I have an avocado 'Mexicola Grande' in the ground which is blooming right now at this writing. It has survived in my yard here in Tampa without protection for five years and has fruited the past three years. During the coldest times there has only been a very minimal leaf burn on the leaf edges on occasion.
I have five mango cultivars all dwarf or semi-dwarf, and all but 'Pickering' are in 5- and 7-gal. pots and are not yet in the ground. 'Ice Cream' has just finished blooming but does not seem to have set any fruit this time; maybe it will rebloom and set a few. 'Beverly', 'Fairchild', and 'Irwin', have not bloomed this year for whatever reason and 'Pickering' is yet too small to bloom.
Of these above several mango cultivars, all have remained essentially undamaged outside in my yard over the last four years with the exception of the small grafted 'Pickering', in a 2-gal. pot, which succumbed to 32- or 33ºF this past December and has had to be replaced. It was the smallest and most recent of my mango cultivar purchases which likely contributed to its death after a night that dropped down here to 33ºF., even though it was protected under roof that night. I'm hoping for better luck with its replacement since it will have a whole season to get a bit of size on.
OK — HTH
Paul M.
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