Flowering TreesLoquat
Eriobotrya japonica
Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) is a fast-growing flowering tree, hardy in USDA zones 8-10, that matures to about 10-25 ft × 10-25 ft. It does best in full sun and part shade with medium water needs in well-drained, moist and occasionally-dry soil. Expect white blooms in fall and winter. It attracts bees, hummingbirds and pollinators, stands up well to deer, drought and salt, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 8-10
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 10-25 ft × 10-25 ft
- Spacing
- 6-feet-12 feet
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist, Occasionally-dry
- Foliage
- Green
- Bloom color
- White
- Bloom season
- Fall, Winter
- Attracts
- Bees, Hummingbirds, Pollinators
- Tough against
- Deer, Drought, Salt
- Watch out for
- Poisonous to humans
- Native to
- China, Japan
In the landscape
Data sources
Freeze survival
Will it survive your winters?
Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Loquat is hardy to about 10°F (estimated from USDA zone 8), so we'll score it against the real coldest nights your area has actually had.
Powered by ~35 years of daily lows from the nearest NOAA weather station. A risk read, not a guarantee — a sheltered spot or mature plant beats the odds.
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