'Oliver' Loquat Scion Wood

OLIVER LOQUAT  

Flavor:  Exotic Plumcot Taste
Fruit Size:  Medium
Fruit Type:  Orange, Plum Texture
Growth Habits:  Balanced Ornamental Canopy, Semi-Vigorous, Leathery Leaves, Beautiful Flowers, Heavily Prolific
Season:  Late, Staggered Crop
Tolerances:  Resistant to Drought, Heat, Humidity, Wet, Wind, Cold
Growing Zone:  8A or higher (9 is Perfect)
Positioning:  Full Sun, Part Sun
Special:  Extremely aromatic flowers for edible landscapes

The Oliver, very common, has been deemed one of the best cultivars in the southeast, especially Florida, due to its unique flavor and great tolerances to rainy and windy climates with dense heat and humidity. Backyard growers and businesses with edible landscapes typically flock to the Oliver loquat to display its extraordinarily beautiful flowers and incredibly aromatic fragrances and super abundances of fruit. Requiring very little care, this is a great ‘plant it and forget it’ loquat for beginners. The leaves can be susceptible to ‘rust’ fungi and certain leaf pests and may require occasional treatment before flowering and again when new growth appears after harvesting the fruit. Has a nicely shaped canopy for grafting other varieties. The intensity of fragrances from the flowers are powerful enough to detect across a full acre of land from a single tree and is very pleasant.