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Necta Zee Nectarine

Size Options: Mini-Dwarf (2'-3')
Original price $69.99 - Original price $69.99
Original price
$69.99
$69.99 - $69.99
Current price $69.99
SKU C585

Prunus persica var. nectarina 'Necta Zee'

Bred in California, nectarine 'Necta Zee' is a genetically dwarf variety, making it ideal for growing in containers! The delicious crop of nectarines can be harvested in August from an attractive 'mop head' of branches. Enjoy the exquisitely flavored, yellow-fleshed, red-skinned fruits on this beautiful, freestone, dwarf nectarine tree.

It will grow to about 5' tall and wide. Low chill; only 500 chill hours needed. On Lovell rootstock.

Cold Hardy to USDA Zone: 6

Mature Height:  5' (Mini Dwarf)

Sun: Full Sun

Ripening Time: August

Pollination: Self Fertile

Rootstock: Lovell

Read our Nectarine Growing Guide

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

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  • Are any of these Nectarines "Peach Leaf Curl" resistant?

    Not at all! You will need to spray or shelter them to grow them without leaf curl disease.

  • Is it too late to plant this tree in Arizona (may/june) since temps are in 90s-100s or would next year (feb/march) be safer?

    Yes that is too late. Planting in the spring is much safer and easier.

  • With regards to chilling hours, will this tree grow successfully in Southwestern Arizona (specifically Sierra Vista, AZ)?

    Necatzee needs 400 plus chilling hours. You would need to contact your local agriculture department to get the chilling hours for your area.

  • Does this tree require hours of cold stratification to fruit?

    Nectazee required 400+ chill hours to flower and fruit.

  • Is this tree self-pollinating?

    Yes this tree is self fertile.

  • How many chill hours?

    400+chilling hours - making them a great option in most of the United States.

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amy
Packed with care and settled in nicely with tons

Packed with care and settled in nicely growing tons of beautiful green leaves. It is an adorable little tree!

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Gabriel M.
doing great 4 years later

I live in seattle, and, with a couple properly timed copper fungicide applications, my tree is doing great. The fruit is delicious, and the tree has stayed quite small, 4ft tall and 4-5ft wide depending on if its bearing fruit. It hasnt needed any watering since 2019

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Tho T.
Zee nectarine

Very good!thanks so much

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Stuart F.
Beautiful specimen

The tree arrived in perfect condition and is a beautiful specimen

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Julie
If I had known how much I would like this tree, I

If I had known how much I would like this tree, I would have bought another. It arrived about two feet tall with lots of branches covered with buds. The roots on it were much larger than the tree. It's in full bloom now.

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Adison S.
Bundled Well

Customer service was very understanding in scheduling my plants to arrive before I was gone on a long trip. All plants bundled well in package. Still dormat, healthy and budding quickly. Very excited to watch them grow.

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Organic G.
difficult due to disease and pests

Purchased 2 a few years ago. They produced fruit one year, but then both have had issues with a borer into the trunk where it meets the soil. That borer killed one of the trees (orange jelly was inside the root mass). Then they both have had leaf curl, so am applying copper fungicide to the remaining one more than once to hope it helps. Hard to grow organically for this reason.

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Lisa R.
All three mini-dwarf Necta-Zee’s look ok

I ordered three neck disease and each one came about two weeks apart. The first was the smallest the third was the tallest. The first one is just beginning to leave out and I’ve had it for about a month. There’s just a little bit of green on the buds. I’m fairly certain they will all be OK as they look like they are simply dormant and are just beginning to wake up

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Ross E.
Great Little Dwarf Tree

The tree was delivered it good shape with only one snapped twig, and the rootstock is very well developed with a thick trunk and lots of roots. After only a week or two it's already leafing out!

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Cornelius

Beautiful trees bloomed and are doing very well

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Shelley B.
Dwarf nectarine

Bare root nectarine tree arrived in beautiful shape. Roots were healthy and moist. I soaked it in water for about an hour then immediately planted it. This was just a few days ago, but so far so good.

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Merrilee G.
Beautiful specimen

I am very pleased with the nectarine tree recently received. It has 3 main trunks and has already started to leaf out. Can hardly wait to taste the fruit.

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Christopher M.

Tree came in great condition

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Paul S.
Necta Zee

I bought a tree from Costco a week prior to my raintree order arriving. The roots were murdered, murdered! My necta zee arrived from raintree and I saw what a professional nursery is. Those were roots. Thanks for the great tree!

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Lewis C.
Snowy pick up

The crew at Raintree were kind and helped our pickup goes smoothly even though there was snow on the ground. Our nectarine tree is much more mature than expected (over half its end height) and we’ll branched. We are looking forward to a lively spring.

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Krisantia R.
Beyond expectations

I m a master gardener in Central NJ. This tree has exceeded my expectations and surprises many people. I posted pictures of it on a gardening group I belong to, a year after I planted it (spring 2020) with fruits hidden under the leaves, yet the tree is not even 4 feet tall (It is now July 2021). It is so short that I had a hard time taking pictures of the fruits that are very well hidden under the leaves. It is practically problem free in zone 7a. The only things I did to it is spraying it with dormant oil in March when leaves started to emerge and then put a net on it to protect the fruits from squirrels. And yes, I fertilized it with fertilizer spikes in spring this year. I m still waiting for the fruits to ripen.
So, Raintree, if you notice increased orders on this tree from customers in Central NJ, it might be because of my posting. I have recommended it and your nursery to many people.

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Krisantia R.
Beyond expectations

I m a master gardener in Central NJ. This tree has exceeded my expectations and surprises many people. I posted pictures of it on a gardening group I belong to, a year after I planted it (spring 2020) with fruits hidden under the leaves, yet the tree is not even 4 feet tall (It is now July 2021). It is so short that I had a hard time taking pictures of the fruits that are very well hidden under the leaves. It is practically problem free in zone 7a. The only things I did to it is spraying it with dormant oil in March when leaves started to emerge and then put a net on it to protect the fruits from squirrels. And yes, I fertilized it with fertilizer spikes in spring this year. I m still waiting for the fruits to ripen.
So, Raintree, if you notice increased orders on this tree from customers in Central NJ, it might be because of my posting. I have recommended it and your nursery to many people.