Coconut Cream Mango Tree Live Plant – Grafted, 1 Foot Tall, in 6″ Pot

Overview

Cultivate your own tropical paradise with the exquisite Coconut Cream Mango Tree live plant. This highly sought-after variety is celebrated for its truly exceptional fruit, making it a prized addition for any fruit enthusiast or home gardener. Our grafted mango tree ensures you receive a plant with superior genetics, ready to produce delicious mangoes sooner. The Coconut Cream Mango is renowned for its unique flavor profile, blending the sweet, juicy taste of mango with a subtle, creamy coconut essence. Originating from Florida, this patented variety is a testament to horticultural innovation, offering a taste experience unlike any other. Standing at approximately 1 foot mango tree, this live plant is ready to be transitioned into its new home, promising years of delectable harvests.

The fruit itself is a visual delight, boasting a vibrant bright red-orange-yellow skin that signals its ripeness. Inside, the pulp is a vivid orange, fiber-less, and incredibly juicy. This mid-season harvest tree is an excellent choice for those looking to expand their edible landscape with a high-quality, flavorful fruit tree. Whether you’re an experienced grower or new to tropical fruit trees, the Coconut Cream Mango offers a rewarding growing experience, culminating in some of the most delicious mangoes you’ll ever taste.

Key Benefits

The Coconut Cream Mango Tree live plant offers a multitude of benefits, from its unique fruit to its aesthetic appeal in your garden or on your patio. Here are some of the standout advantages of growing this exceptional tree:

• Exceptional Flavor Profile: Enjoy mangoes with a distinct, delicious creamy coconut-mango flavor that sets them apart from traditional varieties. This unique taste is a true gourmet experience.
• High-Quality Fruit: This patented variety produces very large, juicy, and fiber-less fruit with bright orange pulp, ensuring a superior eating experience every time.
• Vibrant Appearance: The mangoes mature with a stunning bright red-orange-yellow skin, adding a splash of tropical color to your garden and fruit bowl.
• Grafted for Success: As a grafted mango tree, this plant offers increased vigor, disease resistance, and earlier fruit production compared to trees grown from seed, giving you a head start on your harvest.
• Rewarding Home Harvest: Experience the satisfaction of harvesting your own fresh, high-quality mangoes, perfect for eating fresh, making smoothies, or culinary creations. This tropical fruit tree is a joy to grow.
• Mid-Season Harvest: Provides a generous yield during the mid-mango season, allowing you to enjoy fresh mangoes when many other varieties are not yet ready.
• Attractive Specimen Plant: Beyond its fruit, the mango tree itself is an attractive addition to any landscape, providing lush green foliage and a tropical ambiance.

Plant Care & Growing Tips

Caring for your Coconut Cream Mango Tree live plant is essential for ensuring a healthy tree and abundant harvests. Mango trees thrive in warm, tropical, and subtropical climates. They require a location that receives full sun, meaning at least 6-8 hours of direct sunlight per day. If growing indoors or in a greenhouse, ensure it receives ample light, possibly supplementing with grow lights if natural light is insufficient. Good air circulation is also beneficial to prevent fungal issues.

When it comes to watering, young mango trees need consistent moisture, especially during dry periods. Water deeply when the top few inches of soil feel dry to the touch, but avoid overwatering, which can lead to root rot. As the tree matures, it becomes more drought-tolerant. The ideal soil for a grafted mango tree is well-draining, slightly acidic to neutral (pH 6.0-7.0), and rich in organic matter. A good quality potting mix designed for fruit trees or a blend of garden soil, compost, and perlite will work well. Fertilize your tropical fruit tree with a balanced slow-release fertilizer formulated for fruit trees, following the product’s instructions. Young trees benefit from more frequent, lighter applications, while mature trees can be fertilized less often. Protect young trees from frost if you live in a cooler climate by covering them or bringing potted trees indoors.

Pruning is important for shaping the tree, promoting air circulation, and encouraging fruit production. Remove any dead, diseased, or crossing branches. For a compact 1 foot mango tree, you might consider container growing, which also allows you to move the plant indoors during colder months, extending its viable growing range. Regularly inspect your tree for pests and diseases, addressing any issues promptly with appropriate organic or chemical treatments to maintain its health and ensure optimal yields of the delicious Coconut Cream mangoes.

Size & Details

This offering is for one Coconut Cream Mango Tree live plant, which has been expertly grafted to ensure superior fruit quality and robust growth. The plant you will receive stands approximately 1 foot tall, measured from the base of the pot to the top of the foliage, making it an ideal size for establishing in your garden or a larger container. It is shipped securely in a 6-inch nursery pot, providing a healthy root system ready for transplanting. Mango trees are known for their moderate to fast growth rate under optimal conditions, with this grafted variety potentially producing fruit within 2-3 years, much faster than a seed-grown tree. The mature size of a grafted mango tree can vary depending on growing conditions and pruning, but they can reach heights of 10-20 feet in the ground if left unpruned. For smaller spaces or container growing, regular pruning can maintain a more manageable size, making it a versatile tropical fruit tree for various garden setups.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Q: How big does this plant get? A: This Coconut Cream Mango Tree live plant is approximately 1 foot tall upon arrival. In optimal conditions, a grafted mango tree can reach 10-20 feet tall when planted in the ground, but it can be maintained at a smaller size with regular pruning, especially when grown in a container.
• Q: What size pot does it come in? A: The plant is shipped in a 6-inch nursery pot, providing a healthy root system and convenient size for initial planting or up-potting.
• Q: Is this an indoor or outdoor plant? A: The Coconut Cream Mango Tree is a tropical fruit tree best suited for outdoor growing in USDA Zones 9-11. In cooler climates, it can be grown in a large container and brought indoors during colder months as a tropical fruit tree.
• Q: How much sunlight does it need? A: Mango trees require full sun, which means at least 6-8 hours of direct sunlight per day, to thrive and produce the best fruit.
• Q: Is this plant easy to care for? A: While tropical plants require specific conditions, caring for a grafted mango tree is manageable with proper attention to sunlight, watering, and fertilization. It’s a rewarding plant for gardeners of all levels.
• Q: What condition will it arrive in? A: Your 1 foot mango tree will arrive as a healthy, live plant with a good root system, carefully packaged to ensure its safe journey.
• Q: When is the best time to plant a mango tree? A: The best time to plant is typically in the spring or early summer, after the last chance of frost has passed, allowing the tree ample time to establish itself before cooler weather.
• Q: Will it survive winter in my zone? A: Mango trees are sensitive to frost. If you are in USDA Zone 8 or below, you will need to protect your tree from winter cold, either by covering it or moving it indoors if it’s in a pot.
• Q: Does this tree produce fruit quickly? A: As a grafted mango tree, it is expected to produce fruit much faster than a seed-grown tree, often within 2-3 years after planting under ideal conditions.
• Q: What makes Coconut Cream Mango special? A: This variety is patented for its unique and delicious creamy coconut-mango flavor, vibrant red-orange-yellow skin, and fiber-less, juicy pulp, making it a highly desirable tropical fruit tree.