Zone 6 Fruit Trees

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Shop the Best Fruit Trees for Zone 6 Zone 6 is a fantastic place to grow fruit trees . With winter lows dipping to -10 degrees F, you've got enough chill hours to get great crops from apples, pears, peaches, cherries, and plenty more, and enough summer warmth to ripen them properly. We've been growing and shipping fruit trees for over 45 years, and Zone 6 growers are some of our most enthusiastic customers. Once the right tree goes in the ground, it just takes off. Every tree we ship is grown, cared for, or inspected by our team before it leaves our North Florida farm. We do not drop ship from a third-party supplier. Whether you're putting in your first apple tree or filling out a backyard orchard with a mix of stone fruits and pears, this is the right place to start. Browse by type, or keep reading to find out what grows best in your zone. What Fruit Trees Grow Best in Zone 6? Zone 6 opens the door to a wide range of fruit trees that need a true winter to produce well. Some of our top performers for Zone 6 growers include apple trees like Honeycrisp and Fuji , Asian and European pears , peach and nectarine varieties with the right chill hour range, tart and sweet cherries, persimmons (both American and Asian types), and cold hardy plums . If you're in Zone 6b specifically, you may even have luck with some of the more cold tolerant fig varieties and hardy pomegranates with a little protection the first year or two. The key with any of these is matching the tree to your exact conditions. Zone 6a (average minimum of -10 to -5 F) and Zone 6b (-5 to 0 F) are a meaningful difference when it comes to some of the borderline varieties. We'll help you sort it out.