Avocado trees, Persea americana, are tender trees that are native to equatorial regions in Central and South America, including Mexico and Costa Rica. They are typically grown in warmer zones or ...

Avocado trees are sunshine worshippers, growing only in USDA Hardiness Zones 8 through 11 and in loose, sandy soil. You can grow them from seed (i.e., the pit) or a cutting. Remove the seed from ...

When grown in a container, it adjusts its size to fit the pot. Given that avocado trees are hardy only in USDA Zones 9 to 11, many of us grow them in containers and bring them indoors for the winter.

In 2023, the USDA updated its Plant Hardiness Zone Map, a crucial tool for gardeners selecting plants. Each zone on the map is defined by average annual minimum temperatures. A zone represents 10 ...

Despite the issues with cold hardiness, avocado trees do produce fruit in southeast Louisiana in hardiness zone 9. There are generally enough years between these catastrophic occasional freezes to ...