{"id":15194,"date":"2025-04-07T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=15194"},"modified":"2025-04-06T19:13:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T23:13:25","slug":"patio-peach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2025\/04\/07\/patio-peach\/","title":{"rendered":"Patio Peach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For small garden spaces, including large containers, patio peach (Prunus persica<\/em>) is a gem. This miniature tree bears long narrow lush green (or reddish) foliage. Site selection is crucial to ward off\u00a0potential\u00a0disease and insect problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prunus persica<\/em> ‘NC 19 Dwarf Double Red’ at JC Raulston Arboretum, Raleigh, NC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In the mood for tasty peach cobbler? Patio peach is a genetic dwarf\u00a0and may be\u00a0grown in a large container on your deck or patio.\u00a0Tree height averages 6-8 feet tall but\u00a0many varieties may be shorter or taller. Fruit size on true genetically dwarf trees are less than 3 inches. Those varieties that produce fruits must receive 400-500 hours of chilling temps below 32\u00b0 F) over winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grow in\u00a0moist, well-drained, mildly acidic soil and maintain 2-inch mulch layer. Irrigate tree every 7-10 days if natural rainfall amount is deficit. The tree should receive full to partial sun (6 hours minimum)\u00a0with good air movement to thwart major disease problems. Insect problems also abound with peaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patio peach is\u00a0glorious in bloom in early spring. Open blossoms are frequently injured by\u00a0overnight frosts. Depending on the cultivar, red, pink, or salmon flowers\u00a0are mildly fragrant. Weather cooperating, native bees and early arriving butterflies will pollinate blossoms. The mostly inedible peach-like fruits mature in summer and are mostly hidden from view by the dense foliage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feed landscape-grown\u00a0trees with granular 10-10-10 or equivalent in early spring. Container-grown trees are best fertilized bi-monthly (3 times a year) with water soluble fertilizers such as Miracle-Gro\u2122, Nature’s Source\u2122, or Schultz\u2122. Do not fertilize after August 15th. Irrigate tree(s) during summer dry spells. Prune patio peach immediately after spring flowering; remove dead, broken or diseased\u00a0branches at any time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Patio Peach (Cultivar unknown)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Inspect peach tree(s) weekly from spring into early summer (April thru early July) for wood borers and scale insects, particularly\u00a0on the lower\u00a0scaffold branches and main trunk. Treat with preventative insecticides every two weeks such as Bayer Advanced Garden Insecticide\u2122 to prevent\u00a0peach twig borer, aphids, and spider mites. Also, patio peach trees are susceptible to numerous disease problems, including peach scab, peach leaf curl, leaf spots, bacterial canker, root rot, and mildew.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For small garden spaces, including large containers, patio peach (Prunus persica) is a gem. This miniature tree bears long narrow lush green (or reddish) foliage. Site selection is crucial to ward off\u00a0potential\u00a0disease and insect problems. In the mood for tasty peach cobbler? Patio peach is a genetic dwarf\u00a0and may be\u00a0grown in a large container on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,1124,657,1218,1319,1361,1037,1498,1656,665,853,551,1571,791,833,843,951,601,1604,1076,1210,630,646,7,113,819,1222,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15194"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15194"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15199,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15194\/revisions\/15199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}