Fruit Trees In The Suburbs
As with anything, if it looks good it will add to the value of your home. In prime real estate, many people are drawn to a few trees that bear fruit. You’ll find this to be more popular in the suburbs and in well maintained neighborhoods. Trees in general offer shade and the novelty of fruit is appealing.
Millennial buyers are smart today about the environmental changes, climate change and sustainability. These types of upgrades, as well as others, seem to influence the savvy new buyer out there. Besides the fruit, the younger generation appreciates saving the bees, struggling to survive and drawn to the fruit. The Arbor Day Foundation suggests that a few fruit trees placed away from your windows and doors can add up to 10 – 15% value on your home in many cases. Depending upon the type of fruit tree, it can also attract butterflies and they are aware that the Monarch Butterfly is also on the verge of extinction. Trees clean the air by removing carbon dioxide and releasing clean oxygen into the environment. Fruit trees also improve the quality of the soil by balancing nitrates and making the soil more fertile.
Besides the millennial’s’ interest in the environmental future and how they can contribute, they want a home they can enjoy. Fruit trees in warm, sunny climates add ornamental value and, thus may add value to residential property, especially during spring months. Prior to producing fruit, you can enjoy colorful tree flowers with a sweet aroma. The U.S. Department of Agriculture advises you are able to plant trees such as apple, banana, mango, cherry, blackberry, and fig to thrive in zones 9 through 11 as they are hardy plants. Those are areas with lots of sun (not extreme desert). The easiest trees to care for are citrus trees; thus, probably the most popular in the suburbs of states such as California and Florida are lemon, lime, and orange trees. Those particular citrus trees don’t require regular pruning to stay healthy and they produce fruit often, but you may want to trim them to maintain their best appearance. Citrus trees offer wonderful shade once fully grown and many home buyers are attracted to those colorful trees. All that shade can help keep your property cooler, which can also help keep your utilities lower.
The only negative is those few buyers that don’t want fruit trees because they don’t want to care for the fruit. They feel they won’t consume it and it will fall to the ground to rot. These people may not have interest. Probably a fruit tree won’t sell in a downtown apartment because there’s no yard. That’s why this blog is about the suburbs. All in all it works out, adding value to your property. Most people like it and some don’t. However, the younger buyer definitely has shown interest in fruit trees. The older buyer seems drawn to the citrus trees, as they are easier to care for, yet they enjoy that particular fruit. Berry bearing fruits take more work so those that enjoy light gardening or can afford a gardener are the buyers that love those fruit trees. They are a particular novelty other homes don’t offer.
All trees have things to offer your property and perhaps there will be a blog about that in the future, but fruit bearing trees are so much fun. Your own fruit is simply tastier. You’ve enjoyed watching it develop the entire time and now you can cook with it, eat it raw, share it with neighbors and friends. It’s the best!