Dwarf Bonfire Patio Peach Tree

Bonfire patio peach grows to a petite size in pots where it s bronze leaves look dramatic on patios.

Dwarf bonfire patio peach tree.

Peaches arrive in late summer or early fall and are best used for baking. Bonfire is a compact dwarf purple leaf peach. White fleshed fruit streaked with red ripens late. Ornamental cultivars though are bred for larger more numerous flowers and this characteristic carries over to the dwarf varieties.

They ripen about late september and early october for my zone 6 in massachusetts. In early spring bonfire peach errupts with pink flowers covering it s branches as it s bronze foliage emerges. It grows to between four and six feet high usually reaching its full size in five to six years. In april the bonfire patio peach tree is covered in stunning pink blooms that have a coral pink eye.

Bonfire patio peach trees only reach a maximum average height of about 5 feet and although people don t eat the peaches birds love them. Fruit turns red when cooked and makes an attractive pie. 1st week september at the nursery fruits are cling stone with firm fruit used for canning pickling and pies. This peach cultivar is actually a dwarf shrub that has an oval to rounded habit and is equally as lovely whether left to grow naturally in a shrub form or pruned as a tree.

On the other hand reliance does produce edible. Bonfire patio peach prunus persica. Growing bonfire patio peach trees. Can be eaten fresh but rubbery.

Contrary to popular belief this gorgeous shrub tree will produce edible peaches that are snack sized and free stone. The bonfire dwarf peach is an unusual beauty. The blooms are quickly replaced by long dark purple leaves. It takes a mounded form and is usually about as wide as it is high although occasionally it can spread further.