# Gulf Grower

> Gulf Grower is a fruit tree finder and nursery price tracker for home growers in the Gulf South (Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, the Florida panhandle and the Texas Gulf coast). It lists low-chill fruit varieties with chill hours, zones and pollination from LSU AgCenter, UF/IFAS, Texas A&M AgriLife and other extension publications, estimates winter chill hours by zip code from NOAA 1991-2020 climate normals, and checks online nurseries daily for price and stock.

Last updated: 2026-10-20. Follow: https://x.com/Gulf_Grower

## Key pages

- [Chill hours by zip code](https://gulfgrower.com/chill/): typical winter chill (hours at or below 45F, Nov-Feb) for 2,000+ Gulf South zips, with method notes
- [Gulf South fruit tree answers](https://gulfgrower.com/answers/): sourced answers to common questions
- [All fruit](https://gulfgrower.com/fruit/): 246 varieties across 19 fruit types
- [Prices & stock](https://gulfgrower.com/prices/): daily nursery price and stock checks
- [About & data sources](https://gulfgrower.com/about/)

## Fruit types

- [Apple varieties](https://gulfgrower.com/fruit/apple/): 14 varieties
- [Asian pear varieties](https://gulfgrower.com/fruit/asian-pear/): 7 varieties
- [Blackberry varieties](https://gulfgrower.com/fruit/blackberry/): 11 varieties
- [Blueberry (rabbiteye) varieties](https://gulfgrower.com/fruit/blueberry-rabbiteye/): 10 varieties
- [Blueberry (southern highbush) varieties](https://gulfgrower.com/fruit/blueberry-southern-highbush/): 6 varieties
- [Citrus varieties](https://gulfgrower.com/fruit/citrus/): 30 varieties
- [Feijoa varieties](https://gulfgrower.com/fruit/feijoa/): 2 varieties
- [Fig varieties](https://gulfgrower.com/fruit/fig/): 12 varieties
- [Jujube varieties](https://gulfgrower.com/fruit/jujube/): 4 varieties
- [Loquat varieties](https://gulfgrower.com/fruit/loquat/): 1 varieties
- [Mayhaw varieties](https://gulfgrower.com/fruit/mayhaw/): 6 varieties
- [Muscadine varieties](https://gulfgrower.com/fruit/muscadine/): 18 varieties
- [Nectarine varieties](https://gulfgrower.com/fruit/nectarine/): 13 varieties
- [Pawpaw varieties](https://gulfgrower.com/fruit/pawpaw/): 5 varieties
- [Peach varieties](https://gulfgrower.com/fruit/peach/): 57 varieties
- [Pear varieties](https://gulfgrower.com/fruit/pear/): 17 varieties
- [Persimmon (Asian) varieties](https://gulfgrower.com/fruit/persimmon-asian/): 11 varieties
- [Plum varieties](https://gulfgrower.com/fruit/plum/): 19 varieties
- [Pomegranate varieties](https://gulfgrower.com/fruit/pomegranate/): 3 varieties

## Notes for citation

- Chill numbers on variety pages are marked confirmed, listed-without-number, or unverified; prefer confirmed ones.
- Zip estimates carry a +/-20% range and are estimates, not measurements.
- Full sitemap: https://gulfgrower.com/sitemap.xml