Jim, reference sapote trees, they are just too tender to grow up here in Tampa. They may make it for a year or two but they get too big to protect and the cold will eventually take them out. Carambolas will grow here but most folks don't know of them and others have tried a bad cultivar and didn't care for the flavor. The difference in taste between the cultivars can be striking. I like Arkin and Kary and a few others but some of them can be nasty.
In my yard I grow Brogdan avocados, Williams Bananas, Cattley guavas, black Surinam cherries, ruby red grapefruit, jaboticabas, Meyer lemons, longans, Hak Ip lychee, several mandarine Xs like Murcott tangors, Orlando tangelos and Wekiwa tangelolos, Carrie mangos, naval oranges, papaya, Sims passion fruit, Fuyu persimmons, Francis pomegranate and Hirado Buntan pummelos. I've tried cherimoya and custard apple but the conditions are not right for them here and the cold finally won out.
Jim
