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Originally Posted by JorgNS
I recently had a couple of hedges lining my driveway removed and I'm thinking
of planting a dwarf apple and a dwarf avocado tree. Anyone in the Southern
Calif. area have much success with either of these trees? I'm wondering how
long it would take for the trees to fruit & would I need to plant more than one
for them to fruit?
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Hi Jorg,
Here's the info on the avocado.
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/e.../avocado2.html
http://rics.ucdavis.edu/fnric2/crops/avocado.shtml
You don't say what type of apple, but I'm thinking you mean a crab apple. Here's a site that might be helpful about edible apples.
http://rics.ucdavis.edu/fnric2/crops/apple.shtml
If you are thinking of a crab apple, there is Malus angustifolia - southern crab apple; Malus coronaria - Alabama crab apple (aka sweet crab apple); Malus fusca - Oregon crab apple and Malus sylvestris - common apple or wild apple. You could do a google search on these using the botanical names to see how they will grow in your hardiness zone. You could also look here.
http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/trees/comlist.htm
If you aren't sure of your hardiness zone look here.
http://www.garden.org/zipzone/
Newt