{"id":12769,"date":"2024-05-01T13:15:29","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T17:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/?p=12769"},"modified":"2024-11-12T13:00:24","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T18:00:24","slug":"fruit-trees-peaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/blog\/fruit-trees-peaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Peach Varieties to Grow in Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A fruit tree, once planted, becomes a lasting source of homegrown goodness. Enjoy the sweet reward of a bountiful harvest, far surpassing store-bought produce. Read on for some of our favorite peach varieties to grow in Virginia.<\/p>\n<h2>Growing Your Own Peaches<\/h2>\n<p>Peaches are considered the \u201cqueen\u201d of the fruits and second only to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/blog\/fruit-trees-apple\/\">apples<\/a> in popularity as a deciduous tree fruit. This popularity comes from their fine flavor and the multitude of uses for the fruit, including eating fresh with sugar and cream or used in ice cream, pies, cobblers, and shortcakes. In addition, peaches are used for jam, jelly, preserves, and mixed fruit desserts. Here&#8217;s what to expect from growing your own peach trees:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Most peach trees are self-fruiting and do not need another pollinator. However, if you\u2019d like a bountiful harvest, plant two varieties.<\/li>\n<li>Both standard and dwarf varieties should bear fruit in two to three years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Peach Varieties Available at Meadows Farms<\/h2>\n<p>Remember, the peaches listed below are just a selection of the varieties that Meadows Farms carries. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/hours-locations\/\">Please call your local Meadows Farms<\/a> for other varieties or special requests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fruit tree, once planted, becomes a lasting source of homegrown goodness. Enjoy the sweet reward of a bountiful harvest, far surpassing store-bought produce. Read on for some of our favorite peach varieties to grow in Virginia. Growing Your Own Peaches Peaches are considered the \u201cqueen\u201d of the fruits and second only to apples in&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/blog\/fruit-trees-peaches\/\">Read More <i class=\"fas fa-angle-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12763,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,196,37],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Best Peach Varieties to Grow in Virginia | Meadows Farms<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover the best peach varieties to grow in VA, WV, MD and DC in this expert guide from the horticulture experts at Meadows Farms.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/blog\/fruit-trees-peaches\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Best Peach Varieties to Grow in Virginia | Meadows Farms\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Discover the best peach varieties to grow in VA, WV, MD and DC in this expert guide from the horticulture experts at Meadows Farms.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/blog\/fruit-trees-peaches\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Meadows Farms Nurseries and Landscaping\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-01T17:15:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-11-12T18:00:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/fruit-tree-hero-banner.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Meadows Farms\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/blog\/fruit-trees-peaches\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/blog\/fruit-trees-peaches\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Meadows Farms\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/#\/schema\/person\/57d41663229c8d4d0da1d3924a10beb8\"},\"headline\":\"Peach Varieties to Grow in Virginia\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-01T17:15:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-12T18:00:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/blog\/fruit-trees-peaches\/\"},\"wordCount\":190,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/blog\/fruit-trees-peaches\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/fruit-tree-hero-banner.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Plant Highlights\",\"Plant Variety Guides\",\"Trees &amp; Shrubs\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/blog\/fruit-trees-peaches\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/blog\/fruit-trees-peaches\/\",\"name\":\"The Best Peach Varieties to Grow in Virginia | Meadows Farms\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/blog\/fruit-trees-peaches\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/blog\/fruit-trees-peaches\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/fruit-tree-hero-banner.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-01T17:15:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-12T18:00:24+00:00\",\"description\":\"Discover the best peach varieties to grow in VA, WV, MD and DC in this expert guide from the horticulture experts at Meadows Farms.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/blog\/fruit-trees-peaches\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/blog\/fruit-trees-peaches\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/blog\/fruit-trees-peaches\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/fruit-tree-hero-banner.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/fruit-tree-hero-banner.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":300},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/blog\/fruit-trees-peaches\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Plant Variety Guides\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/blog\/category\/plant-variety-guides\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Peach Varieties to Grow in Virginia\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/\",\"name\":\"Meadows Farms Nurseries and Landscaping\",\"description\":\"A full-service Garden Center with 18 retail locations in Virginia, Maryland, and West Virginia.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Meadows Farms Nurseries and Landscaping\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/meadows-farms-tagline.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/meadows-farms-tagline.png\",\"width\":257,\"height\":190,\"caption\":\"Meadows Farms Nurseries and Landscaping\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/#\/schema\/person\/57d41663229c8d4d0da1d3924a10beb8\",\"name\":\"Meadows Farms\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Best Peach Varieties to Grow in Virginia | Meadows Farms","description":"Discover the best peach varieties to grow in VA, WV, MD and DC in this expert guide from the horticulture experts at Meadows Farms.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/blog\/fruit-trees-peaches\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Best Peach Varieties to Grow in Virginia | Meadows Farms","og_description":"Discover the best peach varieties to grow in VA, WV, MD and DC in this expert guide from the horticulture experts at Meadows Farms.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/blog\/fruit-trees-peaches\/","og_site_name":"Meadows Farms Nurseries and Landscaping","article_published_time":"2024-05-01T17:15:29+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-11-12T18:00:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":300,"url":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/fruit-tree-hero-banner.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Meadows Farms","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/blog\/fruit-trees-peaches\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/blog\/fruit-trees-peaches\/"},"author":{"name":"Meadows Farms","@id":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/#\/schema\/person\/57d41663229c8d4d0da1d3924a10beb8"},"headline":"Peach Varieties to Grow in Virginia","datePublished":"2024-05-01T17:15:29+00:00","dateModified":"2024-11-12T18:00:24+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/blog\/fruit-trees-peaches\/"},"wordCount":190,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/blog\/fruit-trees-peaches\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/fruit-tree-hero-banner.jpg","articleSection":["Plant Highlights","Plant Variety Guides","Trees &amp; Shrubs"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/blog\/fruit-trees-peaches\/","url":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/blog\/fruit-trees-peaches\/","name":"The Best Peach Varieties to Grow in Virginia | Meadows Farms","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/blog\/fruit-trees-peaches\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/blog\/fruit-trees-peaches\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/fruit-tree-hero-banner.jpg","datePublished":"2024-05-01T17:15:29+00:00","dateModified":"2024-11-12T18:00:24+00:00","description":"Discover the best peach varieties to grow in VA, WV, MD and DC in this expert guide from the horticulture experts at Meadows Farms.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/blog\/fruit-trees-peaches\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/blog\/fruit-trees-peaches\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/blog\/fruit-trees-peaches\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/fruit-tree-hero-banner.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/fruit-tree-hero-banner.jpg","width":1200,"height":300},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/blog\/fruit-trees-peaches\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Plant Variety Guides","item":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/blog\/category\/plant-variety-guides\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Peach Varieties to Grow in Virginia"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/","name":"Meadows Farms Nurseries and Landscaping","description":"A full-service Garden Center with 18 retail locations in Virginia, Maryland, and West Virginia.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/#organization","name":"Meadows Farms Nurseries and Landscaping","url":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/meadows-farms-tagline.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/meadows-farms-tagline.png","width":257,"height":190,"caption":"Meadows Farms Nurseries and Landscaping"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/#\/schema\/person\/57d41663229c8d4d0da1d3924a10beb8","name":"Meadows Farms","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12769"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12769"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16597,"href":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12769\/revisions\/16597"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}