Edible landscape

Best Fruit Trees by Zone and Site Fit

Use this hub as a crawlable starting point for tree fruit, nut trees, citrus, pawpaw, persimmon, figs, peaches, apples, and similar woody crops.

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Sorted by sourced planning data, fit signals, and practical usefulness. Use a ZIP lookup before buying, especially near a plant's zone edge.

Nut shrub

American hazelnut

Zones 4a-8b / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 3-5 yrs / 2-8 lb/plant/year

FruitPollinators & wildlifenative thicket shrubwildlife cover
Ornamental tree

Autumn Brilliance serviceberry

Zones 4a-9a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 2-4 yrs / 3-12 lb/plant/year

Curb appeal & colorPollinators & wildlifefour-season native treeedible fruit
Fruit tree

Shenandoah pawpaw

Zones 5a-9a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 4-7 yrs / 15-40 lb/plant/year

FruitPollinators & wildlifelarge mild custardy fruitnative understory tree
Fruit tree

Sunflower pawpaw

Zones 5a-9a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 4-7 yrs / 15-40 lb/plant/year

FruitPollinators & wildlifepartly self-fertile pawpawnative fruit tree
Nut tree

Black walnut

Zones 4a-9a / Medium water / Full sun / 4-8 yrs / 20-100 lb/plant/year

FruitPollinators & wildlifenative nut treejuglone-producing roots
Fruit tree

Illinois Everbearing mulberry

Zones 4b-9a / Low water / Full/Partial sun / 2-4 yrs / 30-100 lb/plant/year

FruitPollinators & wildlifecold-hardy hybridproductive with little fuss
Fruit tree

Meader American persimmon

Zones 4b-9a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 3-6 yrs / 35-75 lb/plant/year

FruitPollinators & wildlifeself-fertile selectionnative wildlife value
Nut tree

Northern hardy pecan

Zones 5a-9a / Medium water / Full sun / 4-8 yrs / 20-100 lb/plant/year

FruitPollinators & wildlifecold-hardy pecan seedling typesmaller nuts
Fruit tree

Methley plum

Zones 5b-9b / Medium water / Full sun / 4-5 yrs / 75-120 lb/plant/year

FruitPollinators & wildlifeself-fertile Japanese plumheavy bloom
Fruit tree

Nikita's Gift persimmon

Zones 5b-9a / Medium water / Full sun / 3-6 yrs / 35-75 lb/plant/year

FruitCurb appeal & colorhybrid persimmoncold-hardy kaki flavor
Fruit tree

Saijo Asian persimmon

Zones 6b-9b / Medium water / Full sun / 3-6 yrs / 35-75 lb/plant/year

FruitCurb appeal & colorvery sweet astringent persimmoncold-tolerant kaki
Fruit tree

Fuyu Asian persimmon

Zones 7a-10a / Medium water / Full sun / 3-6 yrs / 35-75 lb/plant/year

FruitCurb appeal & colornon-astringent fruitexcellent fall color
Fruit tree

Hachiya Asian persimmon

Zones 7a-10a / Medium water / Full sun / 3-6 yrs / 35-75 lb/plant/year

FruitCurb appeal & colorlarge astringent fruitexcellent for baking when soft
Fruit tree

Ichi-Ki-Kei-Jiro persimmon

Zones 7a-9b / Medium water / Full sun / 3-6 yrs / 35-75 lb/plant/year

FruitCurb appeal & colordwarf non-astringent persimmongood patio candidate
Fruit tree

Toka plum

Zones 3b-8a / Medium water / Full sun / 4-5 yrs / 75-120 lb/plant/year

FruitPollinators & wildlifespicy bronze plumexcellent pollinator for other plums
Fruit tree

North Star tart cherry

Zones 4a-8a / Medium water / Full sun / 3-5 yrs / 40-75 lb/plant/year

FruitCurb appeal & colornaturally compact treecold-hardy
Nut tree

Chinese chestnut

Zones 4b-8b / Medium water / Full sun / 4-8 yrs / 20-100 lb/plant/year

FruitCurb appeal & colorblight-resistant chestnutgood landscape tree
Fruit tree

Harrow Sweet pear

Zones 4b-8b / Medium water / Full sun / 4-5 yrs / 80-120 lb/plant/year

FruitPollinators & wildlifefire blight resistancesweet dessert pear
Fruit tree

Belle of Georgia peach

Zones 5a-8b / Medium water / Full sun / 3-4 yrs / 90-120 lb/plant/year

FruitCurb appeal & colorwhite freestone fruitshowy spring bloom
Fruit tree

Burbank plum

Zones 5a-9a / Medium water / Full sun / 4-5 yrs / 75-120 lb/plant/year

FruitPollinators & wildlifered-skinned amber-fleshed plumheavy bearer
Nut tree

Carpathian English walnut

Zones 5a-9a / Medium water / Full sun / 4-8 yrs / 20-100 lb/plant/year

FruitCurb appeal & colorcold-hardy English walnutthin-shelled nuts
Nut tree

Dunstan chestnut

Zones 5a-9a / Medium water / Full sun / 4-8 yrs / 20-100 lb/plant/year

FruitCurb appeal & colorblight-resistant hybridproductive mast tree
Fruit tree

Iranian quince

Zones 5a-9a / Medium water / Full sun / 3-6 yrs / 15-50 lb/plant/year

FruitCurb appeal & colorfragrant cooking fruitornamental bloom
Fruit tree

Mango pawpaw

Zones 5a-9a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 4-7 yrs / 15-40 lb/plant/year

FruitPollinators & wildlifevigorous pawpawtropical-style flavor

More planning paths

These pages turn the matcher database into crawlable collections without creating thin ZIP-code pages.

Planting calendar Use ZIP-based hardiness and frost context to plan seed-starting, direct-sow, transplanting, and nursery planting windows. Native plants Browse native-cue plants that can support habitat, pollinators, edible landscapes, and lower-maintenance planting plans. Privacy shrubs Find plants for screening, edible hedges, visual buffers, and wildlife-friendly privacy by zone, water, soil, and mature size. Low-water plants Browse drought-tolerant and lower-water plant options for edible, native, ornamental, and screening goals.
Zone 7a calendar Browse database-backed planting windows, frost-aware timing notes, and useful plants for USDA zone 7a gardens. Zone 8a calendar Browse database-backed planting windows, frost-aware timing notes, and useful plants for USDA zone 8a gardens. Plant now in 7a See practical, database-backed planting ideas for zone 7a based on the current season, hardiness fit, and Plant by ZIP profile data. Fruit trees 8a Compare fruit trees, nut trees, citrus-adjacent plants, and woody edibles for USDA zone 8a using Plant by ZIP data. Native plants 7 Browse native-cue and habitat-friendly plants for USDA zone 7 gardens using Plant by ZIP hardiness, water, and profile data.