PRUNUS `CONTENDER` PEACHPlant Type Edibles,Fruit Tree Hardiness ZONE 4 8 Mature Size Height 10 12 Ft Width 10 12 Ft Flower Color Description It's true. Peach selection can be difficult if you are looking to raise them in a home orchard in the far north. Good thing 'Contender' is available to give you a great tasting peach that will shrug off your Zone 4 winters. This late July maturing, freestone peach will thrill you with its big size, its tasty juiciness and its ability to

even with its outstanding cold hardiness

and returns in September

but it makes an outstanding single specimen that loves moist

Full season bloomer

Mature Size-Height- 6 - 12 Ft Width- 12 -24 Ft

Thin out 25% of this plant's old branches each year to retain the best winter color

bell-shaped flowers and you have a colorful little gem

mass plantings or specimen use

Finely-dissected green foliage is arranged in small

smaller pyramidal form that is perfect for the home landscape

more vigorous and more heat tolerant than the similar looking Acers like 'Aureum'

Use 'Fox Valley™' as a small specimen for a tight spot or make a small grove that gives you the feel of the forest without the overwhelming size