Cold Hardy Avocados
Avocados are considered a tropical fruit, grown commercially in California, Mexico, and extreme south Florida near Homestead. However, varieties discovered in the mountains of Mexico have considerable cold resistance, and will survive temperatures into the low 20s, especially if grown in a protected location. At the University of Florida campus, as every agriculture student remembers, there was a medium sized dark-skinned avocado (known as 'Gainesville') that ripened every year next to Hume Library (where we all studied), and was sought after by both the students in the know and squirrels!
We grow several varieties of hardy Avocados, that are adapted to Zones 8-10. Make sure you plant them on the south face of a building, or underneath overhead canopy, much like protecting citrus. Placing freeze cloth over them during hard freezes also helps protect them.
ONLY AVAILABLE FOR PICKUP AT THE NURSERY. Please call ahead for availability.
NOT available for mailorder shipping.
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