Frost Peach Tree

Frost Peach Tree offers the welcome combination of beautiful fruit, showy flowers, and a reputation for resilience in challenging peach country. Its medium to large peaches ripen with bright yellow skin washed in warm red, while the yellow freestone flesh inside is juicy, sweet, and satisfying in the straightforward way a summer peach should be. The crop is delicious fresh and versatile enough for pies, cobblers, canning, and freezing. Before harvest, unusually full double blossoms give the tree ornamental presence in spring, making it attractive even in a visible edible landscape. Frost is especially appealing to gardeners who have dealt with cool, wet springs because it is known for resistance to peach leaf curl. It provides the pleasure of a productive orchard peach with an added measure of confidence where weather and disease pressure can make peaches frustrating.

Frost needs about 700 chill hours and grows in USDA zones 59. On Citation rootstock it is semi-dwarf, with harvest generally occurring from mid- to late July, with timing varying by region and season.

Frost is self-fruitful and capable of cropping alone. Another compatible peach may increase pollinator movement through the orchard and support fruit set.

Frost Peach Tree Details

• Fruit: Yellow freestone peach with a warm red blush
• Flavor and texture: Juicy, sweet, and classically peachy
• Best uses: Fresh eating, canning, baking, preserves, and freezing
• Harvest: Mid- to late July, with timing varying by region and season
• USDA zones: 59
• Chill hours: About 700 hours
• Tree size: Semi-dwarf on Citation rootstock
• Pollination: Self-fruitful; another compatible peach may support pollinator activity and fruit set.
• Recommended companions: Pair with Contender Peach for another cold-region choice or Indian Free White Peach for a later harvest.
• Special care: Choose full sun and good airflow, then thin fruit and prune annually.
• Something special: Frost is valued not only for leaf-curl resistance but also for unusually showy double peach blossoms.

Orchard Planning Resources

• Bare Root Tree Selection Guide
• How to Plant Bare Root Trees
• Fruit & Nut Tree Characteristics
• Tree Rootstock Characteristics Chart