep watering bi weekly/monthly

Notes

Oak tree seedling near by will likely shade out in the long term but may help as a micro climate. Oak could be pruned to remain smaller or moved in the next year or two.

By leela

^{at 12:02 pm}

Avocado Tree

EcoResource, fruit tree, tree

📷

Variety

Seedling avocado from either hass or reed

Germination Date (approx)

2022

Planting Date (approx)

2022

Vitality

Lost leaves during chilly winter, regrowing this spring

Care Instructions

If looking dry, bring water from sauna faucet

Notes

By leela

^{at 11:44 am}

Drastic Pruning: Seedling Loquat Tree

EcoResource, fruit tree, tree

📷

Variety

Loquat

Germination Date (approx)

2022

Planting Date (approx)

2023

Vitality

Cut back substantially during weedwhacking, appears to have a node growing

Care Instructions

Prevent more damage from weedwhacking by steering clear of the three large rocks we placed around it

Notes

Needs water, finished compost

By Anevermorecompletecircle

^{_{Modified on May 23rd, 2023 at 11:31 am}
at 11:30 am}

Fruit Tree

EcoResource, fruit tree, tree

Fig, vitality good/average leaves high on trunk, pruning could be helpful to encourage branching if desired, primary obstical could be high wind and shade. Possible nearby oak pruning to open window more sol light and provide mulch.

planted 2023,