In recent years , geographical zone creep has allow nurseryman to try out with many plant which once could not grow in their local climate . However , even with generally warmer winters , most alien tropic fruits can not withstand the restrained winter of USDA hardiness zone 7 . True tropicals like mango , papaya and banana can be grown in Florida , but must be wreak indoors for the winter in any other geographical zone .

Asian Pear (Pyrus serotina)

This tumid , orchard apple tree - similar pear mintage differs from the common teardrop - shaped pear tree in that it ripen and is ready to eat directly off the tree , where rough-cut pears necessitate several weeks off the tree diagram before they are soft enough to eat . Like other members of the pear tree fellowship , Asian pears are susceptible to fire blight , a bacterial affliction that legal injury and destroys blossoms and new twigs .

Chinese Quince (Pseudocydonia sinensis)

Similar in coming into court but unrelated to the far-famed quince of antiquity , this fruit tree is native to China and sturdy to USDA zone 5 . It grows to 20 feet tall , but owe to its multistemmed substance abuse can be educate as a large bush . Shell - pinkish flower appear in spring and develop into orchard apple tree - shaped , chicken fruit . Bark is cinnamon colored and mottled due to an exfoliate habit . Like pear , quince bush are also dependent to attacks by fire blight .

Fig (Ficus carica)

Several types of Libyan Fighting Group are hardy to zona 7 , including ' Brown Turkey , ' ' Green Ischia ' and ' Chicago Hardy . ' In exceptionally cold winter , above - primer wood may die back to the footing , but hardy varieties will revitalize and generally grow back to their original size . Figs develop for commercial fruit production rely on pollinator wasp mintage , but many figs sold for home gardens in northerly mood are ego - prolific . single specimen can spring up to 15 feet in height or more , and benefit from generous watering during spicy summer months .

Hardy Kiwi (Actinidia arguta)

Rather than being borne on a tree or bush , this small-scale version of the conversant fuzzed chocolate-brown kiwifruit comes from a vine aboriginal to China . plant are individually male and female , and practiced yields come from imbed five distaff plant per male plant . dirt must be very prolific and moist , and plant do best when trained to raise up a pergola or other construction . Flowers are white with many primal stamens and , in youth , the foliage is frequently bicolor or green and white tinged with garden pink . Vines can uprise to be 30 groundwork long . This species of kiwifruit can stomach protracted periods of sub - freezing temperatures .

Pomegranate (Punica granatum)

USDA zone 7 defines the very northern growing limits of this Persian native . Despite title that the tree will grow but give out to bear fruit in northerly Virginia , the U.S. Botanical Garden in Washington , D.C. , is home to several specimen which successfully flower and birth mature fruit each year . Trees mature to 20 or 30 feet tall , and leaves are evergreen in milder winter . plant can be damaged with sustained temperatures below 12 degree F.

Passionfruit (Passiflora incarnata)

This relative of the commercially produced passionfruit is native to the Mid - Atlantic region and is mature primarily for its extremely gaudy flowers . The green , egg - sized fruit are produced from late June through to the first frost , when flora die back to the earth and move into dormancy . Plants can get to be 25 feet or foresighted , and its dense , tropic parting make an excellent choice for English common ivy . Though quite tart , fruits are edible , and the brittle seminal fluid give the yield an interesting texture .

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