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Lychee Trees - Description

Lychee Trees for Sale – 6 Best Varieties for Home Growing

Fresh, sweet, and incredibly aromatic, lychee fruit is a tropical delicacy that's as beautiful as it is delicious. At Everglades Farm, we offer premium air-layered lychee trees for sale, giving you the best chance at early fruit production. Whether you want a compact small tree for containers or a mature tree for your backyard garden, our collection has something for every grower.

What Makes Lychee So Special?

Native to Southern China and Southeast Asia, lychees (Litchi chinensis) grow in clusters of round, pink-skinned fruit with juicy, translucent white flesh. The flavor is often described as a mix of grape and rose, with delicious fruits offering perfect sweetness. Beyond their incredible taste, lychees are rich in vitamin C, antioxidants, and essential minerals, healthy treats eaten fresh straight from your garden.

How Long Does It Take for a Lychee Tree to Bear Fruit?

Patience is key, lychee trees are slow growers. However, our air-layered mature trees can bear fruit in just 2–5 years, compared to seed-grown trees that may take over a decade. With proper care during the growing season, you'll harvest clusters of fresh lychee fruit season after season.

Is It Easy to Grow a Lychee Tree?

In the right climate, yes. Lychee trees grow best in hot, humid summers and cool, dry winters without freezing temperatures. These fruit trees love full sun and slightly acidic, well-draining soil with good organic matter. Regular pruning helps maintain shape and encourages more fruit production.

Can You Grow Lychee Trees in Containers?

Absolutely. Container growing works excellently for varieties like Emperor Lychee Tree or SweetHeart Lychee Tree, especially in cooler climates (USDA 4-11). Container trees stay compact and can be moved indoors to protect from wind damage and retain moisture better.

Spotlight on Our Lychee Varieties

SweetHeart Lychee Tree: Known for large fruit, excellent sweet taste, and dependability. Perfect for both beginners and experienced growers, performing well planted in containers or in-ground.

Brewster Lychee Tree: Popular choice in Florida for cold tolerance and heavy fruit production. Produces juicy, red fragrant fruit during growing season.

Mauritius Lychee Tree: Medium-sized fruit with pink-red skin and sweet flavors. Consistent producer and great all-round choice for any landscape.

Emperor Lychee Tree: The largest lychee fruit of all! This small tree grows slowly, making it ideal for smaller yards or container growing.

HakIp Lychee Tree: Appreciated for rich, floral taste and high flesh-to-seed ratio. A must for lychee connoisseurs seeking unique flavors.

Gee Kee Lychee Tree: Reliable, high-quality variety that's less common, perfect if you want something unique for your garden.

Growing Zones and Care Tips

  • In-Ground: Best for Zones 9-11, mature trees reach full growth

  • Containers: Suitable for Zones 4-11 (bring indoors before winter)

  • Sunlight: Full sun essential for strong growth and flowering

  • Soil: Slightly acidic sandy soil, well-draining to prevent root rot

  • Watering: Keep soil moist, avoid excess water that causes root rot

  • Pruning: Shape annually during winter, remove weeds, encourage new growth

  • Pests: Watch for root weevils and other pests during growing season

Why Choose Air-Layered Lychee Trees from Everglades Farm?

All our lychee trees are propagated by air layering, preserving exact flavors and quality of parent mature trees. Our trees develop strong root balls and resist root rot better than seed-grown alternatives. When planted correctly in sandy soil with good drainage, these fruit trees provide years of delicious harvest.

Whether you're dreaming of harvesting fresh lychee fruit in your backyard or growing a container tree in a sunny spot, Everglades Farm has the variety for you. Explore our tropical fruit trees today and start your journey to sweet, fragrant lychee bliss. Happy planting!

Read: 5 Effective Lychee Erinose Mite Treatment Strategies for Gardeners
My lychee tree has brown leaves ... the tip of the leaves are brown... what can I do?

Lychee tree leaves' tips are highly susceptible to dehydration, resulting in a condition known as "browning."



The primary causes of this phenomenon are:
Changes in weather, particularly during the transition from winter to spring. In some instances, lychee trees are shielded from erinose mites by employing a combination of sulfur and miticide, which may lead to tip browning.



However, it is essential to note that this is a normal occurrence that generally resolves itself at the beginning of the rainy season when the lychee tree generates new foliage.
My Emperor Lychee Tree is not doing so well... what can I do?

Emperor lychees are very challenging to grow in South Florida.
Please follow the recommendations below to increase your chances of success growing your Emperor Lychee Tree.



Grow your tree in a container during the first three years to increase the chances of success
The soil may need applications of fungicide to prevent the roots from rotting. Applications are typically needed every three months.



You may use the product below, that we make available in our website.
https://everglades.farm/products/mango-tree-booster-1-pound-bag?_pos=1&_psq=tropical%20tree%20booster&_ss=e&_v=1.0



You may grow your Emperor Lychee tree in a container. A 25 gallon container is the ideal size, but you may also use a smaller 15 gallon container.
Lychee tree seems to have fungus on the trunk. What should I do?

The white spots on the trunk of lychee trees will not harm the growth of the lychee tree.



White spots resembling fungus or mold are frequently observed on the trunks of lychee trees, which is a common phenomenon. However, it is important to note that this occurrence does not have any detrimental effects on the growth of the tree.

Lychee trees are typically propagated using the Air Layering Method, which can result in the development of thicker trunks on the young trees derived from the mother branch. Interestingly, we have observed that the younger trunks generally do not exhibit the presence of these white spots. Instead, it is more common to see such spots on the trees with thicker trunks.
Lychee Erinose Mite (LEM). Treatment Options.

The lychee erinose mite poses a threat to lychee fruit trees as it infests and causes the formation of erineum galls, which are hairy abnormal growths, on the leaves. If left unchecked, these mites can cause significant harm to the tree, its fruit, and flowers. Despite being too minuscule to be visible without a microscope, their presence can be identified on the surface of the lychee leaves.

Pruning stands out as the primary and crucial cultural measure to combat the lychee erinose mite (LEM). It is imperative to accompany pruning with sulfur applications to safeguard the new growth (as mentioned below). Pruning without the addition of sulfur treatments can potentially worsen the spread of LEM. Make sure the affected leaves are burned or thrown away in a plastic bag.

We spray our plants with a combination of 1 ) sulfur & 2) Miticide. We cannot provide technical information. However, you could do your own research online and purchase sulfur and a miticide, follow the label instructions and treat your trees.

The sulfur + miticide application should be done 2-3 times after pruning the infected leaves with a time interval of at least two weeks.
Sulfur should be sprayed in the evenings to avoid "burning" the leaves when they are also receiving sun light.