The goal is to grow fresh fruit to eat all year round here in Southern California. So we researched which fruit tree varieties grow well in our area (Zone 10) and purchased them from various local nurseries in North San Diego.
The list below are the fruit trees that we have planted in the past.
List of fruit trees planted for continuous or year long harvest in Southern California
Apple – Dorsett Golden, Fuji, Pink Lady, Somerfeld, Granny Smith
Apricot – Golden Amber
Aprium – Flavor Delight
Asian Pear – 20th Century, Shinseiki
Atemoya – African Pride
Avocado – Lamb Hass, Hass, Sir Prize
Bay Leaf
Blackberry
Dragon Fruit
Fig – Black Mission Fig, Osborne Prolific Fig, Tiger Panache Fig, Violette de Bordeaux Fig, White Genoa Fig, Black Jack (February 6, 2021)
Grapefruit – Oro Blanco – Planted June 21, 2020
Grapes – Black Monukka, Crimson, Flame, Lomanto, Thomcord Grapes
Guava – Mexican Pink Guava, Mexican Yellow Guava, Red Malaysian Guava, Red Strawberry Guava (planted June 1, 2020), Vietnamese Guava
Hops – Cascade Hops, Centennial Hops
Jujube – Li
Kumquat – Meiwa Kumquat
Lemon – Eureka Lemon
Lime – Bearss Lime
Loquat – Golden Nugget Loquat
Macadamia – Linda or Cate Macadamia Nut Tree
Malungay or Moringa Tree
Mandarin – Tango (Golden Nugget Mandarin did not survive)
Mango -Nam Doc Mai Mango, (Alphonso Mango did not survive)
Mulberry – Pakistan Mulberry and Persian Mulberry, Everbearing Dwarf Mulberry
Nectaplum – Spice Zee – Cross between Nectarine and Plum. purchased on February 6, 2021 from Green Thumb nursery in San Marcos
Orange – Cara Cara Orange, Moro Orange
Passion Fruit – Fredricks
Peach – Florida Prince Peach
Persimmon Fuyu Tree – Planted on June 6, 2020
Persimmon – Giant Fuyu – purchased on February 6, 2021 from Green Thumb nursery in San Marcos
Pluerry – Sweet Treat – Cross between plum and cherry. Purchased from Evergreen nursery in Oceanside, February 5, 2021. Planted on March 9, 2021.
Plum – Burgundy – Planted on June 1, 2020
Pomegranate – Ambrosia Pomegranate, Eversweet Pomegranate
Raspberry – Heritage Red Raspberry
Walnut – Placentia Walnut – Planted on June 6, 2020
Additional list of fruit trees we are currently growing for our family
Acerola Cherry – on container
Apple – Pink Lady apple, Granny Smith apple, Adina apple
Avocado – Wurtz, Fuerte, Kona Sharwil Avocado
Persimmon – Fuyu
Guava – Pink – The very first guava we planted in 2010
Guava Tropical white
Guava Red Malaysian
Calamansi
Orange – Valencia
Orange – Moro
Pomegranate – Wonderful
Plum – Burgundy
Mandarin – Pixie on the ground, originally on 24 box container
Mandarin – Kishu on the ground, another originally on 24 box container (planted October 2020)
Mandarin – Pixie Dwarf front yard – planted from a 5 gallon tree purchase at Home Depot in 2019
Mulberry – Everbearing Dwarf – planted spring of 2020
Kumquat – nagami on container
Lemon – Meyer Improved
Lemon- Eureka
23 fruit trees in total as of October 16, 2024 at home
Other edible plants planted:
Grapes – Flame Grapes
Dragon Fruit
Blackberry
Black Raspberry
Blueberries
Atemoya
Ken planted the atemoya on an incredibly hard ground on October 29, 2019. It has lost leaves after planting but by spring of 2020, the leaves have come back.