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This variety is well-known because it originated in Florida and has been grown here since 1910. It has a good flavor, however, it is slightly fibrous and is succeptable to fungus. If you insist on "old haden" variety, this is it. The flesh has a full sweet flavor, and it is of good eating quality. The fruit is eye catching having a deep yellow base with a crimson blush. The tree is a vigorous large grower with an open rounded canopy. Relatively cold hardy variety. See more info about Mango varieties.

Also called: Phimsen Mun. This is extremely productive mango.
If you like green mangoes, you will love this one! As with many Thai mangoes, this variety must be eaten green to fully enjoy its unique apple-like qualities. It has a crunchy, crisp texture with a pleasantly tart taste. Pick when the fruit are full-sized and green, before they ripen. For the truly different taste, try the fruit with salt and Cayenne pepper.
It can also be eaten ripe, has sweet juicy pulp and great flavor.
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This variety originated in Coconut Grove, Florida in 1945 from a Haden seed. It has an excellent flavor, large size, and very little fiber. Considered by many to be one of the best tasting Florida mangoes. Eat before fruit gets too ripe. The most rewarding attribute is a bountiful late season crop. See more info about Mango varieties.

This exotic variety has extremely sweet, rich and unique taste. It is very popular in Jamaica as well as in Western India, where it is known as Pairi (Pahari). To determine when to pick, look for a slight yellow color on bottom of fruit.
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The most outstanding feature of this variety is the perfect blend of sweetness and tartness thanks to its Indo-Chinese / Indian background. It is also firm, yet has no fiber. Another good trait is a long-lasting season. So, after many of the early varieties are gone, you will still be savoring the sweet tartness of this exceptional variety. It is easy to determine when to pick because the fruit will turn yellow at its base.
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'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 attractive to mango growers outside of India, who are always looking for new niche markets around the world. It has become a favorite due to its superb flavor, unparalleled disease resistance, and small but extremely productive habit.
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Canistel, Eggfruit. Easy to grow, sweet exotic fruit. This is Bruce variety.
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.

Red Shower Tree. Beautiful medium size tree with bright pink flowers with shades of orange and red. While having spreading crown, it also has very strong root system and flexible branches, making it a wind-tolerant tree and one of the strongest hurricane survivors, safe in landscape.

Eucalyptus deglupta - Rainbow Eucalyptus - the most stunning of all. Multi-colored bark. Fast growing tree. This species is the most cold sensitive of all eucalyptus which are usually frost hardy. Protect from cold winds.

Queen Crape Myrtle, Queens flower, Pride of India. Gorgeous flowering tree. The flowers are are pink, purple or purplish - pink. Has many medicinal uses.

This plant is a seedling, 2-3 years from flowering. Champaka, or Joy Perfume Tree, with orange / yellow flowers, is regarded as one of the most sacred trees of India and tropical Asia. Its flowers exude a divine fragrance that is exceedingly pleasing to the Gods... and women!
The flowers from this tree are used to make the world's most expensive perfume Joy and smell like fruity bubble gum, you can't stop sticking your nose in this flower! In the ground, it grows to 15-20' in height, but it can be easily kept in a pot. It is a tropical tree, however established plants can tolerate light freeze. Yellow Champaca is much more cold tolerant than var. Alba.
This is hands down the best perfume tree for a Southern landscape.
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White champaca - these grafted plants start blooming right away! The white flowers of this variety have more delicate fragrance than regular Golden Champaca, and the more slow-growing and compact tree is better suited for pot growing.
Magnolia alba, also known as White Champaka, is a rare and highly fragrant hybrid perfume tree with creamy white blooms that release a sweet, fruity bubble gum scent - just like its parent, the Golden Champaka. Unlike Golden Champaka, which takes years to flower from seed, Magnolia alba is a sterile hybrid propagated by grafting or air-layering, allowing it to bloom early, even when still small. The white flowers have a more delicate fragrance compared to the richer scent of the yellow Champaka, and Alba is also a more reliable bloomer. However, it is less cold tolerant than its golden counterpart. With its compact, upright growth and slower pace, Magnolia alba is perfect for containers or smaller landscapes - yet still offers the luxurious fragrance that has made Champakas world famous. A must-have for collectors and perfume tree enthusiasts alike.

Rare Tree Calliandra, Powderpuff - large size shrub or small tree, similar to calliandra calothyrsis, but flowers open fully. One of the biggest calliandra flower.

Ponytail palm, Pony Tail, bottle palm, nolina, elephant-foot tree. Palm-looking succulent with greatly swollen trunk base and the curved, narrow leaves. Very cute plants with large caudex. Drought tolerant plant that require very little care if any. Can tolerate some freeze.

Variegated Mahoe. Everblooming tree or shrub with beautiful variegated large leaves (red-green-white spots), flowers are yellow and then turn orange to red while they age.

Alphonso is considered by many to be the best Indian cultivar in terms of sweetness and flavor. One of the rarest varieties and sought after - sweet large juice fruit. Coconut-like flavor. Pulp is bright orange.
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New exciting variety of Dipladenia (Mandevilla) with deep-red-vine color, petals are narrower than regular dipladenias. Flowers turn pale-lavender as they age. Very showy, a must have for exotic flower collection. This variety has compact and bushy habit, can be successfully grown in pot.

Princess flower - beautiful purple blooms and velvet leaves. This is a dwarf compact variety that gets very bushy and flowers profusely in full sun or filtered light.

Glory tree, Purple Spray Tree - very rare, spectacular blooming tree! Blooms 2-3 times a year, spring to fall. Flowering panicles at branch tips can completely cover the tree with rich, velvet-like blossoms.

Popcorn Cassia, Peanut Butter Senna - A shrub or small tree producing golden-yellow flowers with a distinct scent of peanut butter that open from brown buds in late summer and autumn. Also called Popcorn Cassia, because it smells like fresh cooked, buttered popcorn when you run your fingers through the leaves and then smell. It blooms beautiful large clusters of sunny yellow flowers.

Japanese Fern Tree. Nice shade tree, very dense evergreen crown. Leaves are unusual shape, resembling those of ferns.

Philippine violet. Grows into a shapely shrub with minimal pruning. The purple trumpet-shaped flowers openin in terminal clusters. This is an easy-to-grow shrub, about 3ft height, which can be used for a garden hedge or tightly clipped into geometrical shapes. Takes both sun and shade, it requires some more sun to flower profusely and occasional pruning to promote bushy growth.

Blue Plumbago, Cape Leadwort. Unusual blue color for tropics! Blooms all year round with denser blooms from March to November. Plumbago is popular in both tropical and sub-tropical gardens because of its delicate blue flowers, it is seen often as a low plant used for hedges. It tolerates both drought and poor soil, grows best if it is heavily pruned from time to time, even cut back to the ground.
Learn more about Plumbago: Sky Blue Plumbago in Southern Landscapes.

Heliconia latispatha grows up to 12 ft tall, with leaves resembling those of bananas. Inflorescence is erect, up to 2 ft long, with red or orange bracts subtending green, yellow or orange flowers. What is nice about this Heliconia is how the blooms appear at the very top of the stalk, shown off above all the leaves.