Black Sea™ Jujube

Ziziphus jujuba 'Yalta #1 cv.'

The Black Sea™ Jujube originated in Ukraine's Nikita Botanic Garden, on the Crimean Peninsula. It is renowned for its hardiness, large, chocolate-brown fruit with a very sweet, crisp flavor. While the trees are thorny, the fruits - for drying, tea, or fresh eating - are worth the careful harvest! Trees begin fruiting only 1-2 years after planting, and ripen early each year.

Grow in full sun. Rootstock can sucker in the early years, so keep any suckering shoots cut as soon as you see them. Offer regular water during establishment - considered drought tolerant once established. Tolerant of sea spray. Usually more productive in USDA zones 8 and above. Considered low chill, needing only 400 hours of temperatures between 32F-45F to reliably flower and bear fruit. Late to leaf out each spring.

Cold Hardy to USDA Zone: 6

Mature Height: 18'

Sun: Full Sun

Ripening Time: Late Summer/Fall, depending on summer heat

Pollination: Needs Pollinizer