Growing Zone 8 Fruit Trees
There is a wide range of fruit trees for zone 8. Here we are able to enjoy fresh, homegrown fruit from many of the common fruit trees such as:
Apples Apricot Pears Peaches Cherries Plums
However, because of the mild winters, zone 8 fruit trees also include some warmer climate and tropical fruits like:
Oranges Grapefruit Bananas Figs Lemons Limequat Tangerines Kumquats Jujubes
When growing fruit trees, though, it is important to know that some fruit trees require a pollinator, meaning a second tree of the same kind. Apples, pears, plums, and tangerines require pollinators, so you will need the space to grow two trees. Also, fruit trees grow best in locations with well-draining, loamy soil. Most cannot tolerate heavy, poorly draining clay soil.
Best Fruit Tree Varieties for Zone 8
Below are some of the best fruit tree varieties for zone 8: Apples
Anna Dorsett Golden Ginger Gold Gala Mollie’s Delicious Ozark Gold Golden Delicious Red Delicious Mutzu Yates Granny Smith Holland Jerseymac Fuji
Apricot
Bryan Hungarian Moorpark
Banana
Abaca Abyssinian Japanese Fiber Bronze Darjeeling
Cherry
Bing Montmorency
Fig
Celeste Hardy Chicago Conadria Alma Texas Everbearing
Grapefruit
Ruby Redblush Marsh
Jujube
Li Lang
Kumquat
Nagami Marumi Meiwa
Lemon
Meyer
Limequat
Eustis Lakeland
Orange
Ambersweet Washington Dream Summerfield
Peach
Bonanza II Early Golden Glory Bicentennial Sentinel Ranger Milam Redglobe Dixiland Fayette
Pear
Hood Baldwin Spalding Warren Kieffer Maguess Moonglow Starking Delicious Dawn Orient Carrick White
Plum
Methley Morris AU Rubrum Spring Satin Byrongold Ruby Sweet
Satsuma
Silverhill Changsha Owari
Tangerine
Dancy Ponkan Clementine
