Man, little did I know the loquat trees I had at my last 3 yards were a virtual medicine cabinet.......not just very attractive fruit trees. Here I just thought them attractive specimen plants that yielded tiny fruits prolifically that made wonderful preserves. My recipe, if anyone is interested BTW: Loquat-Orange Preserves. This tree is like a medicine cabinet which this article expands on quite nicely: Loquat, native to many regions in Asia, exhibits anti-diabetes properties. And they shed fruit on the ground that germinate amazingly easily (almost to an annoyance if not pulled or mowed down). I'm going to dig up my biggest seedling and take it to my BOL this week and get that sucker planted ASAP! These trees also grow very fast, I might add. I planted one I bought at a nursery years ago down on the Gulf Coast that was just 2-3' tall at planting. It was 10' and producing hundreds of fruit in just about 7 years and around 15' tall by the time we sold the place at 14 years. That's pretty fast, around a foot of growth a year! Every year there are many more fruit than the year before. And a lot faster than nut trees to reach significant nut production. My current tree's seedlings get 1½' tall or better in just one season if I don't eliminate them from underneath the tree. For those not familiar, the fruit look like this and taste like a cross between an apricot and a plum to me. imagees of loquat trees at DuckDuckGo
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