Pineapple Plants
White Jade Pineapple
Ananas comosus 'White Jade'
$5.50each
No Tax
Sold in multiples of 6 —
6, 12, 18 and so on.
$33.00 for 6, no tax.
Mix and match different varieties freely.
Ships in 2–4 days — limited availability
Ready to order. Orders take 2–4 days to process
before they ship. Collecting instead? Local pickup is
by appointment
only — call or text Russ on
(727) 254-9153
to arrange a time. Availability is limited, so place your order now.
⚡ On our bench right now. 44 of these are
potted and here in Pinellas Park — no waiting on a delivery before yours goes out.
🌱True-to-name guarantee — replaced or refunded if it is not what the label says
📦Insulated packaging, heat pack included in cold months
🚚Ship anywhere in the lower 48 or the U.S. Virgin Islands, or collect locally by appointment
💳Card, Venmo or Zelle — cash accepted on local pickup
White Jade is a Hawaiian variety with snow-white flesh, and it is about as sweet as a pineapple gets — sugar-forward, very low in acid, and aromatic in a way the fruit-aisle types simply are not. The core is edible all the way through, tender rather than fibrous, so nothing gets cut out and thrown away.
The reason you have almost certainly never eaten one is that the fruit does not travel. It softens and bruises far too quickly to survive commercial packing, which is exactly what makes it worth growing: picking it yourself is the only realistic way to taste it. Plant it once and you have something no shop within a thousand miles can sell you.
Spineless leaves make it easy to handle. It grows one to three feet tall, does well in a large container or a sunny bed, and takes around 18–24 months from planting to first fruit.
What actually arrives. All our plants are under six months old and stand 4–8 inches tall at the time of shipping or pickup. These are young plants at the start of their life, not finished
specimens — that is why they cost what they do.
Plant specs
- Ships as
- Rooted starter plant
- Height on arrival
- 4–8 in. tall, under 6 months old
- Mature height
- 1–3 ft tall and about as wide
- Light
- Full sun to partial sun
- Water
- Let the top inch dry — never soggy
- Hardiness zones
- 9–11
- Time to fruit
- 18–24 months
- SKU
- TP-ANAWHJA
Care notes
Light — full sun grows the sweetest fruit. They will take partial sun and still fruit, just slower.
Soil — anything sharp and free draining. A cactus or citrus mix with extra perlite is ideal in a pot. They like it slightly acid, around pH 5.8–6.2.
Water — let the top inch dry out before watering again. A pineapple stores water in its own leaves, so the quickest way to kill one is kindness with a watering can. In cool weather water the soil rather than pouring down the centre of the plant.
Feeding — a balanced liquid feed at half strength every four to six weeks through the warm months. They are light feeders and sulk if overfed.
Cold — hardy in zones 9–11. Below freezing the foliage burns, so bring pots under cover or throw a frost cloth over bed-grown plants on a cold night.
Fruiting — figure on 18–24 months from planting. Once the plant carries about thirty mature leaves it is big enough to flower. After it fruits the mother plant slowly winds down and the suckers around its base take over, so leave one or two and the plant keeps going on its own.
