Congratulations! Those look totally wonderful and yummy!

Enjoy your Lychees! My neighbor didn't get to enjoy their Lechees, the crows got them! Ate every last one of them in two days!

I Love Lychees Anna...Congratulations! I'm so happy for you to finally be able to get some to taste. I had a couple of trees plant 4 years ago...but two winters ago the freeze killed it. I'm planted one this March...wish me luck with this one. Enjoy!! They look wonderful. What variety is it?

Wanda, that's just AWFUL about your neighbor! SO sad...

Anna, so glad you get to enjoy some lychees finally. They look yummy.

Wanda, we have the large, black birds eating them also! Between them and the squirrels, they will be all gone very soon.

Puglvr, we hopefully will have a warmer winter this year so your new tree can get established. They do like cool weather, but maybe not when they are just planted. I don't know what kind mine are. They are huge trees (35 feet?) that were here when we bought the property. Unfortunately the bulk of the fruit is too high to reach, but the trees give us great shade, so we will never prune them lower. These lychees are not the best variety I don't believe. They taste good, but many of them have large pits. They are fun to eat though. What variety did you plant?

Thanks, Katkin! I am going back out there today to see if there's any left.

Anna

Wonderful Anna. What name of lychee do you have?

I planted one when we lived in Naples (Hap Ik IIRC) but it was one of the few plants I decided not to move with us. Even though it was 5' tall and in-ground over a year it never bloomed, probably blooming now for the new owners.

We have room for one tree and I debated back and forth between avocado (little too big), lychee and macadamia. I think we're leaning toward macadamia if ECHO has one.

Lychees are such a luscious fruit, like eating a sweet tasting flower.

Denise

I sure hope we have a milder winter as well. I love cool weather don't get me wrong, I just don't like frost or freeze,lol...

I planted Mauritius lychee...its suppose to be one of the more reliable lcyhee trees for Florida, I'll just be happy if it survives the next few winters at this point. I am a little colder than you so its a little more of a challenge. Like you said, they do require some colder temps to flower and fruit...but can't handle temps below 32 when they're young.

Anna, I posted the Hoya website in sarasota on the Hoya thread...hopefully you saw it.

Good luck with the mauritius, puglvr. If I had a fresh start with a tree, I'd keep it pruned low to be able to reach the fruit. It's frustrating to have much of the fruit out of your reach!

Anna

Thanks Anna! I do need the good luck wishes. I totally agree with you about not wanting to open up the Hoya can of worms. I wish I never did...its an addiction that's SO hard to break. Might be best if you don't start,lol.

I'm definitely planning on keeping my lychee trees small if they survive. I'm also growing my Mango trees this way so I can reach the fruits and easier to protect them from freeze.

Nancy

Those look wonderful!
I was happy to find lychees at the farmer's market in Jax lol. I found a bunch that still had long woody stems attatched to them and so am gonna try and root them lol.