GA 866 Jujube Tree
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Delivery and Shipping
Delivery and Shipping
Shipping
To obtain a more accurate shipment time-frame, simply enter your zip code in the “Find Your Growing Zone” box to the right. Our plants are grown all over the country and lead time on items may be different because of this. Once your order is placed, you will also receive the specific shipment time-frame information as part of your order confirmation. Once an item ships, you will receive shipment notification and tracking numbers, so you can follow along while your plant travels to your doorstep. We use FedEx, UPS, or USPS at our discretion.
Due to winter weather we have put a hold on shipping to the areas shown below in grey. You can still order now and we will ship the plant to you during an appropriate time for your zone.
Standard Shipping Rates
At Nature Hills we handle, package and ship the products you order with the utmost care to ensure healthy delivery. Shipping and handling charges are calculated based on the tables below. Please note that some items include an additional handling surcharge, these will be noted on the item's product page.
| From | To | S&H |
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| $0 | $19.99 | $24.99 |
| $20 | $49.99 | $29.99 |
| $50 | $69.99 | $34.99 |
| $70 | $99.99 | $39.99 |
| $100 | $129.99 | $44.99 |
| $130 | $149.99 | $48.99 |
| $150 | $150+ | Approx 28% |
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Buying Options for Plants
Nature Hills sells a large variety of plants with several options available. Plants are offered in both potted containers and as dormant bare root without soil. Here is a helpful resource to understand your options as you create a beautiful landscape with help from Nature Hills.
Ever wonder what a larger plant will mean for your landscape? Container Sizes are really all about the age of the plant!
Seasonally, Nature Hills offers hand selected, high quality bare root trees, shrubs and perennials. Bare root plants are sold by height from the top of the root system to the top of the plant. Plants may be taller than the height minimums.
- Popular sizes of select trees are 1 foot, 2 feet, 3 feet, etc.
- Popular sizes of select bare root plants is 1 foot, 18 inches, etc.
Nature Hills Container Size by Volume
Keep in mind, specific varieties and different growing conditions can affect the rate at which plants grow. Variations in size may occur.
| Young Plants to 18 Months | ||
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| Size | Volume | |
| 2"x2"x3" | Ranges from | .18 to .21 dry quarts / .198 to .23 dry liters in volume |
| 4.5" Container | Equal to | .65 dry quart / .72 dry liter in volume |
| Sprinter Pot | Equal to | .63 dry quart / .69 dry liter in volume |
| 4" Container | Ranges from | .31 to .87 / .35 to .96 dry liter in volume |
| 6" Container | Equal to | 1.4 dry quarts / 1.59 dry liters in volume |
| 1 Quart | Equal to | 1 dry quart / 1.1 dry liter in volume |
| 5.5" Container | Equal to | 1.89 of a dry quart / 2.08 dry liters in volume |
| 4"x4"x5" | Ranges from | .8 to 1.1 dry quarts / .88 to 1.2 dry liters in volume |
| 4"x4"x6" | Ranges from | 1.0 to 1.3 dry quarts / 1.1 to 1.41 dry liters in volume |
| 4"x4"x9" | Ranges from | 1.1 to 2.1 dry quarts / 1.2 to 2.3 dry liters in volume |
| 4"x4"x10" | Ranges from | 1.7 to 2.3 dry quart / 1.87 to 2.53 dry liters in volume |
| Plants 18 Months - 2.5 Years Old | ||
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| Size | Volume | |
| 2 Quart | Equal to | 2 dry quarts / 2.2 dry liters in volume |
| #1 Container | Ranges from | 2.26 to 3.73 dry quarts / 2.49 to 4.11 dry liters in volume |
| 5"x5"x12" | Equal to | 3.5 to 4.3 dry quarts / 3.85 to 4.74 dry liters in volume |
| Plants 2 - 4 Years Old | ||
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| Size | Volume | |
| #2 Container | Ranges from | 1.19 to 1.76 dry gallons / 5.24 to 7.75 dry liters in volume |
| #3 Container | Ranges from | 2.32 to 2.76 dry gallons / 10.22 to 12.16 dry liters in volume |
| Plants 3 - 5 Years Old | ||
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| Size | Volume | |
| #5 Container | Ranges from | 2.92 to 4.62 dry gallons / 12.86 to 20.35 dry liters in volume |
| #6 Container | Ranges from | 5.25 to 6.01 dry gallons / 23.12 to 26.42 dry liters in volume |
| #7 Container | Ranges from | 5.98 to 6.08 dry gallons / 26.34 to 26.78 dry liters in volume |
Plant Highlights
GA 866 Jujube Tree highlights at a glance!
Plant Highlights
Plant Highlights
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Sun ExposureFull Sun
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Growth RateFast
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Growing Zones 6-10
If you are building out your edible landscape, you'll want to take a good look at adding an easy-care GA 866 Jujube Tree (Ziziphus jujuba 'GA 866') produces an amazing amount of sweet and crisp fruit you can enjoy - both freshly picked or dried! Not only are Jujube fruit some of the most unique fruits you'll find, but this variety exceeds others in production and resilience.
Also known as Chinese Dates, fresh Jujube are crisp and feature the refreshing flavor of a ripe apple. You can pack some for lunch or relax with a bowl while you read in the fall shade!And the glossy foliage all growing season will provide you with more than enough of that despite only growing 10-15 feet tall and slimmer in width!
The GA 866 Jujube tree produces a large crop and it's also quite attractive! With high gloss green leaves, zig-zagging branches and fruit that turns from yellow to green to violet to reddish-brown and wrinkly when fully ripe. This deciduous tree boasts delightfully fragrant spring blooms and bright yellow fall color. Just take care while harvesting because these trees can have some decent thorns.
These deciduous trees grow throughout USDA planting zones 6 to 10 and are not self-fruitful, so you'll enjoy a far larger harvest with another pollinator Jujube planted nearby. The space-saving size of this Jujube means it's easier to include that second - or third - tree! Mid-summer brings greenish-white flowers that have a unique sweet scent, choose a Jujube that blooms at the same time as GA 866 for a pollinator and watch the bees take it from there!
Planting and Application:
Lucky for you, this dwarf, fast-growing Jujube Tree produces some of the sweetest, largest fruit of any named Jujube variety! You will love this sweet treat freshly picked or dried, or even juiced. Once dried, it is chewy and sweet, like a date! Make these healthy treats into preserves, dry and steep into tea, or just enjoy them for the filling, high-fiber, low-calorie sweet snack people around the world have for thousands of years!
Jujube fruit benefits are a nice added bonus to their amazing and unique flavor! Jujube fruits are an excellent source of vitamins A, B, and C in addition to calcium, iron, phosphorous, and nutritious fatty acids. This fruit is used in Traditional Chinese Medicine as well!
The thorny branches makes Jujube ideal barrier hedge plantings and look great around pools and backyards to keep trespassers out. Planting multiples of Jujube in hedges also increases pollination chances for all!
The lovely shape and form of the GA 866 is ideal for specimen plantings and small-scale landscaping that also feeds you! In fact, this prolific variety can even be potted in extra large planters on sun drenched porches or patios!
- Sweet, Date-Like Large Fruit
- Reddish Brown & Wrinkly When Ripe (October)
- Apple-Flavored When Fresh - Crisp & Nutritious
- Date-Like When Dried
- Zig-Zagging Branching & Lacy-Looking, Glossy Leaves
- Easy To Grow & Produces Heavy Crops
- One of the Largest Jujube Fruit Varieties But Smallest Sized Tree!
- Fantastic Barriers, Hedges, Specimens & Edible Landscaping
#ProPlantTips for Care:
To keep this pollinator-pleaser growing its best, provide your GA 866 Jujube Tree with full sun, in well-drained soil. Water young trees regularly their first year, water container plants regularly and check their drainage holes often, and water in-ground trees regularly when fruiting but only when its soil appears dry otherwise. This fast-growing beauty will fill in fast and produce a heavy crop at a young age. Easy to grow in hot, dry areas, Jujube are drought-tolerant once established. These deciduous trees are insect and disease-free!
This tree can be grown with the foliage to the ground, or as a single or multi-stemmed tree. Keep Jujube 30 feet from water lines, as the roots will seek that water. Prune in the summer, but be careful because of the thorns. The Honey Jar Jujube can be held to any size with pruning. Unless being grown as a shade tree keep the plants under 10 feet for ease of harvest.
- Full Sun
- Low But Regular Moisture Needs
- Well-Drained Soil
- Prune In Summer
- Visit our Garden Blog for more info on Fruit Tree Care
Order this wonderful ornamental fruit tree, with branches that twist and turn plus attractive green foliage for your landscape! Don't miss out on a plant that's worth its weight in gold! Order your GA 866 Jujube Tree while NatureHills.com has them in stock!
