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All of those are terrible choices for L.A., because all of them require a tropical climate to thrive. The avocado might be your best bet, and even then, it will need water and heat. Everything else on that list will die in L.A.
All of those are terrible choices for L.A., because all of them require a tropical climate to thrive. The avocado might be your best bet, and even then, it will need water and heat. Everything else on that list will die in L.A.
I thought I've seen Mango trees in coastal OC?
There are so many types of palms you can grow in coastal SoCal. But the Coconut palm isn't one of them. I looked into it because I love the Coconut palm, but apparently the issue is that they don't like cold, soggy roots, which happens in winter when it rains. I've seen one Coconut palm along PCH in Newport Beach, up against a building, but it wasn't that big or healthy and is known as "the only Coconut Palm in California" lol!
And Avacado trees grow like weeds in coastal SoCal. I remember people at work bringing in boxes filled with avacados from their trees, trying to get rid of them.
check out the website for "socalplantbreeders" and see a list of mango varieties bred for southern California conditions. avocados are widely grown in southern California both commercially and as "home orchard" trees. other 'tropical" type fruits to try include cherimoya, white sapote, litchi, and guava. look up the "California rare fruit growers" for information on all sorts of cool fruits to grow and connections to the society and its members with plants, seeds, and scions to share. some of the plants on your list like durian and breadfruit (and coconut as already mentioned) are likely to be too tender/heat and moisture demanding to grow in the ground even in the mildest spots in the area. according to the "sunset western garden book" traveler's palm can be grown in their zone 24---mildest areas along the southern California coast---check out their garden plant zones map online for more details. for best growth, flowering and fruiting, most of the plants on your list will need at least some summer water, relatively deep soil, and a good mulch around the base to help conserve moisture and suppress weeds plus appropriate fertilizer applications periodically---unfortunately few if any tropical fruit type plants are drought tolerant or low maintenance compared to many Mediterranean/California native type ornamentals. hope this is of some interest or help. good luck.
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some palms that have some of the coconut palm "vibe" but are better adapted to socal include the "jelly palm" (butia capitata) and the "queen palm" (syagrus romanzoffiana) both with eatable fruit, "king palm" (archontophoenix), also howea palms, "fishtail palms" (caryota) and the "foxy lady palm" (woodyetia x veitchia) just to name a few. papaya might be another tropical type fruit to consider growing. all of the above will need a certain amount of summer water to thrive but should reward you with a very exotic look and feel.
Pomegranates, citrus of all sorts, figs, persimmons.
My MIL got bananas in Santa Barbara.
There are low chill peaches. It might be worth trying one tree.
The apple variety "Anna"
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