In the past I was terrible at tree notes, but I found a note on one of my peach trees. It said it flowers at end of March. That must mean flowers were all open but am not sure. I got to do better with the notes.
This year I’ve made digital folders for every tree I have to keep better track of them.
What average date does your earliest fruit trees break bud in Spring?
Pears are in bloom in this area with some trees already fully open. Two or three of my trees bloom this early. The latest blooming varieties i have will be 5 or 6 more weeks before buds open.
My very earliest peach tree had it’s first bloom march 14th last year. That peach tree is usually a few days ahead of the others. It was in full bloom by March 22nd. The peaches are done blooming in the first days of April. I had a challenger peach and it did bloom later than the others but it died.
I only have two cherry trees but they bloom right after the peaches.
My pears bloom last week in March and first 2 weeks in April and they are more spread out in terms of bloom times than the peaches. There are a small number that bloom in that last week in march and then the rest bloom early april. Last year they had set fruit by april 16th.
Then the apples are after. As petals are falling off the pears the apples are starting. They really get full bloom mid april.
Pawpaw are around 3rd week in april and they seem to have a more variable and longer bloom time.
Figs and persimmons are last and by the time I notice they’ve bloomed I’ve stopped recording because I’m too busy spraying things and weeding and mowing.
Dolgo Crab and Summer Blood Pear were my fist two trees to bloom on May 5th last year. Crab’s seem to be the first each year. We had a cool spring for bloom last year.
Such a weird year. I have two apple trees and Anna apple and an Ein Shemmer that were breaking open January 19. I checked with the dreaded AI and it said you might as well go ahead and prune not wait till February. then all the cold weather hit in February couple of freezes but they look fine. Everything else’s pretty closed up just starting to open a little bit this week.
Our Dorsett Golden seems on track to bloom very soon. Anna has done nothing but swell buds so far. Both seemed to have learned not to bloom in February no more.
Bartlett has leafed profusely. Moonglow very lightly leafed again.
The Blueberries are all about to bloom.
I am so disappointed in my Dorset golden apple. It’s six years old and a pretty good looking tree, but never had a bloom . We are in the same Growing zone and it’s supposed to be prolific here but not for me. It was suggested that I don’t even fertilize it this year so I didn’t. Don’t know if that’ll help.
One of my feedstore bought Dorsett is clearly a Golden Delicous. It is 5 years old and was written as Golden Delicious on one of the tags. I think this was why University of Florida was asking for leaf samples. As it seems to be a huge problem in the South.
This week here in southern middle TN…
I have 2 j-plum varieties with a few blossoms open. 7 others have not bloomed yet.
I see several ridge top Bradford pears starting to bloom and a few foecinthia bushes with yellow blossoms out.
My goumi bushes have just a few buds breaking.. where you can see a little color of green and yellow.
On raspberries and blackberries some buds are just breaking with a little green growth… no blossoms yet.
Our next 10 days.. mostly highs in the 70s.. one in the low 80s. That is going to move things along.
I dread that frost that will come after that.
TNHunter
Does it bear any fruit?
Another owner of a super early blooming Dorsett Golden here in South Carolina, significantly ahead of my other trees. It’s been in ground for 3 years, took a while for it to seem happy after planting, and is finally blooming a little this year though pretty light on flowers considering its age.
My Burbank Japanese plum is the earliest here. It started blooming about 2 weeks ago—approx Valentine’s Day.
You’ll likely get lots of variation in answers to this question though based on species, variety, location, and year-specific weather patterns.
I have not let that one fruit yet. It will be good to go this season.
As an aside, Centurion crab exploded with leaves and flowers today.
Today.. my J-Plums blooming….
First to bloom.. South Mtn EB Plumcot.
AU Rosa
Spring Satin plumcot
Shiro..
The last 3 were just 2-3 days after South Mtn.
TNHunter
I have a Santa Rosa plum that is over five . It’s been blooming for the last three years yet to produce one single plum. I had a methley plum that was five years old that always bloomed and has produced plum since it was three years old. the methley was supposed to be a good pollinator but it would always bloom mid January and Santa Rosa not until two months later at the end of March.
All my plum trees got wiped out last year by the tornado, except Santa Rosa, which was by far the least productive so I’m not very optimistic about plums this year
My almond flower, Trilite peach plum, and some pears are at pink tip. Apples are mostly still at silver or green tip. March 3, Umpqua Valley, Oregon. This is about the same as last year so far.
My brand new Golden Dorset tree just broke into bloom last week. I’m exasperated . . . because there are no other apple trees in bloom right now, so there’s nothing to pollinate it!
Worse, it’s still in a pot because I haven’t finished preparing the space to plant it yet, so it’s no longer dormant, which means it might not do as well when I transplant it . . . (shakes head in exasperation). We’ve had a very warm winter, and my guess is that the tree came from a nursery that was colder, so the tree now thinks it’s spring, even though it isn’t quite yet.
Our local Rural King got a big shipment of Tropic Sweet apple trees which bloomed profusely at the store. Actually a great deal as the trees were huge for $36. Most nurseries charge over 60 for trees that size.
My black walnut has fuzzy swollen tips today.
Rest are still snoozing.
Zone 7b
