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The 'Tasty Zee' Peach (Prunus persica) is a highly popular, exceptionally sweet, white-fleshed freestone peach specifically developed to thrive in home gardens and small orchards. Renowned for its firm, juicy texture and commercial-grade fruit quality, this variety is a favourite for fresh eating and drying.
Fruit Colour: Features a striking dark red blush over a cream or golden-yellow background.
Fruit Shape: Notably round and plump with symmetric, uniform cheeks and a shallow, distinct suture line running down the side.
Fruit Size: Medium-large
Flavour: Highly sweet, low-acid, and bursting with intense flavor.
Fruit Season: Mid-to-late season harvest.
Cropping Habit: Features a highly productive, heavy cropping habit that requires deliberate management to ensure both the health of the tree and top-tier fruit quality.
Best Uses: Fresh eating, salads, baking & desserts, sorbets and icecream making, dehydrating/ fruit leather, freezing, jams & chutneys.
Light requirement: Full sun
Water requirement: High water requirement during spring and summer.
Watering frequency: Moderate.
Soil: Must be planted in well-drained soil. Peach trees have a low tolerance for waterlogged roots, especially during the winter dormancy period.
Skill level: Beginner
Growth rate: Moderate
Suitable for container gardens: Yes- adapts beautifully to container gardening, provided you choose a compact variety and the right pot.
Mature Height: 1.5-2m
Mature Width: 1.5-2m
Seasonality: Deciduous
Drought Tolerant: Low. Moderate when established.
Frost Tolerant: Moderate. Requires roughly 400–500 winter chill hours below 7°C to set fruit properly.
Wind Tolerant: Moderate. High Risk to Flowers and Fruit.
Leaf colour: Spring and Summer: glossy mid-to-deep green. Autumn: bright shades of yellow, gold, and soft orange .
Leaf Variegation pattern: No
Size of leaf: 10-15 cm long and 2-4 cm wide.
The 'Tasty Zee' Peach (Prunus persica) is a highly popular, exceptionally sweet, white-fleshed freestone peach specifically developed to thrive in home gardens and small orchards. Renowned for its firm, juicy texture and commercial-grade fruit quality, this variety is a favourite for fresh eating and drying.
Fruit Colour: Features a striking dark red blush over a cream or golden-yellow background.
Fruit Shape: Notably round and plump with symmetric, uniform cheeks and a shallow, distinct suture line running down the side.
Fruit Size: Medium-large
Flavour: Highly sweet, low-acid, and bursting with intense flavor.
Fruit Season: Mid-to-late season harvest.
Cropping Habit: Features a highly productive, heavy cropping habit that requires deliberate management to ensure both the health of the tree and top-tier fruit quality.
Best Uses: Fresh eating, salads, baking & desserts, sorbets and icecream making, dehydrating/ fruit leather, freezing, jams & chutneys.
Light requirement: Full sun
Water requirement: High water requirement during spring and summer.
Watering frequency: Moderate.
Soil: Must be planted in well-drained soil. Peach trees have a low tolerance for waterlogged roots, especially during the winter dormancy period.
Skill level: Beginner
Growth rate: Moderate
Suitable for container gardens: Yes- adapts beautifully to container gardening, provided you choose a compact variety and the right pot.
Mature Height: 1.5-2m
Mature Width: 1.5-2m
Seasonality: Deciduous
Drought Tolerant: Low. Moderate when established.
Frost Tolerant: Moderate. Requires roughly 400–500 winter chill hours below 7°C to set fruit properly.
Wind Tolerant: Moderate. High Risk to Flowers and Fruit.
Leaf colour: Spring and Summer: glossy mid-to-deep green. Autumn: bright shades of yellow, gold, and soft orange .
Leaf Variegation pattern: No
Size of leaf: 10-15 cm long and 2-4 cm wide.