Mauritius Lychee Tree Live Plant – Grafted, 3 Gallon Pot, 3 Feet Tall

Overview

Cultivate the exotic taste of the tropics right in your own garden or home with our premium Mauritius Lychee Tree. This exceptional live lychee plant is a grafted specimen, ensuring robust growth and earlier fruit production compared to seed-grown trees. Standing approximately 3 feet tall and rooted in a 3-gallon pot, it’s perfectly sized for immediate planting or for continued container growth. The Mauritius variety is highly prized for its sweet, juicy, and aromatic fruit, making it a favorite among lychee enthusiasts. Whether you’re an experienced gardener or just starting your tropical plant collection, this tree offers a rewarding experience, transforming your space into a lush, fruitful oasis. Enjoy the beauty of its glossy green foliage and anticipate the delightful harvest of fresh lychees.

Originating from tropical and subtropical regions, the lychee (Litchi chinensis) is an evergreen tree known for its delicious, fragrant fruit. Our Mauritius Lychee Tree is a carefully selected cultivar, chosen for its excellent flavor profile and adaptability. It promises to be a stunning addition, providing both ornamental beauty and a bounty of delectable fruit. This grafted specimen is ready to thrive, offering you the joy of growing your own exotic produce.

Key Benefits

Adding a Mauritius Lychee Tree to your garden or indoor plant collection comes with a host of advantages, offering both aesthetic appeal and the delight of fresh, homegrown fruit.

• Homegrown Tropical Fruit: Experience the unparalleled flavor of fresh, sweet, and juicy lychees picked directly from your own tree. The Mauritius variety is renowned for its superior taste and consistent fruit production, offering a truly gourmet experience.
• Beautiful Ornamental Plant: Beyond its fruit, the lychee tree boasts attractive, glossy green foliage that adds a lush, tropical ambiance to any setting. Its evergreen nature ensures year-round beauty, making it a focal point in your garden or a stunning indoor specimen.
• Grafted for Early Fruiting: Our grafted lychee trees are propagated from mature, high-producing parent plants. This process significantly reduces the time it takes for the tree to bear fruit, allowing you to enjoy your first harvest much sooner than with seed-grown trees.
• Versatile Growing Options: While thriving outdoors in warm climates (USDA Zones 9-11), this tropical fruit tree can also be successfully grown in containers in colder regions. This allows you to protect it during winter and still enjoy fresh lychees, making it a flexible choice for various environments.
• Educational and Rewarding Hobby: Growing your own exotic fruit tree is an incredibly satisfying and educational endeavor. Watching the tree grow, flower, and eventually bear fruit provides a unique connection to nature and a sense of accomplishment.
• Potential for Container Growth: Even if you don’t have a vast garden, this tree can be pruned and maintained in a container, allowing it to flourish on patios, balconies, or indoors by a sunny window.

Plant Care & Growing Tips

Proper care is essential for a thriving Mauritius Lychee Tree. These tropical plants prefer specific conditions to ensure healthy growth and abundant fruit production. They are best suited for USDA Zones 9-11 for outdoor planting, where they can enjoy ample warmth and sunshine. In colder climates, container growing is recommended, allowing you to move the plant indoors during winter months to protect it from frost. Ensure your tree receives full sun exposure, ideally 6-8 hours of direct sunlight per day, whether planted in the ground or kept in a pot. Adequate light is crucial for flowering and fruiting.

Watering should be regular and consistent, especially during dry periods and when the tree is actively growing or fruiting. The soil should be kept consistently moist but never waterlogged. Good drainage is paramount; lychee trees do not tolerate standing water, which can lead to root rot. Use a well-draining soil mix if planting in a container, or ensure your garden soil is amended to improve drainage. A slightly acidic to neutral soil pH (5.0-7.0) is ideal. Fertilize your live lychee plant with a balanced, slow-release fertilizer formulated for fruit trees, following the product instructions. Young trees benefit from more frequent, lighter applications, while mature trees can be fertilized less often. Protect young trees from strong winds and provide support if necessary.

Regular pruning can help maintain the desired size and shape of your tropical fruit tree, especially if growing in a container. Prune after the fruiting season to remove dead or diseased branches and to encourage new growth. Watch out for common pests like aphids or scale insects, and treat them promptly with organic pest control methods if they appear. Providing these optimal conditions will help your grafted lychee flourish and reward you with delicious fruit for years to come. Understanding proper lychee tree care is key to a successful harvest.

Size & Details

This Mauritius Lychee Tree is a vigorous, grafted live plant, approximately 3 feet tall from the base of the pot to the top of the foliage, making it a substantial specimen upon arrival. It is established in a 3-gallon nursery pot, providing a healthy root system ready for transplanting or continued growth in its current container. Lychee trees are known for their moderate to fast growth rate under ideal conditions, typically reaching a mature size of 20-40 feet tall in the ground if not pruned. However, they can be effectively maintained at a smaller, more manageable size through regular pruning, making them suitable for container gardening on patios or as indoor accents.

The tree will arrive carefully packaged to ensure its health during transit. While it is a young tree, its grafted nature means it has the potential to start bearing fruit within a few years with proper lychee tree care. This particular variety is chosen for its robust nature and the high quality of its fruit. Expect rich green foliage and a sturdy trunk, indicating a healthy and well-established plant ready to thrive in its new home.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Q: How big does this plant get? A: This Mauritius Lychee Tree is approximately 3 feet tall upon arrival in a 3-gallon pot. If planted in the ground in suitable climates, it can grow 20-40 feet tall. However, it can be pruned to maintain a smaller size for container growing.
• Q: Is this an indoor or outdoor plant? A: It can be both. It thrives outdoors in USDA Zones 9-11. In colder climates, it should be grown in a container and brought indoors during winter to protect it from frost. This makes it a versatile tropical fruit tree.
• Q: How much sunlight does it need? A: A live lychee plant requires full sun, meaning at least 6-8 hours of direct sunlight per day. This is crucial for healthy growth and fruit production.
• Q: Is this plant easy to care for? A: Lychee trees require specific care regarding sunlight, watering, and soil drainage. While not extremely difficult, consistent attention to these needs is important for successful growth and fruiting. Proper lychee tree care knowledge is beneficial.
• Q: What condition will it arrive in? A: Your grafted lychee tree will arrive in a 3-gallon nursery pot, carefully packaged to ensure it is healthy and ready for planting or continued container growth. We take great care in shipping live plants.
• Q: How long until it blooms and fruits? A: As a grafted tree, it has the potential to start bearing fruit within 3-5 years from planting, much sooner than seed-grown trees. Fruiting time can vary based on growing conditions and specific care.
• Q: What type of soil does a lychee tree prefer? A: Lychee trees prefer well-draining soil with a slightly acidic to neutral pH (5.0-7.0). If planting in a container, use a high-quality potting mix amended for good drainage.
• Q: Will it survive winter in my zone if I live outside USDA 9-11? A: If you live outside USDA Zones 9-11, you must grow your Mauritius Lychee Tree in a container and bring it indoors to a protected, warm, and sunny location during the colder months to prevent frost damage.
• Q: Can I grow this lychee tree on a patio? A: Yes, this tropical fruit tree is well-suited for patio container growing. Regular pruning will help manage its size and shape, allowing it to thrive in a large pot.
• Q: How often should I water my lychee tree? A: Water regularly to keep the soil consistently moist, especially during dry spells and the fruiting season. Ensure the pot or ground has excellent drainage to prevent waterlogging, which is detrimental to the live lychee plant.