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Rhamnaceae
Chinese jujube
Ziziphus jujuba
Also known as Ziziphus vulgaris var. inermis, Ziziphus vulgaris var. praecox, Ziziphus sinensis, Ziziphus nitida
Edibles & Herbs · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Jujube · Chinese Jujube · Fruit Tree · Drought Tolerant · Edible Fruit · Ornamental Tree · Ziziphus · Asian Fruit · Medicinal · Low Maintenance
Chinese jujube is a tough, adaptable fruit tree that thrives in full sun and tolerates a wide range of soils, including poor and alkaline ones. Once established it is quite drought-tolerant and requires minimal fertilisation or pruning. Harvest the small, apple-like fruits in late summer to autumn when they turn from green to red-brown.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 8 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply but infrequently, allowing the soil to dry out between waterings once established · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 18 in
- Spacing
- 180 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Fruit
- Yes
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alabama, Algeria, Arizona, Assam, Bulgaria, Burkina, California, Cameroon, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cuba, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Florida, France, Georgia, Greece, Honduras
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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