Something I have noticed with peaches is the size of the plant changes based on the website. Stark Bros says their donut peaches will reach 12-15 feet, One Green World says their peach trees on Lovell will reach 10-12 feet, Raintree states their fruit trees on Lovell will reach 18 feet and cummons states their peach trees on Lovell will reach 35 feet. I found the same with ST Julian A where some say 8 feet some say 14 feet and others say 18 feet. Why is there no consensus on how big a tree on Lovell will get?
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LOL, my 10 years old Snow Queen nectarine is on Lovell and it only stay 5’, of course I pruned it this way initially. It stays small ever since.
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Depends on temperature, watering, soil structure, nutrients, diseases, insects, pruning techniques, etc.
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As Dennis points out, it depends on a lot of factors, but you should consider peach trees on Lovell to reach full size, not semi-dwarf or dwarf.
Here is a 12 year old peach tree on Lovell. I keep it pruned to 8 feet tall because I don’t want to use a ladder, but let it grow wider every year. It is approximately 24 feet in diameter with lots of supports for the branches under fruit load.
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The only true dwarf peach rootstocks are those of patio peaches. Otherwise, Lovell, Halford, Guardian, etc, etc., are not much different height-wise from one rootstock to another.
Peach rootstocks are not like apples’rootstocks. Apples have rootstocks that grow at 6ft all the way to 20+ ft,
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