Peach 'Peregrine'

Peach (Eng.), Perske (Afr.)

The cultivar 'Peregrine' has a dark red skin set against a green background. Its flesh is white and sweet. They have a chilling requirement of 500 units. Peach trees are small and deciduous. For best results ask a local nursery for advice on choosing the best variety and rootstock for your garden.

Planning

Difficulty

Moderate

Flowering time

Spring

Fruiting time

Summer

Harvesting

The trees flower during Spring and peaches are harvested in mid-Summer.

Propagation

Seed

Sow seed after a cold period of 3 months. Graft or bud the cultivar you would like to harvest on the seedlings.

Cuttings

Cultivars are grafted or budded onto the desired rootstocks.

Special features

Attractive flowers

The blossoms appear before the leaves in early spring making a beautiful show of pink flowers.

Geography

Origin

China

Natural climate

Mediterranean

Environment

Light

Full Sun

Soil moisture

Moist

Soil type

Loam, Sand, Clay

Soil PH preference

Acid, Neutral

Frost hardiness

Half-Hardy

Uses

Edible

The fruit is edible fresh, dried, cooked or preserved.

Personality

Family

Rosaceae

Flower colour

Pink

Scent

Mild

Problems

Leaf curl can limit the amount of food produced through photosinthesis for the tree leading to stress. Fruit can suffer from fruit fly, bol wurm and false codling moth attacks.

African boll worm

Helicoverpa armigera

False codling moth

Thaumatotibia leucotreta

Mediterranean fruit fly

Ceratitis capitata

Companion plants

Garlic

Allium sativum

Tanacetum vulgare

Tanacetum vulgare

Marigold

Tagetes erecta

Sweet basil

Ocimum basilicum