5 Fruit Bearing Plants Worth Growing Around Your Home!

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Are you looking to grow fruit at home? If so, figuring out what fruit bearing plants to grow can be daunting. Not all fruit bearing plants require the same maintenance and skill level and in this video I show you the best ones to get started with!
Hi!
My name is Justin and I have my managed my family's business (S&K Greenhouse) for the last 10 years! It is a local garden center in Shelby, NC that my family started around 25 years ago.
We have a strong desire to discuss and teach gardening to the online community and welcome anyone who wants to learn. Though we have been involved in the plant world for decades we have found that there is always something to learn when it comes to gardening.
Whether you are a master gardener or just starting out this channel is for you. Thank you so much for taking the time to watch our videos!

[@sammymug29]

Justin’s random “handstands, backflips & drop and rolls” always catch me off guard 😂😂🤣🤣 Love your energy dude. Great info on the plants

[@RealALSK]

Thank you Sammy ❤

[@ontherocks1491]

I drove to this place from charlotte well worth the drive the conifers where amazing. I will definitely be back.

[@RealALSK]

Thank you so much ❤ 🥹

[@yankeeredneck6017]

I love plums!!!!! Hey man I’m in Johnston County and just found wild blueberries on my land.

[@skgreenhouse]

That's awesome! Can't beat that. Thanks for taking the time to comment!

[@subritton2079]

My brother and I grew up eating plums from the tree in our family's back garden. Lovely straight off the tree.

[@tesswagner895]

We love plums!!!! Green Gage, Santa Rosa, President, and Italian (prune) plums are our favorites. We don't have any but I have friends who have more than they can eat who share. Thanks for sharing about fruit. They are also so beautiful when the bloom in the spring 💞

[@hopeinthesouth]

Thanks for this video!! Its timed perfectly. Last year I planted blackberries, cherries x2, banana x2, nectarines 🤞, mandarin 🤞. Gonna add blueberries and maybe a dwarf apple. I'm working on turning our old trampoline into a hoop greenhouse for the veggies. Your videos are always straight to the point with as little fluff as possible. From a mom of 4 kids, thank you. 😄 🤘🫶

[@mandaayyy3367]

New subscriber from South Carolina! I love your videos and your energy! You've really helped my beginner gardening! 😁🪴🌿🍅🍊🌻

[@skgreenhouse]

Awesome!!! Thanks for tuning in! 🙏 Glad I could help!

[@billytingen3567]

Great video Justin. Yep, I enjoyed the roll....you always make such informative and lighthearted videos. I grew up in Alabama and plums grew by the side of many back roads. So plentiful and So delicious. I have planted 6 Peach trees which are doing well and 6 apple trees which have been affected here in Kentucky by Cedar Apple Rust. I sprayed with Copper solution and will again in the spring. I was very sad. They looked Great in the Spring and then they Didn't. Maybe I'll try plums. Thanks Man! Cheers!!

[@skgreenhouse]

Hey Billy that's awesome, didn't know you had so many fruit trees! Wow!

[@greenthumbelina7331]

Justin, I planted a plum tree 20-some years ago, and the plums were so delicious, however, it had to be removed when strong winds (actually a tornado aloft) broke it off at the ground. We also lost our dwarf cherry tree in that freak storm. Most fruit trees and berry shrubs don't do well in my heavy clay soil... so now, the only fruits I grow are strawberries, in a raised bed. I hope you're having a great week! ~Margie 🤗🌱🍓

[@Oceansand98]

We have 2 peach trees and 2 blueberry bushes we bought from you last fall. Also added strawberry plants. My husband just covered everything to protect from the freeze expected tonight! So far, so good! Love the videos; I'm learning so much. Maybe one day we'll add a plum tree - I love plums!

[@joytotheworld2100]

I love your passion! It's contagious

[@leeparker3159]

I had a plum tree in my yard in California, the only problem with the plums Phil, they’re clogged up the filter in my pool! But they tasted wonderful!

[@TnOrchidguy]

Thank you, brother, thank you.

[@cindyl3916]

You’re so good at packing in all the pertinent and a ton more of essential information for success in such a compact way…iYou’re a great presenter, Thank you!

[@leokno2144]

We love your videos!

[@user-zu6tt8xg4i]

I love plum!

[@FourSeasonFarming]

Perfect idea I planted a few numbers of fruit 🍎 trees inside the greenhouse and wanted to see which one works better

[@leeparker3159]

Yes, I have eaten palms many of time, when I lived in California I had a plum tree and unfortunately I dropped a plum into my pool was clogged up the filter, but I still love plums!

[@leeparker3159]

Plums

[@brada3]

Hey Justin, love your videos. Yes, I have tried plums before and I enjoy them. After this video, I think that’s the fruit tree I want to plant in my new yard. Just have to make sure the conditions are right for it. Thanks and keep up the good work.

[@skgreenhouse]

Thank you so much! I don't think you'd be disappointed. Plums are definitely worth it. They're so much better fresh off the tree than what you find in grocery stores.

[@m.coulter3419]

Love plums but don’t see them in the grocery store as much these days. Inspired to plant a couple trees now!

[@chriswhinery925]

Even if I had a lot of yard I think I'd just go with the dwarf varieties of fruit trees. I don't need 500 pounds of apples every year and I don't want to have to break out the ladder every time I go out to pick one :P.

[@yellowdog762jb]

Great suggestions! I have Arapahoe blackberries, they are very good. Apache is also. Both are thornless, which makes netting them much easier than thorny varieties. # 6 for me would be figs. They are great fresh or cut in half and dried in a dehydrator. # 7 Fruit recommendation is Fuyu Asian persimmon. They are great straight off the tree, plus if you slice them in thin wafers, they dehydrate well so you can enjoy them later. The dried wafers are delicious by themselves, or chopped and added to cereal or salads. Apples don't do well in my area, SE Texas, zone 9b. Persimmons take their place for me. Peaches, nectarines, and citrus also do well here. Table grapes don't do well either due to Pierce's disease. Thanks for a good video.

[@diannadowney7633]

Love plums

[@roxanaprundaru1786]

Bravo! România

[@bowler8]

I have a semi-dwarf beverly hills apple tree...got 50lb of apples last year

[@laurieyagmur3690]

Love plums!

[@spiritsbeyondthestars3493]

Yes I have ate a plum.

[@skgreenhouse]

Did you like it??

[@aishadurst136]

You should also look to see which fruits grow native to you. They do well and help the native pollinators

[@MrEunderwood]

Dang man.. I'm growing everything on the list! I thought for sure you would've had persimmons on there. Pomegranate, figs, strawberries and passion fruit would have been worthwhile additions too! I'd be interested to hear your take on what nut trees/shrubs grow best in the south.

[@RealALSK]

We do carry strawberries! ❤️

[@jenniferhooks2454]

Do you have a suggestion for dwarf apple trees?

[@carriemacy2679]

I have an old plum tree in my yard and no one else in the neighborhood has one. It is very productive but the raccoons and squirrels get most of them.

[@leeparker3159]

I love plums, I had one in my yard in California, but the only problem it will drop palms in my pool and stop up the filter! Lol

[@katieloovis]

Hi Justin - great list! I wonder what you think of pawpaws, which are also fruit bearing, native, and I believe somewhat deer resistant and shade tolerant. I'm testing a half-dozen on my property (zone 7, chapel hill).

[@zoewhite7705]

Surprised by the question about plums - are they less common in the US? I know currants are quite unknown there due to them being banned for a long time, but hadn't realised plums were considered unusual.

[@yellowdog762jb]

The plums in the stores are picked early. While they look ripe, they are often very sour. So most folks that have only had store bought ones don't have a good impression of them. Store bought peaches and nectarines are only slightly better. I have both, and it's ridiculous how sweet and juicy tree ripened fruit is. I have 2 young plums also, I'm hoping for fruit next year. I love fruit, but I don't think that I've ever had a current.

[@zoewhite7705]

@@yellowdog762jb We have the same problem in the UK with store bought plums for much of the year when they’re shipped in from overseas and are rock hard. When our own plums are in season though, totally different story. So delicious. A lot of gardens have a plum tree here too, most commonly Victoria. Re currants, they can be a bit tart so are generally used to make jams and jellies and desserts, rather than just eaten by the handful. Very high in vitamin c and other good stuff. We all grew up drinking a blackcurrant cordial called Ribena which is probably what the fruit is most known for 😂

[@yellowdog762jb]

@@zoewhite7705 Sounds similar to elderberry, which is starting to be offered more commonly in my area. We're a Eat It Fresh off the tree for the most part. Although we like to dehydrate figs and sliced persimmons.

[@kathypittman5854]

Plum jelly is delicious!

[@slomo1716]

Great video about fruiting plants, but I'm all about the strawberry. Thanks for helping me with my guilt about allowing a blueberry plant to die, because I forgot to plant it, and only had one. I would never have gotten any berries, because I needed two for cross pollination. Thanks!

[@RealALSK]

🍓🤤

[@yellowdog762jb]

Some rabbit eye blueberries are partially self fertile, but 2 is still better. You might look into a fruit tree on dwarfing rootstock if space is limited. If you are in the south, Satsumas (tangerine), fuyu persimmon, and peach/nectarines all can be had on dwarfing rootstock. Most are self fertile, but double check your variety. Buy it from a locally owned nursery, not a box store.

[@shirleywade9073]

Love eating fresh plums

[@tbirdlouise]

This is very apt timing. Two questions. Will jonagold and Fuji pollinate each other? Where’s the best place to get dwarf/semidrawf apples online or do you ship?

[@debbiep7419]

New to NC last year from CA. Tried some blackberries last year but lost them all to bugs, squirrels and sun scald (and not sweet like the ones I had in CA); not replanting. I put in blueberries last fall and they are covered in buds and flowers right now. I did cover them during the hard freeze in Dec and again right now cuz I don't want to lose the flowers. Should they always be covered for frost/freeze? Do Braeburn apples grow well here and, if so, what would be a good pollinator (not crabapple) for them? Love your enthusiastic, to the point videos!

[@passuoutnw]

Methley plums are self-fertile although they will more fruit if pollinated with another Japanese variety.

[@gregreed329]

Hi Justin, Great video on fruiting trees and berries. I planted two peach, two plumbs, two blueberries, two baby cake blackberries and two raspberries, and three apple trees two years ago. All doing well. North Georgia. What do you think about pink lady and gala apples? This question is off subject but I want to ask you, are Japanese privet shrubs very cold 🥶 tolerant? Thank you, 😊 Greg

[@amyhoff1501]

Loved this video but not sure if the information is for me in Massachusetts also

[@OriginalLacytoo]

Justin love your tips and analytics on southern plants! I have a fig and plan to get a couple paw-paws along with plums. Do you know paw-paws (not relatives)? I would love to see something on flowering annuals for both shade and sun! I’m having trouble deciding how to accent and mix colors. Thx!

[@yankeeredneck6017]

I wish they told me I needed 2plum trees when I bought the one that flowers stupendously but gives me no fruit. I was ready to pull it out!😢

[@yellowdog762jb]

Join a local fruit tree club and get a cutting from a complimentary variety. Then graft on a section or two to your existing tree. That should take care of your lack of cross pollination. But you need to get a variety that blooms at the same time as your current tree. Someone local can help you. You'll be eating fruit in a year.

[@yankeeredneck6017]

@@yellowdog762jb thank you! Great idea.

[@michelelara5982]

I was thinking of getting a mandarin page citrus tree but in a container.

[@theamoore6787]

Do you have prunus persica bonfire. We have one that is getting a little old. Lots of babies pop up (thanks to the squirrels) but it looks better on a grafted standard.

[@zinnia3190]

I planted Ouchita Thornless blackberries last year. What late Winter/early Spring maintenance should I do for them? I'm training them along a fence. Thanks!

[@roxanadcortessoto6440]

I have 2 plums trees from last year. Are full of flowers. Also, I have a peach tree, and this tree has something sticky brown in the middle of the lateral branch. How can I cure this part, or is better just cut the branch?

[@melissapratt6737]

I'm in NC zone 7. When is the best time to prune blueberry bushes?

[@bowler8]

Are you sure its February there....I'm in zone 7 and no t-shirts and sunglasses in February

[@aristjohns4288]

Decades ago, we had Stanley plums,they seemed to be disease prone. Are newer varieties more resistant?

[@angelap7342]

I’m in zone 8 and was thinking about planting a nectarine tree and paw paw. Are these hard to grow in your experience?

[@sporeomega300]

What are your thoughts on cherry trees? Are they high maintenance? Easy to grow? I have been eyeing them for a couple of seasons now but haven’t pulled the trigger yet.

[@LilChelle]

Love plums ! Can’t find the type that used to grow wild here anymore and I’m unsure of name. They were small about the size of the 50 cent gum balls and close to the size of a ping pong ball. They’re super juicy, red with a golden blush. The closest I’ve been able to find to them are the verycherry plums. I’d love to plant some fig trees and yellow teardrop mangoes as well. Currently I have these trees, bushes & vines: Orange Lemon Pear Peach Persimmon Grape (muscadine) Blueberry Pineapple (still a baby) Blackberries Do you know the name of the plums I’m talking about? Any tips on fig trees? Thank you

[@yellowdog762jb]

Someone local to you could probably help if they knew your location. Wild plums grow in many parts of the US. But the varieties vary.

[@LilChelle]

@@yellowdog762jb Ive spoken to every agricultural outlet I can and only people in their 70+’s even know which ones I’m talking about. Most people that had them chopped them down because they were a problem for them taking care of anymore but they never knew the name of them they just called them plums. I appreciate you trying to help. Just one of those things I guess I’ll have to let go of😒 Funny the things you miss that many will never get the chance to experience.

[@thebloomingidiot9715]

I love plums! Do you deliver? I’ll take two plum trees please.

[@katrynlord6516]

Plumtree I have is supposed to be self-pollinating but I haven't gotten any fruit

[@tallytally7]

Which of the plants mentioned is good for an African environment or soil

[@markwilliams-yr9gl]

I need some apple trees.

I bought two blueberry plant last year when it's already flowered and bear fruits that taste really good. This year, none of the blueberry plants flowering, do you have any idea why blueberry plants stop flowering? Thanks

[@codylodriguss7328]

When did Brandon Lake cut his hair?

[@RobinSmith-of4gl]

If I want to grow a blueberry bush in a container on my patio, what variety do I need that is self pollinating? Or do I need to be sure to grow two?

[@RealALSK]

We have a video on it! Make sure to check it!

[@trinastewart79]

I love plums! Question ... Can I dig up my four blueberry bushes to move to new property? They are 4 years old and not too big (3-4 ft tall). If yes, what's the best time to dig up in North GA?

[@RealALSK]

Fall!

[@bebobeggarly]

Are there shrubs or plants that can act as a retaining wall

[@RealALSK]

Plenty!

[@NancyRutland]

I’m originally from Mississippi we’re blueberries are one of our top exports, However we have huckleberries growing in the woods there that have at LEAST 10 times more flavor. Why do people not grow huckleberries or cross them with blueberries to make blueberries better? I would pay a huge price for huckleberries at the grocery store. I don’t even bother with blueberries, So if cost is the issue that may explain it but apparently I don’t think people have tasted huckleberries or they would know it’s the same difference between a potato and an apple Also what part of the south are you from I live in New Orleans and I don’t know if for example the apple trees you talked about today grow here. There’s all sorts of citrus fruit, but I’ve never seen an apple tree. That doesn’t mean there’s not any.

[@tarriehofman3431]

How do you prune blueberry plants

[@cornrpost9088]

What about figs?

[@myrnaghosh731]

Dallas is in what zone

[@RealALSK]

Dallas nc or Tx?