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🏆 Ten best fruit trees to grow in Florida and Southern landscapes.
# 10: Loquat Tree.

• 🍑 Loquat tree (Eriobotrya japonica) is a fast-growing, drought-tolerant, and highly cold-hardy tropical fruit tree.
• 🍑 Heavy Producer: Loquats are juicy, aromatic, and apricot-like in flavor, ripening from early Spring to early Summer.
• 🍑 Compact and Ideal for Small Gardens: Perfect for beginners and those with limited space.
• 🍑 Undemanding: Loquat trees thrive in any soil, tolerate summer heat, winter cold, heavy rains, and occasional flooding.
• 🍑 Nutrient-Rich: High in sugar, acids, vitamins B and C, minerals, and pectin. Eaten fresh or used in fruit salads, jams, jellies, chutneys, sauces, pies, and wine-making. It's also popular as a natural sweetener.

📚 Learn more from previous posts:

• 🟡about #Loquat
• 🟡Loquat – the Symbol of Prosperity
• 🟡Learn more about Loquats
• 🟡10 best fruit trees to grow in Florida and Southern landscapes

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📁 Overlooked fruit: tasty Loquat recipes (PDF)

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❤️ Valentines day gift shopping and discount

💋 Valentines Day is just around the corner, and so is the promise of an early Spring! This February 14th, why not surprise your loved ones with the perfect gift - tropical plants! These vibrant, living gifts will bring the sunshine of spring into any home, making them the ideal way to show your love and care.

With less than two weeks to go, now is the time to order your happy gift plants and ensure they arrive in time for the big day. Don't forget to add a heat pack for delivery to colder states, keeping your plants cozy on their journey. Spread warmth and love with the gift of nature this Valentines Day!

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🍑🍑🍑 The magic number

"Good things come in threes, for three is the magic number" - Tom Waits

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🏆 Ten best fruit trees to grow in Florida and Southern landscapes.
# 9: Jackfruit Tree.

• 🍐 Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) is a giant, eye-catching fruit tree and is the largest fruit grown on a tree, making it a showstopper in your fruit tree collection. Everybody wants to grow this giant Nature's Wonder - the biggest fruit in the world grown on a tree!
• 🍐 Nutrient-Packed: Highly nutritious, Jackfruit is often used as a meat substitute in South Asian cuisine, as well as in curries and chutneys. Dehydrated jackfruit chips are a delicious snack.
• 🍐 Fast-Growing and Ornamental: Jackfruit trees are fast-growing with large waxy leaves and ornamental value. They can be maintained at a compact height of 7-8 feet since the fruit grows at the base of the trunk. Keeping it short also makes it easier to protect the tree from cold if needed.
• 🍐 Cold Tolerant: While cool temperatures can reduce fruit production, jackfruit trees are relatively hardy and can survive light frost. Established trees are more cold-hardy than young seedlings.
• 🍐 Fast Fruiting: Jackfruit trees start producing fruit within 3-4 years from seed. Varieties come true to seed, so grafting is unnecessary, however, can be done when you need a particular variety.

📚 Learn more from previous posts:

• 🟡about #Jackfruit
• 🟡 How to Grow Jackfruit: Practical Guide
• 🟡10 best fruit trees to grow in Florida and Southern landscapes

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💋 What is the best gift plant for Valentines Day

• ❤️ Hoya kerrii - Sweetheart Valentine, Wax Hearts, Sweetheart Hoya, Valentine Hoya, Heart leaf - has large, thick, succulent type leaves that are indeed shaped like flat hearts!
• ❤️The Sweetheart Plant is a perfect present for the one you love! It makes an ideal houseplant.
• ❤️ Sweetheart Hoya has become increasingly popular in recent years. Unusual and quirky "heart" shape leaves appeal to anyone looking for that special novelty gift for their plant enthusiast friend.
• ❤️ Don't forget to get one for Valentines Day! In fact, it should be three, as besides regular green leaf🚩 we we also have amazing variegated leaf varieties: Moonlight (gold on green) 💍and Sunshine (white-and green)💞

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🏆 Ten best fruit trees to grow in Florida and Southern landscapes.
# 8: Guava Tree.

• 🍉 Guava Tree (Psidium sp.) - Guava trees are beloved for their flavorful fruit, commonly used in juices, drinks, and desserts.
• 🍉 Popular Varieties: include Psidium guajava (Tropical Guava), Psidium littorale (Cattley Guava), Psidium friedrichsthalianum (Cas guava), and Feijoa sellowiana (Pineapple Guava).
• 🍉 Cold Hardy: Despite its "Tropical" name, the Tropical Guava is relatively cold-hardy, and other varieties are even hardier, suitable for cooler climates with occasional frost.
• 🍉 Water Needs: Guava trees like water and can tolerate some flooding.
• 🍉 Compact Growth: Guavas are medium size bushes or trees that can be easily maintained at any height and shape.
• 🍉 Fast Fruiting: Guava trees are quick to fruit, often within a year of planting, and some start fruiting in containers as small as 1 gallon.
• 🍉 Dwarf Variety: The Nana variety is perfect for container culture, producing full-sized fruit in a compact form.
• 🍉 Pest Control: In humid areas with rainy seasons, check for mealybugs, which can be controlled with neem oil as needed.
• 🍉 Endless Supply: Planting multiple guava trees ensures a constant supply of fresh, juicy fruit and flavorful guava juice loved by kids and adults.

📚 Learn more from previous posts:

• 🟡about #Guava
• 🟡10 best fruit trees to grow in Florida and Southern landscapes

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