[Arid_gardener] Fruit Trees for Shade

[Linda Guy]

Most non-citrus fruit trees are deciduous, losing the leaves in the winter months. This is usually a much briefer period of time than that experienced in other parts of the country [3 months or less]. However, there is a lot of shade during the time of the year when we need it most.
Our publication on fruit trees is MC 90 and can be ordered at http://ag.arizona.edu/maricopa/garden/html/pubs/pubs.htm#Fruits
If you want them to bear fruit, you need to pay careful attention to the discussion of chill hours.  Also review the relevant chapter in our Master Gardener Manual at http://ag.arizona.edu./pubs/garden/mg/

Citrus are evergreen. Our publication on those varieties is online at http://ag.arizona.edu/maricopa/garden/html/pubs/pubs.htm#Citrus

Linda Guy, MG

kidolibrarian@yahoo.com wrote:

> We live in Tempe. Our problem is that we have taken out a big shade tree recently (an old mulberry)and would like to replace that space with another tree that offers shade.  We were wondering if there are any type of fruit trees that also double as a shade tree in the back yard.
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