The Loquat is a drought tolerant fruit tree from China and Japan that requires water in winter to fruit properly. It is a spreading shrub but can grow into a tree. Its flowers are white, fragranced, and borne from autumn to winter. In spring, following the flowering, edible orange-yellow fruit is produced. Eriobotrya japonica grows to about 8m high and 8m wide.
- Type
- Exotic
- Maintenance
- Low
- Water use
- Moderate
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Container
- Zero
- Size
- Medium Trees & shrubs 3 - 7 metres
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Zones
- Moist tropical, Semi-arid with summer rain, Moist temperate with hot summers, Arid interior, Semi-arid with winter rain, Moist temperate with warm summers, Winter rains with dry summers
- Soils
- Sandy, Loam, Clay
- Tolerances
- Frost
- Regions
- Central Highlands Garden, Yarra Valley Water plants
- Shade levels
- Full sun, Sun/shade
- Flowering seasons
- Spring
- Colours
- Yellow, Green, Orange, White