This Loquat tree is packed with fruit and thriving across Florida 🍊 Loquats are high in potassium and magnesium and handle Florida weather really well They’re cold tolerant and grow all the way into North Florida and zone 8B The texture is similar to a peach with a citrusy sweet and sour flavor You’ll know they’re ripe when they turn a bright orange like this Late winter is when loquats start ripening here in Florida Every loquat starts as a flower and they smell floral and almost like vanilla

Buy a loquat tree to grow at home: https://bit.ly/2xmfau0 There are few fruit trees more slept on than the humble loquat, or Eriobotrya japonica. It's commonly grown as a landscaping plant here in my home town of San Diego (Zone 10b), but it can be cultivated from zones 7-10 as a fruit tree, and below that as an ornamental. There are a ton of loquat benefits, but I love growing them simply to eat - they taste like a tropical peach and are even better when dehydrated and mixed into a trail mix. Y

Pruning loquat tree. | Petrit Tahiri

Pruning loquat tree. | Garden Roses Tahiri

Pruning loquat tree. | Garden Roses Tahiri