Loquat Seedling Cold Hardy Fruiting Tree Eriobotrya japonica

The Loquat tree is a fast-growing, cold hardy, ornamental, fruiting, and medicinal landscape tree with a beautiful tropical look. This evergreen tropical to subtropical fruit tree tree has deep green leaves and delicious golden-yellow fruit.  It blooms highly fragrant flowers in the winter and produces and abundance of sweet, tangy golden-yellow fruit in large loose clusters throughout the Spring.  It is an excellent natural source of sugars, and the fruit is high in pectin making it great for jellies and jams. Loquat leaves can be harvested year round to make tea. The leaves and fruit have been used as traditional medicine for thousands of years.

Commonly referred to as Japanese Plum, Loquat is native to China and Japan, where it grows wild, is from the rose, apple, and pear family of plants. Loquat trees can live outdoors without protection in Zone 7. If your area is too cold to grow Loquat's outdoors year-round, the plants can easily be overwintered indoors and will grow and produce abundantly for decades in containers.

Benefits

• Cold hardy and fast-growing for varied climates
• Produces fragrant winter flowers and abundant spring fruit
• Fruit is high in sugars and pectin
• good for jellies and jams
• Evergreen with deep green tropical-looking foliage
• Leaves can be harvested year-round for tea
• Can be grown outdoors in Zone 7 or overwintered indoors
• Suitable for ornamental and edible landscaping
• Long lifespan when cared for correctly
• Adaptable to container growth for indoor protection
• Native species with a traditional medicinal history

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