Fruit trees such as peaches, plums and avocados are easy to grow in South Texas. Peaches and plums require colder weather for fruit production and with our mild winters we have to look for low chilling hour varieties. Somewhere between 100-250 hours is best. We make sure the varieties we sell are self pollinating so you do not have to buy two different varieties to insure fruit production. Citrus is a winner all the way around.
In December and more in January, Sally’s been harvesting lemons from her parent’s Meyer lemon trees by the bucket load and shipping them all over the country. We think they are the juiciest, best flavored lemons ever!
Several varieties of citrus can also be grown in pots if you have limited yard space. Mexican Limes and Meyer Lemons are the two most common.
Many Satsuma Oranges are considered dwarf varieties and are very cold hardy and great container trees as well. Avocado trees can be a little harder to grow, but once they become established they are easy to maintain. We have a great selection of all fruiting trees and now is a great time to plant.
-DeAnna
Susan Price says
Do you sell dwarf avocado trees?
Jesse says
We do not carry avocado trees due to their difficulty growing in South Texas. We can special order them for you if you’d like to try one. We will be bringing in more tropical fruit trees like mango and papaya later this Spring.
David Price says
Do you have Marrs orangee trees for sale?
If not, do you know any place in the Coastal Bend that has them?
Jesse says
Hi David – our growers no longer grow Marrs orange trees. Not aware of anyone else around here that has them. We carry 2 varieties of navel orange, Hamlin orange, and blood orange.