Avocado

Give Persea americana a full-sun position with clear overhead space and room for the canopy to develop without pressing into buildings, utility lines, or neighboring trees. Set it toward the outer portion of a large yard or orchard-style planting, where its shade will not overtake smaller sun-loving beds. Keep a practical route from a path, patio, or service area so pruning, watering, and harvest remain manageable as the tree matures.^[1][2]

Plant avocado trees 25 feet apart, center to center. That planting grid matches the tree’s mature 25-foot spread, so canopies will eventually approach one another rather than leave a broad open gap. Treat each tree as a roughly 25-foot-wide crown in the plan, and reserve additional open air around the outside of the canopy where access or separation from structures is needed.

Use a full-sun site with regular watering and excellent drainage. Avoid low pockets that stay wet after rain, since avocado is poorly suited to flooding and persistently wet soil. Where drainage is questionable, make the planting area a deliberate raised feature rather than placing the tree at the bottom of a slope or beside runoff from roofs and paved surfaces.^[2]

Flowers arrive from late winter into early spring, so the tree occupies the garden as an evergreen focal point before fruiting becomes the main consideration. Harvest can run from spring through fall, depending on cultivar. Leave clear ground and circulation space beneath the outer canopy so fruit can be reached and collected without stepping through surrounding planting beds.