I want to plant a couple smaller fruit trees in my so calif garden. can you suggest some nice looking trees?

Answer 1

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Smaller & nice looking? Boy have I got the tree for you.

By far the best looking fruit tree anywhere is the Moro Blood Orange! Many grow it for it's prized ornamental look with brightly colored, external blushed rine held in clusters on the outside of the tree. as citrus goes, it's a small to med sized tree. just an outstanding looking fruit tree in any garden. and the fruit tastes great too.

Answer 2

i have already were given some fruit trees planted right here. Cherries and plumbs. The birds get all the cherries....bummer. The plumbs produce the different year, and are very tastey. I very nearly cried even as my new neighbor moved in next door, and ran out first component with a chainsaw, and shrink down ninety% of their apple tree orchard the former vendors had planted. Being in the kind of rotten plant zone is the really component that forestalls me. i'm in plant zone 4, borderline 3. In different words, we've loooong, very coooold winters. there is only a ton of stuff that couldn't strengthen right here. i have really been right here 3 years, so i'm nevertheless getting to understand. by ways, alongside with the perminant variety plantings/gardens that fruit and nut trees are, human beings might want to not ignore rubarb, artichockes, asparagas, many herbs, berry trees and plant life, and a smattering of different perminant variety backyard plant life. ~Garnet Homesteading/Farming over 2 a lengthy time period

Answer 3

patio peach they come in 2 kinds green called bonaza and purple called bonfire this 1 has purple leaves and fruit both have leaves about 1 in wide and 5 to 6 in long they are both dwarf trees and only grow about 5 ft tall can also be placed in large pots and grown on a patio

Answer 4

I would suggest orange tree's. They grow rather slowly and are very easy to prune.

I have 3 of them on my property in southern calif. and the climate is perfect

Answer 5

Try a Meyer lemon tree, has to be the best lemon for flavor.

Answer 6

I recommend cherry, almond, or other Prunus spp. Unexcelled in spring beauty. I know they bloom and set fruit in CA, so don't discount my advice just because I'm in OK.

Answer 7

guava or kumquat