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 leela

^{_{Modified on May 21st, 2025 at 10:15 am}
May 20, 2025 at 12:04 pm}

Oliver’s Tropicals

nursery, Unexpected Fruit Tree

Oliver grows many tropical fruits to share with friends, and plants to sell to those who want to grow their own.

Oliver’s greenhouse boasts a fruiting jackfruit tree, Surinam cherries, Starfruit, and more. He is most known for growing diverse varieties of avocados.

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 July 11th, 2024 at 6:59 am}
July 10, 2024 at 9:37 pm}

$2/lb Local Organic Jackfruit

Food, Food Source, HomeGrower, MicroBiz, u-pick, Unexpected Fruit Tree

What’s in Season:

Jackfruit

Contact the Grower for Location

🌱

leela says:

So many gardeners think this is impossible!

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

^{_{Modified on July 26th, 2024 at 11:08 am}
June 4, 2024 at 10:22 pm}

C’s Food Forest

Avocado Tree, Food Forest, nursery, Orange Tree, Unexpected Fruit Tree

Within a few miles of here is a food forest stewarded by Craig, AKA Florida Fruit Geek.

The food forest was an orange orchard, comprised of grafted trees. The base of the trees were sour oranges, so when a hard frost killed back the grafted tops, the sour orange base started shoots.

Craig’s sour oranges are absolutely electric. For cautious eaters, I recommend them to be used as a salad dressing.

Craig runs a nursery from which you can order online.

Craig’s food forest includes:

Oranges
Clementines
Mulberries
Bananas
Loquats
Papayas
Avocados
Kale
& much more (including a Jackfruit!)

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

^{_{Modified on November 2nd, 2023 at 11:04 am}
October 23, 2023 at 8:05 am}

Breadfruit

Unexpected Fruit Tree

Native to SE Asia

By leela

^{_{Modified on November 6th, 2023 at 1:58 pm}
October 22, 2023 at 5:07 pm}

Unexpected Fruit Tree: 🥑

Unexpected Fruit Tree

Kind of fruit tree:

Avocado

Why this fruit tree is unexpected:

Subtropical, usually grown in California and Mexico

Eugene is in USDA hardiness zone 6.

Grow Notes:

FB Group:

By leela

^{_{Modified on November 2nd, 2023 at 10:57 am}
at 4:38 pm}

Jackfruit

Unexpected Fruit Tree

Kind of fruit tree:

Jackfruit

Why this fruit tree is unexpected:

Uncommon tropical

Grow Notes:

Approximate location, posted in the California Tropical Fruit Growers FB group.

Tree age: “my tree is a little over 7 years. I constantly prune to make sure most of its energy goes into growing large and consistent sweet fruit. It is about 9 feet high right now.”

Planting distance, fertilization, temperature: “just made sure to add plenty of compost close to a foot of it. It helps to raise the temperature a few degrees. It insulates the roots. Also I heavily plant so many of the trees help insulate one another and create a canopy over each other. Inside my garden it is a several degrees warmer since it becomes insulated with all green vegetation. Highly recommend to look how tropical trees grow in their native environment. All crowded”

Pruning: “I do cut the top to help manage the height but most importantly to help the tree focus it’s energy on producing larger and tastier fruit. I have not cut it back to 6 ft. I would imagine it would be ok since most of the fruit is produced on the main large trunks”

By leela

^{October 6, 2023 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

^{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 3:13 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

^{_{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

^{_{Modified on May 19th, 2023 at 9:55 pm}
May 19, 2023 at 9:52 pm}

🥭 🥑 trees!

fruit tree, Unexpected Fruit Tree

(Location approximate)

Kind of fruit tree:

Mango, avocado

Why this fruit tree is unexpected:

Subtropical trees growing in arid climate

By leela

^{_{Modified on July 3rd, 2023 at 9:45 pm}
May 1, 2023 at 9:00 am}

Unexpected Fruit Tree

durian, fruit tree, source, Unexpected Fruit Tree

Kind of fruit tree:

Durian

By leela

^{_{Modified on June 27th, 2023 at 6:39 am}
April 27, 2023 at 3:39 pm}

This Guy Grows 🤯🌳🥭

fruit tree, Unexpected Fruit Tree

Nearby, this guy grows many tropical fruit trees in ground:

Follow him!

Fruited:

Alphonso Mango
Black Diamond Wax Jambu
Black Pearl Wax Jambu
Booth Cherimoya
Brown Turkey Fig
Capulin Cherry
Cara Cara Naval Orange
Corriente Mango
Dr. White Cherimoya
Dragon Fruit (Red Flesh)
Fino De Jete Cherimoya
Florigon Mango
GA-866 Juiube
Geffner Atemoya
Golden Sweet Apricot
Grapefruit
Green Wax Jambu lama
Improved Meyer Lemon
Kaffir Lime
Kari Starfruit
Kohala Longan
Lancetilla Mango
Lang Jujube
Loquat
Mandarin
Manila Mango
Mexican Cream Guava
Miracle Berry
Nam Wah Banana
Peter’s Honey Fig
Pickering Mango
Red Malaysian Guava
Ruby Supreme Guava
Strawberry Guava
Suebelle Sapote
Sugarcane Jujube
Sunrise (Strawberry) Papaya
Surinam Cherry
Taiwanese Century Guava
Thai Guava
Thornless Indian Jujube
Tropical Pink Guava
Tropical White Guava
Vietnamese Guava
Violette de Bordeaux Fig
White Indian Guava

Full list of plants:

By leela

^{_{Modified on July 3rd, 2023 at 9:45 pm}
April 8, 2023 at 5:50 am}

Durian Farm

durian, farm, Orchard, source, Unexpected Fruit Tree

Nearby, at Mama’alawe Farm

By leela

^{_{Modified on July 3rd, 2023 at 9:45 pm}
March 20, 2023 at 11:28 am}

Ecuador Durian

durian, source, Unexpected Fruit Tree

Durian grows in this region

By leela

^{_{Modified on March 20th, 2023 at 11:23 am}
at 11:22 am}

China Grows Durian

durian, Unexpected Fruit Tree

By leela

^{_{Modified on March 2nd, 2023 at 12:03 pm}
March 2, 2023 at 10:49 am}

Southern CA 🌳 Food Forest

Compost Pile, Ecospace, Food Forest, Unexpected Fruit Tree

By leela

^{September 6, 2022 at 5:02 pm}

🍌

Banana, Banana Tree, Unexpected Fruit Tree

By leela

^{_{Modified on July 3rd, 2023 at 9:45 pm}
June 26, 2022 at 11:00 am}

stepladder 🪜 🥑 avocados

Avocado, Campbell FM Source, farm, Orchard, Saratoga FM source, Seed Source, source, Stepladder Creamery, Unexpected Fruit Tree

Stepladder farm grows avocados, cherimoyas, and passionfruit.

By leela

^{_{Modified on July 3rd, 2023 at 9:45 pm}
June 13, 2022 at 11:16 am}

🌱 International Fruit Orchard

Garden, source, Unexpected Fruit Tree, wheelchair accessible

About

The International Fruit Orchard (AKA Rare Fruit Orchard) is part of the Emma Prusch Farm Park.

🌱 Plants

Fig
Mulberry
Feijoa
Silverberry
Juneberry
Citrus
White Sapote
Banana
Dogwood
Melonberry
Passionfruit
Goumi

🦋 Animals

Chickens
Peacocks

✨ Features

Paved path
Informative placards

⛏ Growing Methods

Irrigation
Mulch

🧪 Experiments

Tropical fruit trees

By leela

^{_{Modified on May 31st, 2022 at 6:18 pm}
May 19, 2022 at 3:06 pm}

Nearby: 🌞🌳 Durian

durian, Unexpected Fruit Tree

info from iNaturalist

By leela

^{_{Modified on May 31st, 2022 at 6:18 pm}
at 2:44 pm}

🌞🌳 Durian Trees

durian, Unexpected Fruit Tree

More about this

By leela

^{_{Modified on September 17th, 2023 at 7:27 am}
at 12:56 pm}

Nearby: 🌞🌳 Durian

durian, Unexpected Fruit Tree

Questionably durian- needs identification

Info from iNaturalist

By leela

^{_{Modified on May 6th, 2022 at 9:12 am}
April 17, 2022 at 7:45 pm}

🍀 Mango, Jujube, Starfruit, Annona

cherimoya, jujube, Mango, Pandanus, starfruit, This Grows Here, Unexpected Fruit Tree

Presumably irrigated

By leela

^{April 14, 2022 at 5:39 pm}

Nearby: Fruiting Papaya

Papaya, Unexpected Fruit Tree

By leela

^{at 12:36 pm}

Nearby: Jackfruit Tree

jackfruit, Unexpected Fruit Tree

By leela

^{_{Modified on June 28th, 2022 at 9:52 pm}
March 30, 2022 at 11:51 am}

Foreign Fruit: Papaya 🥭 🍌 🍊

Banana, Mango, Papaya, tropical fruit, Unexpected Fruit Tree

There has been a sighting of tropical fruit trees here:

papaya
mango
banana
orange

Are you in the region and can verify this? Share what you find in the comments!

By leela

^{_{Modified on April 11th, 2022 at 11:42 am}
March 25, 2022 at 12:07 pm}

Nearby: Fruiting Jackfruit

jackfruit, tropical fruit, Unexpected Fruit Tree

By leela

^{_{Modified on March 9th, 2022 at 2:11 pm}
March 7, 2022 at 10:22 pm}

Nearby: Homegrown Mangoes

Mango, Unexpected Fruit Tree

A member of the Northern California Mango Growers group has succeeded in growing mango trees to fruit in Campbell, CA.

By leela

^{_{Modified on April 11th, 2022 at 11:43 am}
December 13, 2021 at 10:40 pm}

Tropical Fruit Nearby: Cherimoya

cherimoya, tropical fruit, Unexpected Fruit Tree

By leela

^{_{Modified on April 11th, 2022 at 11:45 am}
December 9, 2021 at 4:21 pm}

Foreign Fruit Nearby: Purple Sugar Apple

sugar apple, tropical fruit, Unexpected Fruit Tree

In this region grows purple sugar apple trees, a tree in the Annona family that produces edible fruit and is native to Central America.

2012 USDA hardiness zone: 7b

Sugar apple hardiness zone requirement: 9-11

Grower Notes: “I planted the seeds in 2016 & these have been container grown currently in 20gal pot.
Trees needs to be brought inside or greenhouse over winter.”

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