SweetHeart Lychee Tree

The Sweetheart Lychee (Litchi chinensis) is a top-rated lychee variety for dooryard growers, prized for its sweet, juicy fruit with a delicate rose fragrance. This tree is air-layered, meaning it is a clone of a mature tree and able to produce fruit in 2 to 3 years.

At a glance

• Botanical name: Litchi chinensis (Sweetheart)
• Propagation: Air-layered clone of a mature tree
• Light: Full sun
• Water: Daily, about half a gallon; do not let it overflow the pot
• Fruiting: Can produce in 2 to 3 years
• Fruit: Ripens from green to bright red with rough, scaly skin
• Type: Edible fruit tree
• Sizes: 24 to 30 inches in 1-gallon, 2 to 3 feet in 3-gallon, 4 feet in 3-gallon, 4 feet in 7-gallon, 7+ feet in 15-gallon

Best for

• Dooryard and backyard growers
• Warm, frost-free climates
• Container growing where space allows
• Gardeners wanting faster fruiting from an air-layered tree
• Fresh eating

How to grow

The tree arrives in a plastic container and should be watered daily, about half a gallon; if water overflows from the bottom of the pot, you are watering too much. It can be planted directly into the soil right away, and should still be watered daily as it establishes.

Flavor profile

Sweetheart lychees are sweet and juicy with a rose-like fragrance. The grape-like fruit may have a seed in the middle, which is removed before enjoying the luxurious flesh.

About Everglades Farm

Everglades Farm is a Florida nursery growing healthy, air-layered tropical fruit trees ready to thrive in your garden.

Shipping note: Depending on your destination and transit days, trees may be shipped on Monday so they do not sit in carrier warehouses over the weekend. Returns cannot be accepted on tropical fruit trees unless the carrier damages or destroys the live plant.

Made by Everglades Farm, based in Homestead, Florida.