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Fruit Trees for Zone 8

These are the 22 fruit-bearing trees in the Story Thyme plant library whose published hardiness range includes USDA zone 8 — not a loose "will probably survive" list, but the trees whose zone ratings actually span your winters. Zone 8 winters stay above about 10 °F. Figs, pomegranates and loquats grow unprotected, but winter chill starts to run short — check each tree's chill-hour requirement, and favor low-chill cultivars of apple and peach.

Hardiness is only the first gate. Before you order, check each guide for the two other deal-breakers: chill hours (the winter cold a tree must accumulate to fruit at all) and pollination — 13 of these 22 are self-fertile and will crop as a single tree, while the rest need a genetically different partner blooming at the same time. Every guide covers both, along with spacing, pruning season, and the pests to expect.

For pure eating quality, Apple, Pawpaw and Apricot rate highest in this set. 11 of the 22 currently have verified in-stock nursery listings — the terracotta price tags on the cards below link to a checked product page, not a search.

AppleFrom $49.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.AppleMalus domesticaFull SunModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edibleApricotFrom $66.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.ApricotPrunus armeniacaFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edibleBlack CherryBlack CherryPrunus serotinaFull SunLow waterFast growthNative to North AmericaChe (Chinese Mulberry)Che (Chinese Mulberry)Maclura tricuspidataFull SunLow waterSlow-Moderate growthExcellent edibleCherryCherryFull SunModerate waterExcellent edibleFlowering CrabappleFlowering CrabappleMalus hybridsFull SunModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edibleJujubeJujubeZiziphus jujubaFull SunDrought-tolerant · low waterModerate growthExcellent edibleKumquatFrom $49.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.KumquatCitrus japonicaFull Sun / sunniest windowModerate waterSlow-Moderate growthExcellent edibleLoquatLoquatEriobotrya japonicaFull SunModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edibleMandarin / TangerineMandarin / TangerineCitrus reticulataFull SunModerate waterModerate growthExcellent edibleMedlarMedlarMespilus germanicaFull Sun to Light ShadeModerate waterSlow growthExcellent edibleMulberryFrom $36.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.MulberryMorus alba × rubra / M. rubraFull Sun to Part ShadeLow waterVery Fast growthExcellent edibleNectarineFrom $50.35 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.NectarinePrunus persicaFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edibleOliveFrom $39.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.OliveOlea europaeaFull SunDrought-tolerant · low waterSlow growthExcellent ediblePawpawPawpawAsimina trilobaShade when youngHigh waterModerate growthNative to North AmericaPeachFrom $50.35 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.PeachPrunus persicaFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent ediblePearFrom $50.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.PearPyrus communisFull SunModerate waterModerate growthExcellent ediblePersimmonPersimmonFull Sun to Part ShadeExcellent ediblePlumFrom $43.64 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.PlumFull SunExcellent ediblePluotPluotPrunus salicina × armeniacaFull SunModerate waterFast growthExcellent edibleQuinceFrom $25.89 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.QuinceCydonia oblongaFull SunModerate waterSlow-Moderate growthExcellent edibleYuzuFrom $64.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.YuzuCitrus junosFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterSlow-Moderate growthExcellent edible

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