Grafted
Emperor lychee
Large lychee with a small seed and perfumed, grape-like flesh. This is the premium pot on the list, priced above a normal 15-gallon.
This variety
The fruit
Large lychee with a small seed and perfumed, grape-like flesh. This is the premium pot on the list, priced above a normal 15-gallon.
Taste, season, cold, and how to plant this one.
- Taste
- Large lychee with a small seed and perfumed, grape-like flesh. This is the premium pot on the list, priced above a normal 15-gallon.
- Ripens
- Late spring, typically May into June, after a winter that was cool and a little dry.
- Zones
- Zones 10 to 11.
- Hardiness
- Lychee needs that winter cool to bloom, then no frost on the flowers. Naples can do this. A warm, wet winter means a light crop.
- Size
- Slow compared with a mango. A 15-gallon Emperor is a head start you will wait on, then keep for decades.
- Tips
- Never let a young lychee dry out. Mulch widely. The $225 price is the exception to the $115 15-gallon rate.
- Pollination
- Self-fruitful. Weather at bloom matters more than a second tree.