PEPE'S FRUIT TREES • FLORIDA AVOCADO GUIDE

Florida Avocado Varieties & Pollination Guide

Compare avocado varieties for Florida, understand Type A and Type B flowering, explore harvest seasons and use our interactive orchard builder to choose complementary avocado trees for your Florida backyard.

34 Avocado Varieties Florida Focused Type A + Type B Early to Late Harvest

Best Avocado Trees for Florida

Some of the best avocado trees for Florida homeowners include Simmonds, Catalina, Miguel, Choquette, Monroe, Oro Negro, Lula, Brogdon and Russell. The best variety depends on where you live in Florida, the amount of space available, your preferred harvest season and whether additional cold tolerance is important. South Florida homeowners can grow many excellent West Indian and Guatemalan-West Indian avocado varieties, while growers in cooler areas may prefer more cold-tolerant cultivars such as Brogdon, Lula or Bacon.

For a longer Florida avocado harvest, choose cultivars that mature at different times. Simmonds is an excellent early-season choice, Miguel and Catalina provide high-quality summer and midseason fruit, and Choquette, Monroe and Oro Negro can extend the avocado harvest into the late season and winter.

Avocado cultivars are also classified as Type A or Type B according to their flowering pattern. One avocado tree can produce fruit, so an opposite flowering type is not always required. However, planting compatible A and B cultivars may provide additional opportunities for cross-pollination. The Florida Avocado Variety Database and Orchard Builder below can help homeowners compare varieties and design a backyard orchard.

INTERACTIVE FLORIDA ORCHARD TOOL

Build Your Avocado Orchard

Choose how many avocado trees you have room for and see a recommended Florida combination designed around fruit quality, harvest season and flowering type.

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Why plant several avocado varieties? One avocado tree can produce fruit. Planting multiple cultivars is especially useful for extending the harvest season. Combining Type A and Type B cultivars can also provide additional opportunities for cross-pollination.

GOOD PLACES TO START

Popular Avocado Trees for Florida Homeowners

These are especially useful varieties to consider when planning a Florida backyard avocado orchard.

EARLY SEASON

Simmonds Avocado

Classic South Florida avocado with excellent fruit quality and an early harvest.

Type A

MIDSEASON

Miguel Avocado

Large, productive fruit and one of Florida's strongest midseason choices.

Type B

RICH & CREAMY

Catalina Avocado

Popular Cuban variety prized in South Florida for rich, creamy fruit.

Type A

LATE SEASON

Choquette Avocado

Large Florida avocado with very good quality and strong production.

Type A

WINTER

Monroe Avocado

Premier late-season Florida cultivar with large fruit and excellent quality.

Type B

SPECIALTY

Oro Negro Avocado

Distinctive dark-skinned South Florida avocado with rich, buttery flesh.

Type B

AVOCADO FLOWERING & POLLINATION

Type A vs. Type B Avocado Trees

Avocado flowers have separate female and male opening periods. Type A and Type B cultivars differ in the timing of those stages.

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Type A Avocados

Flowers generally open first in the female stage during the morning and reopen in the male stage during the afternoon of the following day.

B

Type B Avocados

Flowers generally open first in the female stage during the afternoon and reopen in the male stage the following morning.

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Do You Need Both?

Not necessarily. Many Florida avocado trees can fruit alone. Some cultivars, however, benefit more than others from a compatible flowering type nearby.

SEARCH & COMPARE

Florida Avocado Variety Database

Search by variety, fruit characteristics or growing traits, or filter by flowering type, season and homeowner recommendation.

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FLORIDA HOME LANDSCAPE

Growing Avocado Trees in Florida

Full Sun Plant avocado trees in an open location receiving abundant sunlight for strong growth and fruit production.

Excellent Drainage Avocado roots are highly sensitive to flooding and prolonged wet soil.

Allow Room Mature avocado trees can become large, although regular pruning can help maintain a more manageable backyard tree.

Choose Grafted Trees Named grafted cultivars provide predictable fruit characteristics and generally fruit sooner than seed-grown avocado trees.

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Important growing note: Avocado harvest periods, cold tolerance, flowering behavior and productivity can vary with location, weather, tree age and growing conditions.

Pollination: A single avocado tree can produce fruit. Some cultivars fruit well when planted alone, while others may benefit substantially from having a compatible cultivar flowering nearby.

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