Hoping that all of the trees that flowered recently will hold their fruit. This is the first year the Pitomba, has flowered, not sure if it will develop some fruit. The Imbe seems to be holding fruit for the first time, There are 2 males in the ground and one female still in a pot, I grafted males onto the female and females onto the males. Also have fruit developing on the Pickering, Heidi, Corriente, Kensington Pride, Sweet Tart, NDM, Coconut Cream, Harvest Moon, Cogshall, Okrung, Neelam, Jakarta, Alfonso, and Lemon Zest mangos. A single fruit on the San Pedro Custard Apple held over the winter but not sure if the cold stunted the fruit development. Fruit on the Makok, Alano and Ox sapodillas have done fine, through the winter. The Sweetheart, Brewster and Emperor lychees are holding fruit. Also the Wampee is flowering real nice. The red smooth skin Suriname Cherry is out of control, it has had fruit full time for 2 1/2 years straight.
The only problem I have had with certain trees is we don't get any real heat here near the ocean, never any frost just that cool onshore maritime flow. My jackfruits are fine through the winters, but grow real slow. I've had a Mamey in the ground for a few years and it has flowered but has yet to set fruit and just recently lost about 3 feet off the top, also a biribia that set fruit only to drop it around November. I had fruit mature on a Kampong Mauve Sugar apple, the coffee produces fine each year, the bananas are always fruiting, dragon fruit do great, starfruit has been a little shy to hold fruit, but the tree is still young. I also have one of those Manila or Christmas palms I started from a seed I brought back from Malasia that has been growing outside for 6 years. Also I planted one of the seeds of the Royal palms from the Rio botanical gardens that I picked up. And also the Fijian fan palms are doing fine with no protection. I have had a canistel in the ground for a while, but it I think it needs some more heat to start producing, it goes dormant and sheds leaves every spring and doesn't seem to take off. I also had a Ross sapote that didn't make it in the ground, it lasted a few years and slowly croaked. Probably need to find the little microclimates and plant accordinly. I'm excited to see if my Garcinia vleerackerii makes it here. Does anyone else with a similar climate have any success or failures they can share?
Anyway, here are some of the photos, the quality isn't too good, taken with phone camera.
Poha Berries
Vietnamese Bananas
Green Sapote
San Pedro Custard Apple
Blenheim Apricot
Red Lady Papaya
Daily 11 avocados
Brewster Lychee
Ha'a Ha'a bananas
Alano Sapodilla
Kei Apples
Yellow Coffee berries
Red Smooth Suriname Cherries
Dark Suriname Cherries, taste like Concord grapes
Pitomba
Imbe
Li 2 Jujube
Pickering
Wampee
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Glad to see some having success! 
