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 ...

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 ...