Northeast of the Four Winds Cafe is a star-shaped planting of ten mango (Mangifera indica) trees. These trees are special, named varieties of compact mangos planted to honor and remember Kit Reilly, a well-loved, mango-loving NC student who died tragically in the summer of 2003.
A tropical fruit tree, mangos in Florida bloom during the winter, when the chance of a freeze could wipe out the fruit set. In addition, mangos are notoriously shy bearers -- thousands of blossoms on a tree many result in only a handful of fruit. This year all ten mangos are blooming. The exact varieties are shown below.
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