Fruit trees that do well in Northern VA
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Anonymous
| I would like to plant a couple of fruit trees and would like to focus on the specific fruit trees that do well in the Northern VA area. |
Anonymous
| Figs, cherries, persimmons |
Anonymous
| There are many apple picking farms in the area so I imagine apples grow well. Good luck, I've always wanted a fruit tree. |
Anonymous
| Peaches! |
Anonymous
| Kiwis |
Anonymous
| Our plum trees do well. |
Anonymous
Apples grow well (We had multiple trees in Western Loudoun) but they do attract pests unless you use a lot of pesticides. Specifically, those tent caterpillars (the ones that form those white tents full of bugs on trees by the highway) are very attracted to apple trees. |
Anonymous
| figs |
Anonymous
| My neighbors have a gorgeous persimmon tree. |
Anonymous
| My Arlington neighbors grow apples, peaches and figs. All seem to do well. |
Anonymous
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I just posted this question a couple of weeks ago and have been looking into it. We are moving into a new house and I'm looking to plant trees and many have suggested both persimmons and paw paws.
Well, lo and behold, we closed on the house on Friday and the sellers told us there are already persimmon and paw paw trees! They also said, however, that it takes years for fruit and that persimmons are sexed and you need two trees if you want fruit. If you have two male or two female, it is possible for one of them to change sexes and you get fruit. But he hadn't been successful with a second tree even though he'd tried a couple of times. So I will probably try to plant a couple more and see how it goes. |
Anonymous
| PP at 17:26 here. I'll add that our neighbor in FCC had a peach tree that bore a lot of fruit. |
Anonymous
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Northern VA's weather is relatively moderate (zones 7a and 7b), so you can plant apples, peaches, pears (European and Asian), plums, apricot, persimmon, jujube...
If you have squirrels in your area, don't waste your time. |
Anonymous
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Paw paws grow well and are largely trouble free. Figs too.
Edible Landscaping as a nice selection of fruit trees and shrubs. https://ediblelandscaping.com/ |
Anonymous
| Figs but squirrels go after them. |