The Main Plant entry for Peaches (Prunus persica)

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General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Tree
Water Preferences:	Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone:	Zone 9b
Leaves:	Deciduous
Fruit:	Showy
Flowers:	Showy Fragrant
Flower Time:	Spring
Edible Parts:	Fruit
Wildlife Attractant:	Bees
Propagation: Seeds:	Self fertile
Pollinators:	Bees

Common names

Peach

Matching plants under this entry

Prunus persica
Prunus persica var. nucipersica
Prunus persica var. persica
Prunus persica var. nectarina
Prunus persica var. platycarpa
Prunus persica var. compressa

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Location: Fairfax, VA | March, 2023
Date: 2023-03-27

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Location: Ohio
Date: 2019-06-04
Young Redhaven peaches

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Location: Fairfax, Virginia (April 2022)
Date: 2022-04-09

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Location: Twisp
Date: September
These are peaches from our spindly tree that started in the old c

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Location: Northern Moore county, North Carolina
Date: February 22, 2023
Peach #177 nn (Peach orchard); RAB page 565, 97-22-; LHB page 54

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Location: Northern Moore county, North Carolina
Date: February 22, 2023
Peach #177 nn; RAB p. 565, 97-22; LHB p. 542, 95-44-17, "Classica

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Location: Northern Moore county, North Carolina
Date: 2023-02-22
Peach #177 nn; RAB p. 565, 97-22; LHB p. 542, 95-44-17, "Classica

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Location: San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio, Texas -- Bad Internet right now; If in wrong place, feel free to comment. Photos might jump sometimes
Date: 2022-04-04
'Hoerman' ? Please comment if you know this exists. I don't think

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Location: Silver Spring, MD
Date: 2014-04-13
This is a peach tree ID'd as 'Green Leaf Patio Dwarf'. It bears r

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Location: Fairfax, VA | May, 2023
Date: 2023-05-06

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Location: Pennsylvania
Date: 2020-05-03
rareripe peach blossoms

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Location: Millersville MD
Date: 2022-04-21
Seedling from compost, from the many peaches that rot and fall in

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2018-04-18

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-10-10

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Date: 2021-08-29
So called "vineyard peach", entire plant

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-04-22
(rode home in my pocket)

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Location: Illinois State University Horticulture Center, Normal, IL
Date: 2012-09-17
Taken at the Illinois State University Hortiuculture Center

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-09-01

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Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2013-03-22
Close up of bloom

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Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2013-03-22
Peach tree in full bloom

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Date: 2021-08-29
So called "vineyard peach", likely a feral plant. Fruit cracks a

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-09-19

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Comments:

Posted by Marilyn (Kentucky - Zone 6a) on Aug 27, 2013 3:10 AM concerning plant:

The peach is the state tree fruit of Alabama.

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Posted by robertduval14 (Milford, New Hampshire - Zone 5b) on Apr 20, 2013 9:30 AM concerning plant:

The peach blossom is the state flower of Delaware.

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Posted by BookerC1 (Mackinaw, IL - Zone 5a) on Sep 30, 2012 12:46 PM concerning plant:

The sign posted by the Prunus persica tree at the Illinois State University Horticulture Center read:

"Originating in China, French explorers are believed to have brought the peach to the early colonial settlements near Mobile, Al, in the mid 1500's. Peaches are a good source of vitamin C and also contain modest amounts of beta-carotenes."

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Posted by Mindy03 (Delta KY) on Feb 8, 2012 1:50 PM concerning plant:

Honey bees get nectar and pollen from this plant which produces a reddish yellow honey.

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Posted by dbrawner (Daufuskie Island SC - Zone 8b) on Jul 29, 2014 1:32 PM concerning plant:

It makes for a great smoking wood for bbq ribs and pulled pork. :-D

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