Loquat
(Eriobotrya japonica)
- Type: Evergreen
- Light: Full Sun
- Height: 25-30'
- Spread: 20-25'
- Flower: White
- Bloom: Fall
- Fruit: Yellow
- Fruit Time: Late Spring
Eriobotrya japonica, commonly called loquat, Japanese medlar or Japanese plum, is a small, short-trunked, upward-branching, broadleaf evergreen tree that typically grows to 10-25' tall with a round form. It also often grows as a large spreading shrub. Best grown in fertile, evenly moist, well-drained loams in full sun to part shade. Fragrant, five-petaled, white flowers in large panicles bloom in late fall-early winter. Flowers are followed by small spherical to pear-shaped fruits (to 1-2" long), each with juicy flesh and one to several large seeds. Fruits typically ripen in spring