Chinese Date, Jujube

Three for $120 or $45 each.

Botanical Name: Ziziphus jujuba

Common Names: Jujube, Chinese Date

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This jujube is a tough, high-yielding fruit tree built for Perth’s hot summer heat. It produces a heavy crop of small sweet fruits that taste just like fresh apple when crisp, turning into rich, sugary date-like treats as they dry. Because it grows on its own natural root system, it is exceptionally hardy, water-wise, and simple to manage in any home garden or suburban orchard.

Features:

Ideal prune height range: 2-3m

pH growing conditions: 6.0 to 8.0

Shade or full sun: Full sun

Minimum pot year 5: 40L pot

Time to fruit age: 2-3 years

These trees are absolute survivors that love Perth’s sandy soils and harsh summer conditions. In spring, the branches fill with small yellow blooms before setting hundreds of mini fruits that ripen to a deep reddish-brown. They thrive with full sun, heat, and basic regular care, making them one of the most reliable sweet fruit producers you can grow.

Interesting Notes:
The small fruits are sweet and can be eaten fresh off the branch or left to dry into natural chewy jujube dates.

Since this plant is grown on its own roots, any suckers that pop up will be true-to-type, giving you free clones of the same sweet tree.

Limited stock. Pickup from Parkwood, WA. Delivery to Perth Metro only.

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