Re: Growing Papaya as Ornamental annual.
I've grown only a half dozen or so papaya to maturity here in South Florida and don't have any experience with them as an annual, but the ones I planted did not fruit to maturity within the time frame you're dealing with, and we're pretty well suited to growing them here.
Remember papaya do not like wet feet. I never had one die on me in the high 40's so that's probably a good time to bring them in. Papaya slow or stop growing as the temperature drops. Best of luck, and keep us posted.
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