Do you need two avocado trees for avocados to grow?

Avocados (Persea spp.) grow in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 10 through 11. Before deciding if you need a second avocado tree to have fruit, you must understand the unique flowering characteristics of this plant. read more

The flowers of avocado trees are perfect, because they have both male and female parts, but both of these parts are not accessible at all times for pollination. The flowers only open for two days. On the first day, the female part opens for two to four hours and during this time, it can receive pollen. read more

Though avocado trees have stigmas and stamens, each is available for pollination at different times of the day. This makes it difficult for one tree to self-pollinate. Higher fruit yield is obtained with two trees. read more

There is one avocado tree growing in my yard and there are no other avocado trees anywhere nearby. It grows well and provides very large avocados. So, based on this evidence, an avocado tree can grow and thrive by itself. read more