What fruit trees have you had success with in south Louisiana?

Persimmon and fig trees are a favorite of mine.

SW Mississippi but close, we have and do very well with

Blueberries
Pears
Apples (probably wont do good in South LA)
Muscadines
figs
plums
Pecans


Blueberries are our favorite, we have 3 mature bushes and picked 33 gallons of berries last year

Cooking pears can up very nice and are a great treat

Muscadines make great jelly (and wine if you want to)

Any citrus, fig, Japanese Plum, blackberries, grapes, cooking pear, persimmon and of course growing banana plants is easy as pie, but they are a PITA and will take over a yard in time.

Persimmon-Fuyu and Hachiya. Kumquat. Japan plum. Peach does OK.

I’ve had success with muscadines and persimmons. Persimmons take no effort at all. Muscadines require winter pruning to increase fruit production, but it’s not too difficult.

I’ve tried plums, but they easily get diseased. I think they require a lot of spraying.

South shore of Lake Pontchartrain (Old Metairie):

Persian (regular) lime tree does REALLY well. Key Lime tree produces only about a dozen fruit each year. Bananas will fruit on new stalks. Neighbor's orange tree on the fence line produces beaucoup oranges, which are only good for juice (delicious, but far too many seeds and not easy to peel)

japanese plum, satsuma

A bit of advice before you go and spend money on trees have your soil tested.

I have two orange trees that did well until that freeze last year. I think the blood orange isn't going to survive. Others I've had were peach which did not do well and eventually died somewhat until I cut it down. Fig tree is doing alright but not tall at all. Blueberry bushes didn't do well and died.

A simple soil test of where you plan to plant trees or bushes would help you to know a lot to make whatever you plant thrive and produce well.

Satsuma everything else i have tried died