Stan, those are some amazing trees...especially for southern CA. I bet some of the trees that are in their front yards are a never ending battle of the "two" legged varmints.

I used to live in Ventura, Santa Maria and Lompoc. I never knew when I lived there that planting mangoes were ever an option...too little too late.

Yes,those are some nice trees.I live In L.A. County(South Bay area,90745)and mango trees are everywhere.I have 5 mango tree and all are doing very well.I think if you live in the right spot of So.California you can almost grow the hardier tropicals.In my area this is what I see alot of mangos,papayas,bananas,sapote,lychee,longan,cherimoyas,sugar apple,avocados,citrus(all kinds),duhat,guavas,etc.

Pug,maybe 20-30 years ago Mangos wouldnt have reached those sizes? Los Angeles is now an even more mild 10b...10b+?

And Ajay,Post pics! Duhat? I got to Google..

stanofh,Duhat looks like black plum,I have a few filipino neighbor who has them.I do not have the tree personally.Back home in the Phillippinnes they eat it with salt,the duhat juice can stain your shirt and hard to get it off.I beleive it is called java plum here,the scientific name of the tree is Syzygium cumini.

Thanks ajay. Hey,do you or anybody know about a plant I bought at a Filipino supermarket who's name I forgot...it's very coleus like,with green leaves that area a beautiful burgundy underneath. My Filipino wife didnt know it-and the employees said that Its popular with the Vietnamese population.
Oh,and its for cooking-the plant was cuttings that are now rooting in a cup of water. So any other info on how to eat..

Thanks for posting the thread, those trees look amazing. I keep reading that they don't grow very large in CA but I guess they do if you provide it with good conditions. I believe the tread in Cloudforest says they were all planted from seeds. I wonder how the fruit from the seedling compared to the original fruit?

That's a beautiful tree! Thanks for posting!!

Thats a great looking tree-perfect location,surrounded by both soil warming cement and winter dry soil-compared to lawns. Trees the size of Manila in the soucal area really almost perfect for yards. A regular 6 or 8' foot ladder and you can pick them all.

Wow. That's a beautiful mango tree ajaysr5! I'm very envious!!
Bo

I wonder if that pine tree makes the soil acidic as a good environment for the mango tree.