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Lady of the night. Medium size bush with large white or cream-colored flowers, which are very fragrant after dark. Shade tolerant plant, can be grown in container and as indoor plant. Can take some freeze for short time.

Simmonds avocado is South Florida most popular early season avocado.
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Tropical Barbie Pink. Considered by many to be one of the best guavas for the home garden. This highly productive cultivar produces pear-shaped, yellow skinned guavas with thick, pink flesh. Lower in pectin than other varieties, this variety is superior for eating out-of-hand or processing into juice. In spite of its common name, the tree is cold hardy for a tropical fruit. Very reliable, heavy producer. Will fruit in container.
Ruby Supreme and Barbie Pink guava are very similar, but Barbie pink is much larger and not as dark of a pink color.

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Winter Mexican variety is one of most cold hardy varieties, Guatemalan x Mexican origin. Mature trees may withstand temperatures in the mid 20s. Oblong fruit, 12 to 18 Oz, thick green skin, medium seed. Tree bears in December-January. Very vigorous tree, bears heavily and regularly.
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Brogdon has red-purple colored pear-shaped fruit. Weight 7 to 15 Oz. Skin is very thin. yellow buttery flesh. Fruit ripens in late summer-fall. Very cold hardy. Good for Central Florida.
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Nam Doc Mai is a premium cultivar introduced to Florida from Thailand in 1973 where is is one of the most popular varieties. This variety is semi-dwarf and great for pot culture. Green to yellow skin, no fiber whatsoever, multiple crops possible. Eaten green or ripe, a Thailand favorite. It is hands down the most sought after of the Asian mangoes and for good reason. A great feature of this variety is that the branches bloom occasionally at different times, giving you an extended ripening season during the summer.
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Merremia dissecta, Ipomoea sinuata, Convolvulus dissectus. Alamo Vine, White Convolvulus, Woodrose. Origin: South America. Alamo Vine is an unusual white perennial Morning Glory that opens around noon and then closes before sunset. Leaves are feathery that makes it an attractive ornamental vine, with fine texture and fast but compact growing habit, great for containers or trellises. Seeds germinate readily.

Fig Tree variety "Texas Everbearing" ("Southern Brown Turkey") - dark fruit variety. A hardy and easy to grow fruit tree, tolerates freeze. Fruit is very similar to Brown Turkey fig with excellent sweet flavor. It's known to bear few times a year in warm areas.
A hardy and easy to grow fruit tree, tolerates freeze. Figs are prized for their delicious fruit, which can be one to three inches in length, violet, brown or black. The fig makes a splendid patio or indoor plant that grows with little attention, save for constantly moist soil and bright light. Prefers alkaline, well-drained soil, but can tolerate wet conditions (waterlogging).
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Showy chocolate color slightly fragrant flowers. Large plant, blooming size.

Dwarf Bottlebrush, Popular plant in dwarf version. Good for container growing or small garden. Small shrub 2-3 ft tall with showy bright red flowers during spring-summer. Drought tolerant once established.
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Learn more: How to grow Bottle brush trees.

Cherry of the Rio Grande, Eugenia involucrata. Small multi-branching tree or shrub. In the spring it is one of our early flowering tropical fruits and often blossoms in the first part of March. Blooming and fruiting season continues for several months into Summer. The delicious cherry, beautiful dark red to purple, produced soon after flowering. When ripe the the fruit can turn almost black and have a full cherry-like flavor. The plan is ideal for limited space landscapes since it can be kept as a bush or even as a container specimen and still produce adequate quantities of fruit. A relatively hardy plant, it can tolerate as low as low 20's F when mature.

'Mallika' is a condo mango native to India. It is considered among the best of the new generation of Indian dessert mangos. The bright yellow fruit are a flattened oblong shape, with a rounded base and an irregular, non-waxy skin, and weigh from 10 to 18 oz. When properly ripened, the pasty, but completely fiber-free flesh is a deep orange, with an intensely sweet, rich and highly aromatic flavor with hints of citrus and melon. Fruit are harvested mature-green, before they break color on the tree and should be stored at a temperature of not less than 70F for 2 to 3 weeks for proper ripening. In this manner their ultimate eating quality will be achieved. The fruit can be refrigerated after complete ripening, but not before. Although best consumed out-of-hand, 'Mallika' also excels in juices and as dehydrated slices, with a distinctive honey flavor. The fruiting season is from late June to July. The tree is semi-dwarf and moderately vigorous, making it a great cultivar for pot culture. It has become a favorite due to its superb flavor, unparalleled disease resistance, and small but extremely productive habit.
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Florigon is a fiberless, disease resistant, early season cultivar that is extremely popular with dooryard growers for its quality, consistency, and precocity. The flesh is firm with a deep yellow color and mild flavor. The fruit ripens from late May-July.
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Canistel, Eggfruit. Easy to grow, sweet exotic fruit. Trompo is the Florida canistel variety, one of the best. Large size pointed shape fruit, weighs 8-15 oz. The pulp is moist. The tree is a heavy producer.
During World War II, British pilots and crewmen were under training in the Bahamas and showed a great fondness for this special fruit, they bought all they could find in the market.
The Canistel tree (Pouteria campechiana) is a small to medium-sized evergreen tree that thrives in tropical and subtropical regions. It has glossy green leaves and produces fruit several times a year once established. Hardy and low-maintenance, the tree is valued not only for its nutritious fruit but also as an attractive landscape addition for gardeners seeking an unusual, productive specimen.
Canistel is a tropical delicacy prized for its creamy, custard-like texture and sweet, rich flavor that's often compared to baked sweet potato or pumpkin pie. With its vibrant yellow to deep orange flesh and subtle eggy aroma, Canistel is a standout among exotic fruits. Grown in warm climates, this fruit is as nutritious as it is delicious. Packed with beta-carotene, dietary fiber, and a range of vitamins and minerals, Canistel supports healthy vision, digestion, and immune function. It's perfect for blending into smoothies, baking into custards or pancakes, or even enjoyed fresh with a spoon. Naturally thick and velvety, it's a favorite in vegan recipes and tropical dessert creations.
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Pouteria campechiana - Canistel, the curious heart-shaped Egg Super-Fruit.

A fiberless selection from Central America having firm, juicy flesh. Excellent and can easily be kept small.
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Dwarf Everbearing mulberry. A beautiful ornamental bearing sweet, juicy fruit. Tree is of a dwarf habit (can be maintained 6-10 ft tall), extremely hardy and productive. Great for container culture. Disease and drought resistant. Beginning the very first year, you can enjoy its fruit almost year round.
"Revelation 22: Verse 2: In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month. and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations."

Milkweed, Butterfly Weed. The extremely bright color make it easy to spot. Long bloom period from late spring throughout the summer. Flowers are a nectar source for many butterflies and leaves are a food source for monarch butterfly larvae (caterpillars). Drought-tolerant.

Very popular collectible hybrid, this is one plant that truly lives up to its cool name! Purple and green camouflaged leaves with a lime green stem. Each leaf of this Elephant Ear is like an artists canvas, no two are exactly alike. Splashed, splattered, sprayed, marbled, splotched - take your pick of adjectives to describe the unique pattern of lime green, chartreuse, purple, and near-black colors on each huge, arrow shaped leaf. Even its stout stems are colorful: light pink with dark rattlesnake-like stripes. The colors tend to be most vivid when sited in partial shade.
This plant will grow well in large containers or in the ground as long as consistent moisture is available. In the ground, the leaves can grow a whopping 2ft long by 18in wide and the plant can reach 6ft tall. This plant will also grow in shallow water.

Diamond Head is a spectacular variety of Taro is named after the volcanic cone on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, which makes sense because both the cone and plant are black and lustrous! A stunning new addition to the world of elephant ears, Diamond Head's broad, lightly ruffled-edged, chocolate-black leaves have a shiny surface and a lustrous sheen that reflects the light. For best color, grow it in full sun. Mature plants form a well-behaved clump and reach 3 to 4 feet tall, with leaves up to 2 feet wide!

Large glossy green leaves are adorned with a wide band of creamy white down the center of each leaf. Veins are bright purple. There is also a distinct purple spot in the heart of each leaf. Perfect for large containers, garden borders, or mass landscape plantings. The large, glossy green leaves develop a striking creamy-white band down the center of each leaf that radiates out into the side veins as the leaf matures creating a stunning specimen that is attractive and eye-catching. This new colocasia is a tightly clumping plant that's ideal for a container or garden bed.
Young plants come as green leaf, then start showing "white lava flow" as they develop.
Colocasia White Lava is similar to Colocasia Nancys Revenge but White Lava produces glossy red petioles whereas Nancys Revenge has green petioles.

Red Maple is a fast growing tree, best known for its brilliant deep scarlet foliage in December-January in Florida and autumn elsewhere. It is is adaptable to a very wide range of site conditions. It can be found growing in wet sites, swamps, on poor dry soils, and most anywhere in between. Due to its attractive fall foliage and pleasing form, it is often used as a shade tree for landscapes. In Florida it grows much shorter than in colder region, reaching 20-40 ft.
This plant is grown from seed collected in Florida, so it is suited for planting in Florida. It may perform worse up North.

Lonicera heckrottii - Everblooming Pink Honeysuckle. Also referred to as Lonicera periclymenum Serotina. A hybrid between Lonicera x americana and Lonicera sempervirens. It is valued for the long blooming period and the bright colors of its flowers - bright pink-and-yellow. Cold hardy, drought resistant.

Variety Lula is renowned for its ability to endure harsh winters, and for its exceptionally long harvesting period. More frost resistant than most, successful in Central and South Florida where it is a formerly the leading commercial cultivar. An exceptional choice for homeowners around Orlando and Central Florida. The fruit is pear-shaped, sometimes with a neck, medium-large, the skin almost smooth. Flesh is pale to greenish-yellow. The Oil content 12-16%. Seed is large, tight. Production season is medium-late (November-December). The tree grows tall, bears early and heavily. This variety was originated from seed from a parent tree planted in 1915 by Mrs. Lula Cellon at Miami, Florida.
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Thornless Euphorbia. This semi-succulent shrub blooms all summer with bright red flowers in pairs with yellow centers. With wider leaves than Euphorbia millii and no spine, it prefers semi-shade and likes more moisture than other similar Euphorbias. Collectible item. Low growing specimen. Can be used for bonsai.

Chains of Glory, Light Bulb Flower. This elegant plant is a rare species in plant collections. The white fragrant flowers are held in loose pendulous panicles, similar to Bridal Veil (Clerodendrum wallichii). The white flowers are very showy against dark green foliage. Flowering racemes hang down a foot and a half or more. Winter bloomer. It often has two flowering periods during the winter season.