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Prunus persica 'Reliance'

 
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Family: Rosaceae (ro-ZAY-see-ee) (Info)
Genus: Prunus (PROO-nus) (Info)
Species: persica (PER-see-kuh) (Info)
Cultivar: Reliance

2 vendors have this plant for sale.

Category:
Edible Fruits and Nuts
Trees

Height:
12-15 ft. (3.6-4.7 m)

Spacing:
10-12 ft. (3-3.6 m)
12-15 ft. (3.6-4.7 m)

Hardiness:
USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F)
USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F)
USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F)
USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F)
USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F)
USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F)
USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F)
USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F)

Sun Exposure:
Full Sun

Bloom Color:
Pink

Bloom Time:
Mid Spring

Foliage:
Deciduous

Other details:
This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds
Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater

Soil pH requirements:
5.6 to 6.0 (acidic)
6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic)

Patent Information:
Unknown - Tell us

Propagation Methods:
By grafting
By budding

Seed Collecting:
N/A: plant does not set seed, flowers are sterile, or plants will not come true from seed

By Equilibrium
Thumbnail #1 of Prunus persica by Equilibrium

Profile:

1 positive
1 neutral
No negatives

Gardeners' Notes:

RatingAuthorComment
Positive pajaritomt On Aug 12, 2007, pajaritomt from Los Alamos, NM
(Zone 5a) wrote:

I have a Reliance peach here at 7,300 ft. I planted all of my fruit trees at about the same time and it is the best growing of all and began bearing earliest. It is attractive and provides nice sweet peaches when I can beat the birds to them.

Neutral smiln32 On Jan 29, 2005, smiln32 from Oklahoma City, OK
(Zone 7a) wrote:

Developed in New Hampshire, this is a very cold hardy cultivar. Fruit is medium to large sized and ripens in early August. This cultivar can be grafted onto dwarf, semi-dwarf and standard rootstocks.

Regional...

This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:

Frankfort, Illinois
Los Alamos, New Mexico



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