Loquat

Loquat offers bold tropical-looking evergreen leaves, fragrant cool-season flowers and edible spring fruit when conditions allow. Its rounded, dense, small tree habit makes it a useful choice for specimen, edible landscape, screen, espalier. Plant it in full sun to part shade. Water needs: Average; drought tolerant once established. It typically reaches 15–25 ft in height and 15–25 ft in width, although growth varies with climate, soil, pruning and care.

Plant details

• Botanical name: Eriobotrya japonica
• Light: Full sun to part shade
• USDA zones: 8–10
• Mature height: 15–25 ft
• Mature width: 15–25 ft
• Foliage: Evergreen
• Water: Average; drought tolerant once established
• Landscape uses: Specimen, edible landscape, screen, espalier

Plant size and performance vary with climate, soil, pruning and care.