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Date: 19 Apr 2025

Grow Your Own Guac: Avocado Independence Starts Now!

Dwarf Avocado tree with fruit

Dwarf Avocado tree with fruit

Avocado trees in pots

Avocado trees in pots

Red avocado

Red avocado

Avocado Russel

Avocado Russel

Mexican Avocado

Mexican Avocado

Guatemalan Avocado

Guatemalan Avocado

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mx News from Mexico? Avocado supplies are uncertain, and prices are going up. Why wait and worry - when you can grow your own right here at home?

us Our grafted avocado trees are LOADED with flowers this April and ready to set fruit by the end of spring. Dozens of varieties, from 3-gallon to 25-gallon sizes, these are not babies - they're future guacamole machines!

🛒 Plant today. Harvest tomorrow. Never run out of avocados again. Get your Avocado tree!

📚 For more information on #Avocado varieties, including fruit color and size, tree habit, season, and much more - check out our interactive Avocado Variety Guide. It will helps to choose the right variety for you. With its interactive tool, you can sort cultivars by fruit shape and quality, cold hardiness, origin, crop season, flower type A or B, tree habit and more.

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Date: 16 Jul 2022

The Magic of the Avocado

The Magic of the Avocado... Is it a super-food? A super fruit? The perfect side dish for any meal? Or does the avocado just taste great? If you need a proof of the Avocado's status as a super-food, here are some of the benefits.
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At TopTropicals, healthy and tasty avocados are available in a number of varieties, over 30 choices right now! We also have prices as low as $59 and you can always use our newsletter coupons to save even more. Try all the varieties and start or expand your Avocado Super Garden today!

Cat Philimon (a.k.a. Philly Cheesesteak) eating Avocado

Cat  Plilimon  eating  avocado

Avocado makes everyone happy! It is Cat Philimon's favorite food. We always have to share with him. Otherwise he just helps himself. He knows it's good for you!

Date: 14 Nov 2025

What is a Dwarf Condo Avocado that fruits at 3 ft tall?

Dwarf Condo Avocado Fuerte

What is a Dwarf Condo Avocado that fruits at 3 ft tall?



Every fruit lover dreams of growing lots of avocado varieties, but space often gets in the way. The good news is that some avocado trees stay naturally small and compact, making them perfect for patios, balconies, and even indoor growing. These are called Condo Avocados.

They have the same tasty fruit as full-sized trees but take up much less room. You can easily grow them in large pots or containers. They begin to fruit when it's just 2-3 feet tall and remain under 10-12 feet, even after 10 years of growth.

The most popular condo avocados are:


🟢 Wurtz (Little Cado): A true dwarf avocado tree that stays small and grows well in containers. It can even produce fruit indoors near a sunny window.
🟢 Fuerte: A semi-dwarf variety that’s easy to manage and does well in pots or small yards.
🟢 Joey: Not a true dwarf, but naturally compact. With a bit of pruning, it can stay small and fit nicely in limited spaces.

Condo avocados are a great way to enjoy homegrown avocados even if you don’t have a big yard. Just give them sun, good soil, and regular care - and you’ll have fresh avocados right on your porch!

✔️ Check outAvocado Variety Guide interactive chart. Sort them by flower type A or B, tree habit, fruit shape and quality, cold hardiness, origin, season and more!

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Date: 14 Jul 2024

What is the best Avocado variety? Five more most popular Avocado cultivars - total of 10

Avocado Joey

Avocado Joey

Avocado Day

Avocado Day

Avocado Ulala (Super Hass)

Avocado Ulala (Super Hass)

Avocado Fantastic

Avocado Fantastic

Avocado Monroe

Avocado Monroe

What is the best Avocado variety? Five more most popular Avocado cultivars - total of 10!

🏆 We introduced 5 most popular varieties in our previous post. Here is 5 more, making it 10 total.

6. Joey - very cold hardy variety. Produces medium size, egg shaped purple-black fruit. It has excellent flavor. Heavy bearer. Season: September-October. It survived temperatures around 10F near San Antonio, Texas (Zone 8b). Can take temperatures down to 15F for a short period of time without significant damage.

7. Day - green, smooth skin and is shaped like a club. The fruit is of very good quality and has a nice buttery consistency. The slender tree is very cold tolerant and produces July through September.

8. Ulala (Super Hass) - sometimes called Uhlala or Uh-La-La. Cold hardy variety that can take temperatures down to 18F for short period of time without significant damage. The fruit is black skinned, with smooth texture. Seed is very small.

9. Fantastic - very cold hardy variety, supposedly the most most cold hardy of all avocados. Produces green, paper thin skin. The fruit has a creamy texture. It survived temperatures around 10F near San Antonio, Texas (Zone 8b) and can take temperatures down to 15F for short period of time without significant damage.

10. Monroe - inherited from its Guatemalan-type parent some degree of cold hardiness. In addition, the trees produced a very large, elliptical-shaped fruit with good eating qualities. Good producer, commercial cultivar in Florida. Legend has it that "it was found in Homestead, Florida on a cool dark rainy night after a meteor crashed into an abandoned papaya plantation."

📚 Learn more: Avocado Variety Guide - check this out for interactive chart of Avocado varieties and sort them by flower type A or B, tree habit, fruit shape and quality, cold hardiness, origin, season and more!

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Date: 13 Feb 2025

Avocado variety everyone should have: how big does a dwarf Condo Avocado grows?

Avocado tree Fuerte with fruit

Avocado variety everyone should have: how big does a dwarf Condo Avocado grows?



🌳 Several dwarf avocado varieties, also known as Condo Avocados, are ideal for container gardening and small spaces.

🌳 One popular variety is Fuerte, which begins to fruit when it's just 3-4 feet tall and remains under 15 feet, even after 10 years of growth.

🌳 The fruit is of high quality, medium-sized, and rich in buttery content.

📚 Learn more from previous posts:


What is the best Avocado variety? Five most popular Avocado cultivars.
Ten best fruit trees to grow in Florida and Southern landscapes. # 2: Avocado Tree
More posts on #Avocado

✔️ Check out Avocado Variety Guide interactive char. Sort them by flower type A or B, tree habit, fruit shape and quality, cold hardiness, origin, season and more!

🛒 Shop Avocado varieties

#Food_Forest #Avocado

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