Botanical Name: Ziziphus jujuba
Common Name: Chinese Jujube
Type of Plant: dicot: tree
Character deciduous
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape a mostly erect, single or multi-trunked plant; branches rather gnarled, spiny, with an irregular zig-zag pattern, sometimes drooping; mature plants develop a loose rounded canopy
Height 15-20'(30')
Spread 2/3 to equal
Growth Rate slow-moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun
Soil tolerates most, including saline and alkaline desert soils
Hardiness hardy (zones 7-16, 18-24); thrives in hot inland habitats
 
Morphology:
Leaves pinnate (with 2 prominent lateral veins near margins), alternate oblong-ovate to ovate-lanceolate; serrate, 1-2" long, bright green
Flowers yellowish, small, in short axillary cymes; May-June
Fruit a drupe; fleshy, reddish brown, datelike; ripens in fall
 
Propagation:
seed, followed by grafting
 
Usage:
a small accent tree for its distinctive branching pattern and fruit; patio or lawn tree, silhouette or background mass; foliage turns yellow in fall if grown away from coast at colder locations
 
Landscape Care:
Watering prefers regular, deep watering; becomes very drought-tolerant after established
Fertilizing only as needed; little required unless heavily watered
Pruning head high and develop an open, weeping form
Pests/Diseases relatively free; subject to Texas root rot in desert areas
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: Asia
Family: Rhamnaceae

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