Jene’s Tropical Fruit Trees

We bought couple small fruit trees and flowers for our new home. Price was good and we loved how we can ask Jene questions. She is knowledgable, kind with her time, not pushy with intent to sell. She is simply very nice person. Her shop also delivers for a very reasonable price. Her shop carries Moringa tree (super food)!!

I bought 2 mango trees. A Carrie and a Cogshall. Both were delivered as promised. Jene is nice try to catch her before 3pm at the nursery.

Came for a tropical fruit tasting event — Fun local experience. We arrived around 11:30AM. Just parked on the side of the road like everyone else and then jungled our way through some trees to reach the front entrance.
Got a snow cone ($ 1, guava flavored) for our son. He said it was okay. Walked over to the sampling area… a lot of the trays were empty. Not sure if we arrived too late (event was supposed to go until 4PM?), so not sure what other fruits they might have had to sample that we missed. The papaya chutney was good, nice kick of flavor. They had a ton of different mangoes to sample. I had no idea there was so much variety of mangoes. Everyone there was friendly with smiles and working very hard, so was hard to be upset about lack of samples– I’m sure there was probably a ton of people there earlier that morning!
Afterwards we had fun walking around and looking at all of the different plants and fruit trees. They had beautiful flowering plants in front, palms and green plants/​trees to the left and then a variety of bonsai and fruit trees to the right of the buildings. Not sure how pricing compares to other shops in the area as we haven’t been to any others. We may be back though as we are interested in growing some fruit trees in our backyard.

Cute! There was a charming homunculus selling snowcones, and some chopped up fruit to sample. My favourites were what tasted like stewed bananas, then peach cobbler, and ice cold lychee. The mango samples were a little scary looking and a lot of fruit was mislabelled, I think because the labels were just written on the tablecloth and the dishes themselves got shuffled around, but hey, whatevs. It’s a tidy little place overall, good vibe, I may go back another time and look into some lemon trees.

This was a fun little event provided by Jene’s Tropicals, which is a exotic fruit, Citrus, and Florida tropical plant & tree store/​nursery.
Parking is limited, and the area is tight with all the people, pants, and trees. There is a good variety of different fruits to try. I was surprised to find out there are so many different mangos with so many different tastes. This is an excellent event if you are in the market for a fruit tree. You can taste the fruit, and know exactly what you are buying.
Other than fruit, there are several other dishes for tasting. If you like what you try, there is plenty of fruit for sale while you’re there. Get it before they sell out.
We were only there for about 20 or 30 minutes, but had a good time. And the best part about it, it’s free!

Yes. Small event but it attracts a lot peoples. I like to be there early to see the preparation of the fruit. I am helping the store to set up so I can try some of their tropical fruit. The event takes place at Jene’s Tropical Fruit Trees.
They sell fruit tree, flowering plant and more. I start the day trying the Caribbean dip. I start with the spiciest to sweet section to cool the fire in my mouth. I have chutney that prepared by the store. They have the papaya chutney is good for a sip. The mango crisp has the crispy to over it is very good. I have tried their fried banana, jack fruit, and mango. They are very good. I went outside to get their tamarind and cherimoya snow cone. All tropical flavors.
The fruit testing section have many type of mango, jack fruit, longan, ripe guava, and more. My favorite is the frozen Lychee. They also have the fruit salad that I enjoy.
People are friendly and I like small event like this to showcase. I bought some limited amount fruit like Mamei and Nam Toc Mai.

Purchased a loquat advertised online in April. When the tree didn’t arrive by June, I called and was told that the trees were small and they were trying to get some size on them before shipping. When the tree didn’t arrive by mid-​July I called and was told they didn’t have any, and have never had any despite listing it online for sale. No apology offered.
I recommend Top Tropicals for online purchases. I’ve purchased several fruit trees from them. Beautiful healthy trees with excellent customer service.

I purchased 10yrs ago a Mulberry tree which produced hundreds of delicious Mulberries. Unfortunately, I was not able to take tree with me when I sold my home. I just got from them a beautiful Jacaranda tree which is doing great. Their prices are quite reasonable… they are cheaper than Ebay with great customer service. Visit them and you will see fruits and flowers you never heard of them in your life. Love this place!

nice little shop, Jene was very helpful in selecting and explaining how to properly grow a dwarf citrus tree. The tree is going great looking forward to getting other plants from here in the future!

Visited July 2012, recommended by a neighbor. Owner is very educated, kind & not pushy at all! Enjoyed & learned on July’s 3^rd weekend annual exotic fruit free tasting display, it’s free! Pick up free important info on certain groups of trees on your visit:)

This place is reasonably priced with a wide variety of tropical trees.
I was looking for a Seville orange tree so that I can make mojo year-​round without depending on Bahia bottled sour orange juice. None of the local nurseries I found online mentioned having Seville trees on their websites. Harris Citrus mentioned Florida sour orange trees. However, since I was in St. Petersburg already, I thought I’d call around to see if I could avoid a drive out to Lithia.
Jene’s came through for me. They had two remaining Seville orange trees (well, now they have one). The owner was able to tell me when it was last fertilized so that I would know my care schedule for it. She also gave me two handouts on citrus tree care. Prices were very reasonable ($ 25 for a 3gallon tree), and Jene carried my tree out to my car and wrapped it in a plastic bag so it wouldn’t spill onto my carpet.
Jene’s website does mention a bunch of trees, but their seleciton is wider than is indicated on the website, so call ahead if you can’t find what you want online.