Peach, Red Haven

Red Haven Peach

‘Red Haven’ is a classic deciduous fruit tree producing medium-sized yellow-fleshed peaches with red-over-yellow skin. The fruit is firm, juicy, flavorful, and freestone to semi-freestone depending on ripeness, making it useful for fresh eating, canning, freezing, baking, and preserves. It blooms with showy pink flowers in spring before green foliage develops, then ripens a dependable midseason crop. ‘Redhaven’ is widely grown in home orchards and is noted as a heavy-bearing, self-fertile peach cultivar.

Type: Deciduous fruit tree / peach
Mature Size: 12–15 ft. wide × 12–15 ft. tall on many semi-dwarf rootstocks; dwarf forms can often be maintained around 8–10 ft. tall and wide with pruning
USDA Zones: 5a–8b; may be grown into zone 4b with protection in favorable sites
Form: Rounded, spreading fruit tree
Light: Full sun
Soil / Water: Fertile, well-drained soil; consistent average moisture during establishment and fruit development; avoid wet or poorly drained sites
Bloom Time / Length: Spring; pink blossoms are showy but can be damaged by late frost
Fruit Time: Midseason, commonly mid to late July depending on region
Wildlife: Flowers attract bees and other pollinating insects; ripe fruit may attract birds, squirrels, raccoons, and other wildlife

Features & Landscape Uses:
Excellent for home orchards, edible landscapes, backyard fruit gardens, sunny borders, and traditional fruit plantings. ‘Red Haven’ is especially useful where a dependable, self-fertile yellow peach is wanted. It is considered a reliable producer and is often recommended for fresh eating as well as kitchen use.

Care:
Plant in full sun with good air circulation. Prune annually during dormancy to maintain an open-center shape, control size, and encourage productive young wood. Thin fruit after set to improve peach size and reduce limb breakage; ‘Redhaven’ can produce heavy crops, so thinning is important. Watch for common peach issues such as peach leaf curl, brown rot, bacterial spot, borers, plum curculio, and late-frost flower damage.

Pollination:
Self-fertile / self-pollinating, so one tree can produce fruit; another compatible peach nearby may improve crop size and consistency.

Chill Requirement:
Commonly listed around 800–950 chill hours, depending on source and nursery strain.

Plant type

Fruit Tree

Height

12-15'

Width

12-15'

Hardiness zones

5–8

Sunlight

Full Sun

Growth rate

Moderate

Bloom time

Spring

Leaf color

Dark Spring Green

Attracts

Bees, Birds, Butterflies

Soil

Moist well-drained, Rich

Landscape use

Accent Plant, Fruit, Home Orchard

Shape

Rounded, Spreading Canopy

Fruit

Yes

Fragrant

Yes

Drought tolerant

No