Overview

Discover the joy of growing your own exotic fruit with this premium Lang Jujube live plant. Revered for its delicious and abundant harvests, the Lang Jujube is a remarkable deciduous fruit tree that brings both ornamental beauty and culinary delight to any garden. This particular specimen is a grafted jujube tree, ensuring robust growth and true-to-type fruit production. Measuring an impressive 3 to 4 feet tall upon arrival and shipped in a 3-gallon pot, it’s a well-established plant ready to be introduced to its new home. The Lang Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba ‘Lang’) is celebrated for its unique pear-shaped fruit, which transitions from crisp and apple-like to wonderfully sweet and date-like when fully ripened. This hardy tree is an excellent choice for home orchards, edible landscapes, or even as a striking patio tree in a large container.

The Lang Jujube is an adaptable and resilient tree, making it a fantastic option for gardeners seeking low-maintenance fruit production. Its attractive foliage and unique fruit make it a conversation starter, and its ability to thrive in various climates further adds to its appeal. Whether you’re an experienced horticulturist or a budding enthusiast, this Lang Jujube live plant offers a rewarding growing experience, culminating in bountiful harvests of the highly sought-after Lang Jujube fruit.

Key Benefits

Adding a Lang Jujube tree to your garden offers a myriad of benefits, from its delicious fruit to its easy care. This robust plant is designed to provide years of enjoyment and a steady supply of healthy, homegrown produce.

• Abundant, Delicious Fruit: Enjoy large, pear-shaped Lang Jujube fruit that can be eaten fresh when crisp or dried to achieve a date-like sweetness.
• Low Maintenance: Jujube trees are remarkably drought-tolerant and disease-resistant once established, requiring minimal care compared to many other fruit trees.
• Versatile Culinary Uses: The fruit is perfect for fresh snacking, baking, preserves, or drying, offering a healthy and unique addition to your diet.
• Ornamental Appeal: With attractive, slightly weeping branches and glossy green leaves, the tree adds visual interest to your landscape throughout the growing season.
• Hardy and Adaptable: Thrives in a wide range of climates and soil types, making it suitable for many regions across the US.
• Grafted Quality: This grafted jujube tree ensures genetic purity and faster fruit production compared to seed-grown plants, providing reliable yields.
• Health Benefits: Jujubes are packed with vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants, contributing to a healthy lifestyle.

The opportunity to grow jujube tree at home is an exciting prospect for any gardener looking to expand their edible landscape with something truly special.

Plant Care & Growing Tips

Caring for your Lang Jujube live plant is relatively straightforward, as these trees are known for their resilience and adaptability. To ensure optimal growth and a bountiful harvest of Lang Jujube fruit, understanding their basic needs is key. Jujube trees thrive in full sun, meaning they need at least 6-8 hours of direct sunlight per day. Choose a location in your garden that receives ample sun exposure. While they are tolerant of various soil types, well-draining soil is crucial to prevent root rot. If your soil is heavy clay, amend it with organic matter like compost or sand to improve drainage. Once established, Lang Jujubes are remarkably drought-tolerant, but regular watering is important during their first year to help them establish a strong root system. Water deeply when the top few inches of soil feel dry, reducing frequency as the tree matures.

Fertilization is generally not heavily required for jujube trees. A balanced, slow-release fertilizer can be applied in early spring, but avoid over-fertilizing, which can promote leafy growth at the expense of fruit production. Pruning is best done in late winter or early spring while the tree is dormant. Focus on removing dead, damaged, or crossing branches to improve air circulation and light penetration. You can also lightly prune to shape the tree and encourage fruit wood. Lang Jujubes are generally pest and disease resistant, but monitor for any issues and address them promptly. With proper care, your grafted jujube tree will flourish, providing you with delicious fruit for many years to come.

Size & Details

This Lang Jujube live plant is a robust specimen, arriving at your doorstep approximately 3 to 4 feet tall, measured from the base of the pot to the tip of the highest branch. It is a professionally grafted jujube tree, meaning a scion of the desired Lang variety has been joined to a hardy rootstock, ensuring the tree’s health, vigor, and true-to-type fruit production. The tree is shipped securely in a 3-gallon nursery pot, providing a well-developed root system that will help it establish quickly in your garden. Lang Jujube trees are known for their moderate growth rate, typically maturing to a height of 15-25 feet with a similar spread, though they can be kept smaller with pruning. Expect your tree to begin producing its characteristic pear-shaped Lang Jujube fruit within 1-3 years after planting, with yields increasing as the tree matures. The trunk is notably thicker, indicating a more established and resilient plant. This live plant is ready for immediate planting upon arrival, offering an excellent head start to cultivate your own supply of sweet jujubes.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Q: How big does a Lang Jujube tree get? A: A mature Lang Jujube live plant typically reaches 15-25 feet tall and wide, though its size can be managed with regular pruning. This particular plant arrives at 3-4 feet tall.
• Q: Is this an indoor or outdoor plant? A: Lang Jujube trees are primarily outdoor fruit trees, thriving in full sun. While they can be grown in large containers on a patio, they prefer to be planted in the ground.
• Q: How much sunlight does a Lang Jujube tree need? A: To produce the best Lang Jujube fruit, the tree requires at least 6-8 hours of direct sunlight per day. Full sun exposure is crucial for fruit development.
• Q: Is this plant easy to care for? A: Yes, the Lang Jujube is considered a low-maintenance fruit tree. It is drought-tolerant, disease-resistant, and relatively easy to care for once established, making it great for beginners who want to grow jujube tree.
• Q: What condition will the tree arrive in? A: Your Lang Jujube live plant will arrive securely packaged in a 3-gallon pot, with its root ball intact and protected, ready for planting.
• Q: How long until it blooms and fruits? A: This grafted jujube tree is often capable of producing fruit within 1-3 years of planting, with significant harvests typically beginning after 3-5 years.
• Q: What is the best time to plant a Lang Jujube tree? A: The ideal time to plant your Lang Jujube tree is in late winter or early spring, after the last frost, allowing it to establish before the summer heat.
• Q: What USDA hardiness zones are suitable for Lang Jujube? A: Lang Jujube trees are quite hardy and thrive in USDA Zones 6-10, tolerating both heat and cold.
• Q: Can I dry the Lang Jujube fruit like dates? A: Absolutely! One of the unique qualities of Lang Jujube fruit is that it can be left on the tree to dry naturally, developing an intensely sweet, date-like flavor and texture.
• Q: Is this Lang Jujube tree self-pollinating? A: While jujube trees are generally self-fertile, planting another variety nearby (like Li Jujube) can often enhance pollination and lead to larger fruit yields.