| Name | Location | Cold Tolerance. | pH | Plant Date | Notes |
| Amaryllis, “Apple Blossom” | Several | | | ’15 | From a student’s family, won at a dinner. Flowers in May. I guess my friend was right was right April Showers do bring May flowers. |
| Apple, Dorsett | Pretty sure it’s the North one | | 5.8-7 | | Fertilize Each other, growing much more with better fert/H20 input |
| Apple, Pond | Surface Well | | | ’18 | Growing well with little love. 2022 Lots of fruit, kids like it |
| Apple, Rose | Garden | | | 20-May | Received a seed from a friends Grandmother. Fruit was very fragrant and perfume like, 3 seeds planted in one pot(All 3 sprouted 7/27/20) |
| Avocado, Hass | | | 6-6.5 | 2015 | Blossoms in April, but never sets fruit, lots of new growth with better fert/watering practice, Accidentally set on fire |
| Babylonian Weeping Willow | Garden | | 5.0-6.0 | ’20 | Is this even in our Range? Seems to be happy!! (STARK) |
| Bamboo, Emerald | Several | 25 | 5.5-6.5 | 2012 | Baby bamboo shoots are edible 50ish’ |
| Bamboo, Nigra | Southeast of House | | 5.5-6.5 | 2015 | Moved in 2017, barely survived, 30-40′ |
| Bamboo, Oldhamii | Several, Pond | | 5.5-6.5 | | Probably the same plant I bought from Weatherbees (near waterfall hill) with 4″+ Culms 60-80′ |
| Banana, From Nick | North and East of Surface Well | 32 | 5.5-6.5 | ’15 | Will come back after freeze. Needs copious amounts of fertilizer and water. Responds well to thinning — 1 fruit bearing, 1 medium, 1 pup |
| Banana, Ice Cream | Multiple | 32 | 5.5-6.5 | ’15 | Same as other Banana, they also don’t like high winds. Cut down after complete fruiting, multiple uses for leaves, flower, etc |
| Bird of Paradise | East Fence, North Pond | | 6.0-6.5 | ’19 | Surviving and maybe even growing a little, May 2020. 6/2023- Bought real one from Lowes |
| Black Sapote | North Fence by Playground | 28-30 | 5.5-7.5 | ’17 | Tastes like Chocolate pudding, Made one fruit in 2017. Multiple fruits in 2020 & 2022, likely responding to fert/h20 input. UF says Reineke, Maher Varieties are best |
| Blackberry Jam Fruit, Randia Formosa | | 26 | 5.5-6.5 | 2022 | Tastes exactly like blackberry jam. Probably best to grow in a 5 gallon container. Bushy plant, should fruit in a year! Fragrant white flowers. Bought from 9waters on Etsy in Jupiter, FL |
| Blue Agave | Near Septic Tank | | | ’16 | Almost all parts are useful. Desert perennial. |
| Blueberry | Olive Plant Pairing | | | 6/2023 | Trying again – Lowes had a lot of raspberry, fig, etc that if this responds well with the fish fertilizer spray – I will try again |
| Boab, Adansonia gregorii | SEEDLING | 30 | 6.5 | 11-2022 | Many parts edible, including fruit, tastes like cream of tartar. Short swollen trunk tree, this version native to australia. Can live to be 3000 years old |
| Bougainvillea | North Fence | | 5.5-6.0 | ’16 | Growing, but not growing taller, just wider |
| ButtonWeed, Whitehead Broom, Spermacoce verticillata | Endemic, Cat II Invasive | | | | Important Nectar plant that helps to eliminate mole crickets, It is an invasive supporting an invasive to kill an invasive . . . Can get up to 2-5 feet, spreads easily by cuttings. |
| Cacao Cocoa Theobroma, Red Pod | | 40 . . . | 5-7.5 | 2022 | Likes Afternoon Shade and Feeds Heavily like banana. Bought from 9waters on Etsy in Jupiter, FL |
| Cactus, Nopal, Prickly Pear, N. cochinillifera | Multiple | | 6-7.5 | ’15 | Edible fruit, can cook as vegetable or can eat young pads raw (sweet green beans?) -Must cut off invisible thorns first |
| Cactus, Peruvian Apple | Southeast | | 6-7.5 | | Consistent Growth, No fruit May 2020 |
| Calea Dream Herb | Weather Station | | | ’19 | Growing in ground even though I accidentally mowed it. Lucid Dreaming Herb. Doesn’t seem to have any effect on me. |
| Palm, Canary Island Date | East Center Fenceline | 10 | | 2012 | Overly shaded, but still growing, very pokey, no fruit |
| Canna Lillies | Multiple | | 6-7 | | Plant near pond (need to move) Survival food, roots, blooms, and young shoots are edible (cooked?) |
| Cardboard Plant | Tropical Almond | | | | Zamia furfuracea, Endangered. Apparently Highly toxic, oops, DO NOT EAT THE SEEDS 1-2 are toxic |
| Cashew Apple, Red, Anacardium occidentale | SEEDLING | NO | 5-6.5 | 11-2022 | This is the cashew fruit you buy in the stores, the apple is also edible, Check how to prepare. Thought you needed a male and female? Probably not going to like our property due to pH. Test property before planting not in a flooding area!? Grows best between 63-100F |
Ceylon Cinnamon “True Cinnamon” | | 25 | 6-7.5 | 2022 | Bought from 9waters on Etsy in Jupiter, FL. Died, despite love over winter |
| Chaya Spinach | Multiple | 32 | | ’15 | Prolific, needs little love, Tasty chopped and cooked — MUST be cooked. Tastes like a thick spinach |
| Cherry of the Rio Grande | Power Pole | 20 | 6.6-7.3 | ’17 | Self-Fruitful, Finally growing in 2020, with Fert/H20 Input |
| Cherry, Barbados | Multiple | 32 | 5.5-6.5 | 2012 | 15 year life, fruits from April to December. Florida Sweet & B-17 Varieties are best. ^^Vit C |
| Cherry, Surinam; Florida Cherry; Pitangatuba; Star Cherry | South Fence Line | 25 | 5.5-7.5 | ’16 | “Resin” taste, Trees respond well to fert/H20 Input and larger darker fruits taste better |
| Citrus, Eureka Lemon | Front Door | | 5.5-6.5 | ’18 | Opposite lemon as Grafted Lemon/Lime tree |
| Citrus, Honeybell | Multiple | | 5.5-6.5 | ’12 ’16 | Low yield, signs of deficiency. Going to spray nutritional sprays consistently to try to correct our pH problems May 2020 & beyond |
| Citrus, Lemon/Lime | North Garage | | 5.5-6.5 | ’17 | Frankentree, Grapefruit graftling died, Meyer? |
| Citrus, Ruby Red Grapefruit | North Fence | 25 | 5.5-6.5 | ’17 | Replacement for one I dropped a pine tree on. Fruits Nov-May |
| Citrus, Satsuma | Front Gate | | 5.5-6.5 | ’14 | Moved Several times, signs of deficiency. Self-fertile, seedless (Harvest Sept-Nov), Cold Hardy |
| Citrus, Sunburst Tang | Front Door | | 5.5-6.5 | ’12 | Died but recovered from roots, might be the rootstock (Nov – Dec Harvest if still Sunburst) |
| Cocoplum | Multiple | 32 | 6.6-8.4 | ’15 | Kids love the fruit, Prolific growth, Black fruit better than Reddish kind |
| Comfrey, Bocking 14 | A/C | | | | Great for composting and mulching, very deep roots that bring nutrients up. Comfrey Tea for composting. Can use as a feed supplement when dried, up to 20% |
| Copper Leaf Plant | North Fence Front Yard | | | ’19 | Thick Red Bush, grows well with little love |
| Crape Myrtle, Lagerstroemia indica | Front Door | 0 | 5.0-6.5 | ’15 | Dark Pink? We also have the fancy dark leaf ones, but they grow very slowly |
| Cypress, Juniper | Near Septic Tank | | | ’19 | May 2020 New Growth |
| Fern, Tuber; aka Edible Sword Fern | Oak, Surface well, and pond | | | | Tuber’s can be eaten. Slight honey taste . . . I think Greene Deane Said you can bake them? |
| Fern, Wart | Shed, South Fence on old logs | | | | Arrived on its own |
| Fig, Fiddleleaf | North Fence | | | 6/2023 | Leaves are edible cooked, Fruit is not choice, but edible |
| Firebush, Native | Shed | 32 | | ’16 | Berries Edible but not palatable, chicks love them. 15′ at Maturity, Seemed to die but now back 2022 |
| Florida Privet | Leach Field | | | ’19 | Florida Native? |
| Grewia Asiatica, Phalsa; Sherbert Berry | South Fence by Garage | 20 | 6.1-6.5 | ’17 | May 2020 so many blooms and fruits it is on the ground . . .Fertilizer helps. Super delicious, even sprouted another plant from seeds |
| Grumichama, Eugenia Brasiliensis | SouthEast Corner | 30 | 5.5-6.5 | 2012 | Doesn’t Like pH, fruited once, it wasn’t great, probably pH related. Still alive 2022 |
| Guava, Cattley, Strawberry/Lemon | Multiple | | 5.0-7.0 | ’18 | Kids aren’t crazy about these, Not sure if the lemon one has survived . . . |
| Gumbo Limbo, Bursera Simaruba | North Fence | 25 | | 2013 | Chlorophyll in Trunk, looses limbs in High Winds can be started from cuttings (Accidentally set on fire) |
| Hackberry; Celtis Sinensis | North Mid yard fence | | <8.0 | 19-Jul | Bought Online, May 2020, growing well. Needs careful pruning, tastes like a date |
| Hibiscus, multiple var | Multiple | | 6.5-6.8 | | Seem to barely live here . . Probably pH |
| Ice Cream Bean Tree, Inga Edulis, Monkey Tamarind | 2 Plantings East Fence | | 5.1-7.8 | ’18 | Vigorous Growers, 16′ in two years already bearing tasty fruit that the kids like. Easy to sprout from seeds in seed pods. 2022 Lots of tasty fruit. Knocked over by Hurricane in 2022, doing great 2023 after being set up again |
| Ivy Gourd; Perennial Cucumber; Tindora Spinach Fruit | South Fence growing up Pine Tree | | Neutral | ’15 | Invasive Potential, has never fruited, but is likely providing a lot of habitat for animals/bugs |
| Ixora, Nora Giant | Power Pole | | 5 | ’19 | Floundering, like the previous version did, not exiting dormancy from winter well 12-15 Foot. 2022 still floundering?? |
| Jaboticaba, Myrciaria Cauliflora | SouthEast | 24 | 5.5-6.5 | 2012 | 1st Fruit May 2020, Needs >>Fert/Water, probably doesn’t favour our high pH |
| Jackfruit | Chicken Coop | | 6.0-7.5 | | pH soil problems, comes back, but smaller each year |
| Japanese Blueberry | Front gate | | 6.6-7.8 | 20-May | INEDIBLE, Birds eat, but can’t confirm if toxic to humans |
| Jasmine | By Lychee | | 4.9-8.3 | 19-Jul | Vigorously growing |
| Jujube, Christ’s thorns, Chinese Date | Northwest | | <7.8 | | Tree with terrible thorns that I didn’t know what it was for so long. Delicious fruit that cleanses the body? Seen fruit, but it never ripens 2019 |
| Katuk, Sweetleaf Shrub | North Fence, Shed | 32 | 5.5-7.5 | 16-Oct | Looks rough Feb-May, but comes back. Eat the new shoots — Almost 50% protein. Lowers BP, Dilates blood vessels. Master Gardener Sale |
| Lemongrass | Multiple | | 5.0-8.0 | | Easy to grow from seed, Culinary Uses |
| Loquat, Oliver | North Fence by Neem | 24 | 5.5-6.5 | ’15 | 2013 plant died of Fireblight/ Lack of water? 2015 Plant fruited in 2019 and it was very good, Only one fruit in 2020. UF recommends Wolfe, Oliver, Tanaka Varieties. Bought from Nelson’s |
| Lychee, Sweetheart | Southeast of House | 25/32 | 5.5-7.5 | 2012 | First Harvest 2019, Several Pints, Very good. Short Lived? |
| Malabar Chestnut, Pachira glabra, Money Tree | SEEDLING | | 6.0-7.5 | 11-2022 | Nuts inside football shaped pods are edible, nutritious and size of a cashew. Nuts can store for months. Can be eaten raw, roasted, fried in oil, or added to stir fry. Young leaves and flowers can be eaten like a vegetable. This seems a winner!!Planted in South East yard near Monstera |
| Mamey Apple, Mammea americana | SEEDLING | 25 | 6.0-6.5 | 11-2022 | Tasty Apricot Raspberry Flavor, Evergreen 50-70 ft. |
| Mango, Choc Anon | South East Corner of Property | | 4.5-7.0 | 3-2021 | November – January & July (Double Season) Vigorous grower — UP to 100FT, almost 1 lb fruit |
| Mango, Glenn | Southeast of House | 30 | 4.5-7.0 | 2012 | June to July, 15ft Tall & Wide |
| Mango, Keitt | South of Concrete Pad | 31 | 4.5-7.0 | 2012 | Very Large Fruit, Late July, Small Fruit, till November |
| Mango, Kent | West Side of property, north of V.P. Mango | | 4.5-7.0 | 3-2021 | July to August, 30 feet tall and wide, 2 lb fruit |
| Mango, Lemon Meringue, Po Pyu Kalay | Northeast of House | | 4.5-7.0 | 2018 | May to July Fruiting, Vigorous Grower, 25 ft |
| Mango, Nam Dok Mai | Northwest of House | 25-27 | 4.5-7.0 | 2016 | Very Yellow when ripe, no fiber, sweet, Branches Bloom throughout summer |
| Mango, Valencia Pride | West side of Property South of Kent Mango | | 4.5-7.0 | 3-2021 | July to August — 25 ft tall and wide, 1.5 lb fruit |
| Maple, Red | North Fence and South Fence Gate | | 5.5-7.3 | 20-Jan | Supposed to survive here . . . Have been trying to get for years, Arrived Jan 2020, Planted May 2020 |
| Maqui Berry, Aristotelia chilensis | SEEDLING | 10-15 | 6.5-7 | 11-2022 | Very rich in antioxidants. Tastes like Blackberries. Small 13-15 ft tree. |
| Marigolds | Several | | | ’19 | Planted as companions throughout the yard, they come and go and then pop up in other places. Deep roots bring nutrients up. |
| Mexican Blue Bells | West of House | | | | They have escaped from containment. . . Not really trying to keep them alive. They have recently mutated to become light pink . . . 2021 |
| Mexican Sunflower | Near Apple Trees | | 5.8-6.5 | 20-May | Second Try at this Nitrogen Fixing Plant. Just needs consistent water which it should now get. Cutting grow readily, but establish a deep root. New version seems to be spreading throughout yard. |
| Midgen Berry, Austromyrtus dulcis | SEEDLING | 15 | 6.5-7 | 11-2022 | Bushfood from Australia. Small, white, edible berry, sweet with tones of ginger. |
| Monstera Deliciosa | South East | | 5.5-7.5 | ’16 | Apparently poisonous, all parts except ripe pineapple like fruits, eat the “kernels when the green scales fall off (don’t eat anything green). Supposed to fruit within 3 years, but I have moved the plant 3 times. |
| Moringa Oleifera | Multiple | 32 | 6.5-7.5 | ’18 | Tall, Easily knocked over in hurricane(Irma killed one), Edible raw, can supplement animal feed, multiple positive health outcomes |
| Mulberry, Chinese; Che | Southwest of garage | -10 | 5.5-6.5 | ’14 | Extremely slow initial growth, Fruited several times, but fruits always fall off before ripening. According to site I purchased from — Grafted Seedless variety(Osage Orange Rootstock), chewy delicious fruit that stores well and ripens on the tree over a month w/ thorns??) Really started growing 2019 |
| Mulberry, Shangri La | Multiple | 25 | 5.5-6.5 | 2012 | Starts fruiting April, Heavy fruit in May. |
| Mulberry, White | Northwest | | 5.5-6.5 | 2016 | Knocked over in Hurricane, came back strong, Almost overly sweet fruit. |
| Muscadine, Black Beauty (Maybe Supreme?) | North Mid Yard Fence | | 5.8-6.5 | ’19 | 2020 – growing up finally |
| Muscadine, Native | North Fenceline | | 5.8-6.5 | | Can boil, sweeten and turn into fruit leather or eat fresh |
| Muscadine, Southern Home | South Mid-yard Fence | | 5.8-6.5 | ’16 | Self-fruitful, Delicious, Many more fruit each year as vine matures. Technically illegal to reproduce via cutting as it is patented. |
| Neem | North Fence, Frontyard | | | 16-Oct | Master Gardener Sale . . . Dropped a tree on it 2019 |
| Oak, Laurel | Northwest House | | 6.0-7.5 | | About 50 years old, probably rotting inside, but protects the house kind of well and a great shade tree . . . |
| Oak, Live | North side of Front yard and North side of Back Yard | | 6.0-7.5 | | One from Nelsons (2017, medium) and one from Gardener Sale (free, 2018, small). Both growing well with no water. |
| Olive, Arbequina | Near Grapefruit, north fence front yard | 20 | 5.5-8.5 | ’19 | Very slow grower, but not dying . . . Lots of growth during 2021. Lots of growth 2022, likes fish foliar spray |
| ORDERED, Persimmon, Yates American | Planted near driveway south side | | 6.5-7.5 | 20-May | Delivery Early July, Grafted Supreme EZ Start from Stark (I really like that company, they have a 1 year guarantee). Seems to die every winter then come back |
| Palm, Areca | Several | 45 | 6.1-6.5 | | Everywhere |
| Palm, Coconut; Cocos nucifera | Multiple | 32 | 5.0-8.0 | 2015 | High Wind Resistance 1st Fruit 2020. Green Coconuts for Coconut Water, let turn brown for tasty coconut flesh, albeit that takes months. |
| Palm, Sabal | East Fence | | | | Came with House |
| Papaya, Red Lady | South of Deck | 30 | | 12-2022 | Trying again, kids say its okay in smoothies, Sweeter if picked when yellow, might need to pick when half yellow. Might also be good picked green . . .? |
| Passion Fruit, passiflora edulis | Northeast | | 6.5-7.5 | | Susceptible to a particular caterpillar, doesn’t fruit often even though it flowers. Must be planted on a mound, because it will die if there is flooding of the roots for more than a few days. |
| Passion Fruit, Yellow | Northeast | | 6.5-7.5 | 20-May | Etsy, planted on Chainlink Fence on mound |
| Pawpaw, Asimina triloba | SEEDLING | Zone 8 | 5.5-7 | 11-2022 | NO FLOODING. |
| Peanut Butter Tree | South Fence Gate | 32 | 6.1-6.5 | ’16 | Tastes like protein bar, kids were not crazy about it. Died back after 1st year, barely surviving since 2019 |
| Pine, Pond | Several (3) | | 4.5-5.5 | | Wider at base than slash pine, More sinister pine cone spikes. Some of the others might be Slash Pine? Not worth Modifying pH |
| Pineapple | Several | | 4.5-6.5 | | Grows pretty well if you can get it establish in the dirt (start in pot then transfer). Really growing well with fish foliar spray, 5 pineapples 2023 |
| Podocarpus, Maki | Fencelines | | 4.5-7.5 | ’12 | Podocarpus Pie, hates winter |
| Plum, Java | North Fence & Chicken Area | | All | ’16 | Grown from seed. Edible, vigorous grower. First Fruits July/August 2022, Tasty |
| Plum, Natal, Carissa Macrocarpa, “Nom Nom” | Fencelines | 20 | 6.1-7.5 | ’14 | Grown from seed, Gifford Variety supposedly good. Lots of fruit, made Jam in 2019, but kids aren’t eating it |
| Pomegranate | South West Fence Line | 10 | 5.5-7.0 | 2019 | Bought Online, 1st Fruit in <1 yr, needs H20 & Fertilizer |
| Rose, Pink | South East Leach field | 20 | 6.0-6.9 | ’16 | Likes fertilizer, makes long stem roses all the time, not sure what the rootstock is . . . |
| Rose, Yellow, Midas’ Touch, Fortuniana Rootstock | North East Leach field | 20 | 6.0-6.9 | ’19 | May 2020 Growing and making smaller roses, seems happy |
| Royal Poinciana | East Fence | 25 | 4.9-10.6 | ’16 | Dropped a Pine tree on it, but vigorous growth nonetheless. Pods edible if cooked? Trim bamboo back often to help canopy spread |
| Sea Grape, Coccoloba uvifera | South Fence, Backyard | 32 | 6.5-7.5 | 2012 | Eat fruits when red to purple. Moved in 2017. Extremely Large. Fruited 2022 August. Many seedlings from a park planted on North Fence |
| Soursop, Guanabana | Garage Near South Fence | | 5-6.5 | ’17 | Not sure where this one came from but Fruiting May 2020 and definitely Soursop! Fruit Ready End of July 2020, Delicious!!! 3 Very large fruits |
| Sugar Apple, Sweetsop | Northwest of House | 27/32 | 4.0-7.0 | ’22 | A few fruits (very Tasty). May 2020 (died 4 years), lots of young fruit, Hopeful better water/fert practices are working. . . Had died shortly after this, but New one planted Sept 2022 with two bags of premium garden soil in hole. |
| Sugar Cane | North Fence | | 6.0-6.5 | | Not sure what variety |
| Tamarind | Multiple | 28 | 4.5-9.0 | | Fruit Ready off tree Early April through May, but should be picked and processed in Early April before bugs and mold set in. Buckets of Fruit 2020 |
| Ti Plant, Hawaiian | Multiple | 40 | | | 4-6 ft, bought it because it was pink, probably sprouts from cuttins |
| Tomato, Everglades | Several | | | | Pops up all over yard March to June. Let be and feed the chickens/kids, grows like a vine. |
| Tropical Almond | Back Door | | 5-7 | ’17 | Big shade tree with almond like fruit (a few that were lost 2019). Monoecious, grown from seed |
| Tuber, Cassava Yucca | Kitchen Window | | 4.5-7.0 | ’15 | Keeps coming back, supposed to dig up and eat roots (must be cooked I think). Tall and lanky |
| Tuber, Malanga; aka Yautia; cocoyam; eddo; coco; tannia; sato-imo; Japanese Potato | Multiple | | 5.5-7.8 | ’17 | Low growing Elephant Ear family plant. As of 2020, I have never harvested, but they continue to grow year round. Chickens eating it raw and have really set it back 2022 |
| Unconfirmed, ??? | Middle of backyard near Tamarind and Jelly Palm | | Acidic? | | Could be June Plum, Sapodilla, Canistel, or Paw Paw. Growing well May 2020, trained to tree form winter 2019 |
| Unconfirmed, ??? | South Fence Gate | | Acidic? | | Small Leaves, comes back weakly from winter each year. No idea . . . |
| Unconfirmed, Canistel; aka Yellow sapote; eggfruit; Pouteria campechiana | ??? | 23/29 | 5-7 | | Ordered online, but seeds die quickly, did not sprout. Ordered live in 2018, but not sure if it survived and got planted, it is one of the unknown trees??? |
| Unconfirmed, Paw Paw | ?? Near Chicken Coop | 24 | 5.5-7.0 | | Florida Native, Available at TradeWindsFruit and sometimes Master gardener sale? |
| Unconfirmed, Sapodilla | Southwest fence by Longan??? | | 6.0-8.0 | ’15 | Sprouted by mychild from seed |
| Wampee Clausena Lansium | | 20 | Probably 6-7 | 2022 | Fruits May through July. Likes swamps. Bought from 9waters on Etsy in Jupiter, FL |
| Walking Onion | Garden | | | | |
| Wax Myrtle | Multiple | 0 | 6.0-8.0 | | Started from seed. Many root suckers excellent Hedge (2020) |
