Cold hardiness is another measure used to determine suitability to a site, and is based on average coldest temperature of the year. Because many areas of Utah are prone to these winter warm spells, peaches with higher chill hour requirements are typically better suited to Utah. Peaches with a low chill hour requirement are more prone to begin bud break and growth during unseasonably warm weather conditions in January or February. Chill hours are the number of hours between 32 and 45 ☏ needed to break dormancy.

There are several key factors to consider when selecting which cultivar to plant, including growing season length, disease pressure, chill hours and hardiness zone. Before planting peach, or any other fruit tree, understand that growing them requires regular maintenance, including pest and disease management, pruning and fruit thinning. Fruit is harvested in late summer and eaten fresh or preserved by bottling, drying, and freezing. Most cultivars are hardy to -10 ☏ with a few hardy to -20 ☏. Size varies with cultivar and management but trees usually grow about 20 feet wide and 15 feet tall. It may be good to thin crowded branches from time to time in winter.Peach (Prunus persica) trees are native to Asia and are a popular fruit tree with cultivars widely grown across temperate climates, including select areas of Utah. Just grow a nice tree and you will get fruit. The Pixzee peach is dwarfed because the internode length is very short, and as this is a fixed genetic characteristic, you don't need to do much. We have sold thousands of these over the 30 years that they have been available and it is still the easiest way to pick good quality peaches from your own tree. There are a select few fruit varieties that are natural dwarfs and these need almost no pruning.įirst among these is the dwarf peach Pixzee.

These rootstocks generally grow trees to about half their usual height which still may be too big. But we do have a number of varieties of stone fruit, apples and citrus where trees can be planted on dwarfing rootstocks. Any tree can be kept small by regular pruning and often that is the best method. There are two good reasons to keep fruit trees small: first, to allow easy netting to keep the birds at bay and second, to fit a limited space. Pixzee Peach is the easiest way to get nice peaches on a dwarf tree.

Pix zee peach tree