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Dean,
When lychee's in season, buy some fruit and save the seeds. Wash them well, dry them for 24 hours, and plant them in sterile soil in 4" pots. They sprout in a couple of weeks, depending on how warm is the environment. A plastic cover would help keep the humidity high, but do not keep it wet. Lychee does need a warm environment to fruit, though. They may even need to be pollinated. When your seedlings are pencil sized in diameter, buy some scion wood to graft to it from the CRFG or some nurseries in FL to improve your fruiting chances. Sometimes, I've seen them(grafted) in Home Depot in FL and CA. Who knows, they may have them in south TX.

For now, I will be propagating Dwarf Ambarella from seed (if I can survive the importing protocols with the USDA.) This plant can bloom in 9 months from transplanting at 14-inches high. The fruit tastes a little like mango and a little like pineapple. The fruit size can be as large as twice the size of large plums and has a shape like plums. They have one 3/4" spiny seed. Since this plant grows to 6-feet, in-ground, it is probably very ideal for potted plant. Logee's Nursery sells them.