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Blushingstar® Peach Tree

(70 customer reviews)

$104.99

Begins shipping mid-April.

Zones 4 - 8

Is my location compatible?

Self-Pollinating

tree iconWhat size tree should I choose?
(70 customer reviews)

Begins shipping
mid-April

Zones 4 - 8

Is my location compatible?

Self-Pollinating

A very hardy and prolific peach! 

The Blushingstar® Peach tree is a descendant of a “Fayette” and “Newhaven” cross. This “star” is a late-season peach tree that bears beautiful, firm, free-stone white peaches. The flesh of these white peaches have a hint of brilliant red coloring near the pit.  

Blushingstar® peaches have a unique, sweet flavor and the fruit resists browning when sliced, ideal for canning. The fruit has excellent shipping and storage qualities, making it a homesteader’s favorite!  

One of heaviest producers, this easy to care for fruit tree is disease-resistant to bacterial spot. Blushingstar is a cold-hardy tree that can handle cooler climates. Plant this late-season peach and you’ll soon be harvesting your own fruit that ripens in August! 

Characteristics

Bloom ColorPink
Bloom TimeLate
Fruit ColorRed
Fruit SizeLarge
Ripens/HarvestAugust
Soil CompositionLoamy
TasteSweet
Soil pH Level6-7
Soil MoistureWell Drained-Average Moistness
Years to Bear2-4
Shade LevelFull Sun
TextureFirm
Hardiness Zone Range4-8

Size & Spacing

Mature Size

Semi-Dwarf  3.5 – 4.5 m tall x 3.5 – 4.5 m wide (12 – 15′ tall x 12 – 15′ wide)

Recommended Spacing

Semi-Dwarf 3.5 – 4.5 m (12 – 15′)

Ship Height

Semi-Dwarf, Bare-root Ships 0.9 – 1.2 m tall (3-4′ tall) with a 9.5 mm (3/8″) trunk.

Pollination

This variety is self pollinating.

In many cases, you may still want to plant pollinating partners to increase the size of your crops, but with self-pollinating varieties doing so is optional. You’ll get fruit with only one plant!

How do I find my Hardiness Zone?

Canada’s Plant Hardiness Zones will tell you which plants will do well in your particular climate. Each zone is determined by the lowest average winter temperature recorded in a given area. Hardiness Zone information is included on all tree and plant product pages, so you know instantly whether a certain plant is likely to succeed where you live. Natural Resources Canada provides helpful options to find your zone:

Find your zone by province and municipality »

Find your zone using an interactive map »

70 reviews for Blushingstar® Peach Tree

  1. Lavelle House –

    I’m super thrilled that my tree has started fruiting this season, can’t wait to taste these little guys! My tree was planted in Fall 2014 and has grown beautifully to this point. Very happy with the quality from Stark Bros!

  2. Chris Doyle –

    the tree showed up in great shape and even with kentuckys weather it is doing great.

  3. Cathie Ebert –

    Love the peach tree. Thus far it is very healthy looking. Lived thru the Cicada infestation! Woot woot!!

  4. Carol Kemp –

    Unfortunately Died, as did all the trees we ordered from Stark Brothers.

  5. Rong Fan –

    We bought one Saturn and one Blushingstar peach tree on May, 2016. The trees have a very strong root. They are fast growing and very healthy. It is beautiful and have several peaches growing now! Their custom service is wonderful, I talked with Carla on the phone and emailed with LeAnn discussed some questions, they’re all so friendly! We bought another cherry tree, Kiwi berry and some raspberry, blackberry from Stark Bros as well. Love the company and recommended it to lots of friends.

  6. Dwight Dawson –

    One of my favorites..Very hardy. Threes years ago we had winter temps down to -25 below for a few nights. Many of my peaches either suffered damage or some young ones just did not make it through the record lows. This peach not only survived with no damage. It went on to bear a heavy harvest of some of the tastiest peaches you will ever eat. It was the only peach in my little orchard that did that year. I have been so impressed by this peach that as other varieties that I have either die or just don’t produce well enough to grant them the space, I am gradually replacing most of them with this. This peach has always, Always produced a nice crop of large white peaches..And as a bonus..It is a very attractive peach, both the tree and the peach. And it seems to be, at least here, almost carefree..No disease problems even though trees planted close by would suffer form one thing or another. If you have room for only one peach.. This, in my opinion,would be one of the best up north here

  7. Ashley Brown –

    Arrived on time and as described. Within days of planting, it took off like a weed. It is currently coated in leaves and looking quite well! Quality product thus far.

  8. Ethan Ellingsen –

    Had great growth all last year. Watered to set them in for winter, Perimeter mulched 6″ away, and put white tubing over the trunks so they wouldn’t wake up to early in the spring. Both Trees were dead above the rootstocks this spring.

  9. Debra Katz –

    I was surprised to find the tree managed four perfect peaches on its 2nd summer. I wasn’t even looking for fruit since I thought it was still to immature. In truth I would have snipped them off so the tree would have another year to mature, but in mid-August I was out looking if anything in my mini orchard needed extra water and whala! Hiding under the leaves tucked up against the trunk four perfectly formed and ripe peaches. They were delicious!

  10. Rob Voegel –

    Prolific producer. White flesh bleeds red as ripens. Great flavor and a popular white variety with our customers.

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Tree Sizes

It is essential that you choose the right size for your space. Whether you’re planting an acre, a suburban yard or a small urban plot, we’ve got the perfect size tree for you. When they mature, they will be one of three sizes*:

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dwarf

Dwarf

Grows to be about 2.5-3 m (approximately 8-10′) tall and wide. Provides a bounty of full-sized fruit in a small amount of space.

semi-dwarf
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Semi-Dwarf

Grows to be about 3.5-4.5 m (approximately 12-15′) tall and wide. Produces the maximum crop per square foot of growing area. The majority of the fruit can be harvested from the ground, with no need for a ladder.

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Standard & Unmarked

Grows to be at least 5.5 m (approximately 18′) tall and wide. Standard nectarine and peach trees grow to be 3.5-4.5 m (approximately 12-15′) tall and wide. Standard trees serve two purposes: they provide both fruit and shade.

* Tree sizes may vary by variety.

Potted Trees

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EZ Start® Potted Trees

Trees that are grown in a bottomless 4x4x10″ pot, which encourages dense feeder-root growth for a quick, strong establishment. When shipped, they are about 1½ – 3′ tall.

Supreme EZ Start® Potted Trees

Top-grade trees are grown in a bottomless 5x5x12″ pot, which creates an advanced root system comparable to that of a three-year-old tree. When shipped to you, they are about 3 – 4′ tall.

Supreme XL Potted Trees

Our biggest and most robust potted trees. Grown in a 9x9x12″ pot filled with high-grade soil, these trees are even larger than our Supreme EZ Start® trees. When shipped to you, they are 4-5′ tall.

Bare-Root Trees

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Stark Supreme Tree®

This season’s top-grade, bare-root trees that give you a head start on growing. When shipped, they are about 4-5′ tall and/or with a 5/8″ or larger trunk diameter.

Supreme XL Trees

We don’t call them “XL” for nothing! Supreme XL trees are our biggest and most robust bare-root trees: they ship 5-6′ tall and/or with a 1″ or larger trunk diameter.

USDA Certified Organic Trees

organic

If you’re inclined toward organic gardening, browse our selection of non-GMO, certified USDA Organic fruit trees. Our fields and trees undergo annual inspection to maintain their certification, and are grown without chemical fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides on pure pastureland.

Grafted Trees

graft

Grafting is the process of taking cuttings from a single “parent” tree known for its fruit taste, size, bloom period and ripening time, and joining it with the root system and trunk base (rootstock) of another tree also known for its desirable qualities. This process has been used for thousands of years to produce fruit that is consistent in flavor, shape and size.

Most of our trees are grafted, creating this kind of consistency and allowing us to produce different mature tree sizes. While seed-grown fruit trees might give you unpredictable variations or a lack of results, grafted trees will give you the fruit you want and the tree size you expect.

Stark® Custom Graft® Trees

Limited space doesn’t have to mean a limited selection of fruit. Stark® Custom Graft® fruit trees have two (or more) varieties carefully grafted onto one tree. These multi-grafted fruit trees require less space to grow than separate trees, and also provide compatible pollinators — built right in! To ensure success growing multiple varieties on your Stark® Custom Graft® fruit trees, be sure to prune to keep all varieties in balance.

Other Terminology

Professional Pruning

Pruning is one of the most important ways to help ensure that your tree gets off to the right start and has the best chance for success. That’s why Stark Bro’s professionals prune many of our fruit trees before shipment — at no cost to you!

We get you started, but you will need to prune throughout the life of your tree. Doing so will help eliminate extra buds that can slow development and allow your tree to form a strong framework by removing weak, narrow and competing branches. Proper pruning will give your tree the perfect shape and branching structure for maximum fruit production.

Self-pollinating

Indicates tree or plant will pollinate itself and doesn’t need another tree or plant near it in order to bear fruit. In many cases, you may still want to plant pollinating partners to increase the size of your crops, but with self-pollinating varieties doing so is optional. You’ll get fruit with only one tree!

Starkspur®

A Stark patented product since 1952! “Spurs” mean bigger harvests! Starkspur® trees are different from regular trees which bear fruit only on the outside limbs. The spur allows fruit to form on each limb and bear from the trunk out – doubling the amount of fruit.

Stark® Colonnade®

Grow full-sized fruit on narrow columnar-shaped trees. Perfect for growing fruit on a balcony, patio, or sliver of ground – even if you live in an apartment or condo. They make a particularly impressive “living fence” when planted in a row – consider using them to disguise eyesores on your property and grow fruit at the same time!

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