Nectarines/Nectaplums/Peaches

A fresh peach or nectarine is hard to beat, and although they can be grown in the Willamette Valley they will require some extra care.

We cannot guarantee availability based on our website, please call to ensure variety is still in stock or going to be this season.

Nectarines/Nectaplums


Semi-Dwarf


Harko

Zone: 5

15′ x 15′

Harvest Season: July

Disease Resistance: Moderate

Large, bright pink blooms form into sweet, juicy fruit with an orange-blushed yellow skin. Cold hardy. Self-fruitful.

Flavortop

Zone: 6

25′ x 25′

Harvest Season: July

Disease Resistance: Unknown

A very vigorou tree that produces an abundance of fruit with great flavor and sweetness. Fragrant pink spring flowers turn to large freestone nectarines with smooth red skin and sweet yellow flesh. Self-fruitful.

Spice Zee

Zone: 6

15′ x 15′

Harvest Season: July to August

Disease Resistance: Unknown

White fleshed nectarine-peach-plum hybrid with dark maroon to pale pink skin. Prolific bloomer. Distinctive plum and nectarine flavor profile. Self-fruitful.

Peaches


Semi-Dwarf


Elberta

Zone: 5

15′ x 15′

Harvest Season: July to August

Disease Resistance: Moderate

Popular old variety that produces large,red-blushed golden fruits. Very classic peach flavor. Freestone. Self-fruitful

Frost

Zone: 5

15′ x 15′

Harvest Season:July

Disease Resistance: Moderate to good

Medium to large fruit with blushed red, yellow skin. Delicious peach flavor. Freestone. Self-fruitful.

Polly

Zone: 5

15′ x 15′

Harvest Season: Late July

Disease Resistance: Good

One of the most winter hardy peach varieties. Polly is medium-sized, white-fleshed fruit with exceptional flavor. Crimson-blushed white skin. Self Furtile.

Red Haven

Zone: 5

15′ x 15′

Harvest Season: July

Disease Resistance: Moderate

Most widely planted peach. Juicy medium sized fruit that is lightly blushed red. Self-fruitful. Freestone.

Reliance

Zone: 5

15′ x 15′

Harvest Season: Mid June

Disease Resistance: Good

Bears armloads of ripe, tangy, red cherries, which make mouthwatering pies and cobblers. Large fruit with bright red skin. The standard by which pie cherries are judged. Self-pollinating.

Saturn

Zone: 5

12′ x 12′

Harvest Season: July

Disease Resistance: Good

Distinctive flat peaches that taste great. This uniquely shaped fruit opens up to tender, white flesh with a mild, sweet flavor. Self-pollinating.

Peach Tree Care


 

With newer varieties coming out, it is getting easier to grow peaches in western Oregon, but it is far from their ideal climate, and thus are prone to certain diseases and will need a pest management strategy to grow and produce a good yield. Peaches want full sun with well draining soil. More on growing peaches in the Willamette Valley