Blog & Growing Guides

Expert guides on dragon fruit varieties, growing tips, and plant care from our farm in Southern California.

Frankie's Red Dragon Fruit: Care Guide

Learn how to grow this compact, sweet hybrid. It suits experienced growers who can manage heat and humidity.

Esmeralda offers a sweeter, more complex flavor than store-bought white dragon fruit. Learn why this natural selection is worth growing.

Discover the Dr. Cedeño dragon fruit. It offers firm red flesh, 18+ Brix sweetness, and large 15 to 20 oz fruit.

Desert Princess offers huge, melting white fruit with high Brix levels. Learn its care needs and why it is a top choice for sweet harvests.

Country Roads is a self-sterile red dragon fruit with a tangy kiwi flavor. You must plant a compatible pollinator to get fruit.

A mild, white-fleshed Selenicereus undatus cutting. Reliable and ready to grow from our farm.

Learn about the Cerrado Giant's kiwi flavor and night pollination needs. We have Thick King cuttings in stock for your garden.

Grow this self-fertile red-fleshed variety in zones 9b-11. It sets fruit on a single plant and offers a sweet, kiwi-like taste.

Discover the sweet, berry-like flavor of Orange Giant dragon fruit. Learn how to grow this robust variety and identify ripe fruit.

Learn to identify the true 8-S Neon dragon fruit. We explain the naming confusion and why this self-fertile hybrid is a top pick for warm climates.

Grow Hana dragon fruit for its sweet melon flavor and rapid growth. This self-fertile H. monacanthus cultivar fruits in 14 months.

Grow large, sweet magenta dragon fruit with Halley's Comet. This self-sterile hybrid needs a pollinator for a heavy harvest.