That's a beauty....what a bounty of fruit! I can't even imagine how loud that tree is when it's full of flowers and bees, it must be awesome.

They are tasty too. Refreshing. Why something so easy to grow and attractive gets sort of snubbed by fruit growers is a mystery to me.

This is very much a matter of personal opinion but I think they are overrated. But then again they're not that uncommon around here. For someone in a colder climate loquat might be an exotic tropical that is within the realm of possibility to grow. The trees are certainly easy to grow and low maintenance (besides being potentially messy with all the little fruits dropping).

The problem is..most tree's are seed grown ornamentals. Cultivated grafted tree's have MUCH better fruit. "Gold Nugget" is juicy and sweet- sort of like Apricot. I just dont have room for these fast and big for my small yard tree's.

My neighbor has a large tree that hangs over into my yard and while I'm not opposed to the fruit itself, I find the fruit to seed ratio unappealing, it is constantly shedding something year round, houses noisy birds, and my Boston Terrier can't resist them leaving the pits all over my house!

They reseed all over. The fruit attracts rats and other vermin.

The non-edible fruit version (Eriobotrya delflexa) is more attractive and without the fruit problems.

If you dont like them,dont plant them.

I don't dislike them really, but don't have any in my yard because I think there are nicer trees. Unfortunately, that does not stop the corvids from picking the fruit from elsewhere and eating it on our property. The driveway, roof, etc. get peppered with half-eaten fruit and pits. So at certain hunks of the year, I do dislike them.

Almost everything living has a drawback...but that's stretching it that some are taken and eaten on your property. That's like "I hate birds" because they poop when nesting in my tree's...

Beats me why people hate Loquat and why I posted it. To each his own taste.

>:( Well you aren't the one that has to regularly get out multiple ladders to clean them off of the second story roof, so they don't attract rats.

My mother had a grafted loquat tree. It grew vigorously and the fruit was not bad. But I eventually removed it from her yard for the reason that is obvious in the photo. It produced massive quantities of fruit that matured all at once. There was no way she could, or would want to, eat it all. So most of it ended up on the ground making a mess. Even though I find the fruit from a grafted, named variety to be good I would never plant one in my yard, unless some day I move to several acres with room to spare. It's just too much of an OK thing.

That particular neighborhood had many Loquats in it. As a matter of fact there were quite a few yards that were of edible plants.

Its like Citrus tree's..I see them loaded with fruit and you know nobody is eating the ones on the ground.

I think Avocado's is the only fruit tree that can never have too many...people will take all the extra's you have!

True, but citrus stays on the tree for a long time and the ones that drop are numbered in maybe a few dozen while loquats on a mature tree are easily several hundred. And then they all mature and start dropping within a few weeks, it's feast or famine.

But please, don't stop posting the photos, I really enjoy the great variety of things you see and appreciate that you take the time to photograph and post.

But that's the problem for the grower. Plenty of plants neglected become problem plants- I could name a hundred just to start. If your neighbor had a tree that encroaches- they dont care if you cut it at the fence. Never heard of any Loquat complaints.

I just saw a vid a few months ago of a home in Arizona that had 4 or 5, 20-30' maybe Mango tree's and the older couple said that those too high and ripe..just fall with a splat onto the concrete.

Loquat's have no commercial appeal and like you said they bare all quickly. Not perfect plants. But people who do like them plant them.

If you really,really,really,really,really,want to hate Loquats? I guess I can't stop you all-lol. wink.