Prunus persica, ‘Blazingstar’
🍑 Cold hardiness: Prefers zones 5-9, but has been known to survive in zone 4 (can withstand cold to -30° F)
🍑 Freestone peach (the peach doesn’t stick to the pit when you cut it open)
🍑 Soil PH 6.0-7.0
🍑 Watering needs: medium
🍑 Blooming Season: mid-spring
🍑 Harvest season: Mid-August
🍑 Pollination for fruit: Blushingstar peaches don’t need another tree to pollinate for fruit.
🍑 Size at maturity: 15 feet tall and wide
🍑 Sun needs: full sun
“Blazingstar peaches, a late-season peach variety, are exceptionally easy to care for. They yield abundant harvests of exquisite fruit that boasts impressive shelf life. Their firm, snowy-white flesh possesses a distinct and sweet flavor, and it remains resistant to browning when sliced. Among the most prolific bearers, these peaches exhibit resilience against bacterial spot disease. Introduced around 1996, they are known for their cold-hardy nature, freestone quality, and typically ripen in mid-August. Moreover, they are self-pollinating. For enthusiasts of white-fleshed peaches, the Blushingstar peach is a must-try. Blushingstar peach trees demonstrate resilience to cold weather and produce bountiful yields of charmingly blushed fruit. These moderately sized trees come to fruition in the late summer. Blushingstar peach fruits feature a luscious, creamy white flesh and a subtly tangy taste. This peach tree variety is highly recommended for both orchards and home gardens. Blushingstar peach trees are a prime example of white-fleshed stone fruit, and they exhibit a preference for well-draining soil while remaining resistant to one of the most common fruit tree maladies, bacterial spot. An added benefit is their ability to produce fruit in as little as 2 to 3 years. Suitable for USDA zones 4 to 8, they display exceptional cold weather tolerance and can even withstand mild frosts until the fruiting stage.”
The plant patent for Blazingstar peach expired in 2016