Selecting the Best Almond Tree for the Desert

Read along while you listen to my podcast on Desert Horticulture.

Almonds – Most almonds do extremely well in southern Nevada and make excellent landscape trees.

Recommended rootstock: Nemaguard but others have performed adequately over the long term.

Top Choice

·       All in One – Genetic Dwarf, Self pollinating

·       Garden Prince – Genetic Dwarf, Self pollinating, flowers white with purple

Notable Mention

·       Price

·       Nonpariel

Under Review

·       Carmel

·       Neplus Ultra

The stage in almond growth when green almonds are harvested

Peach twig borer infesting the outer husk on almond

 

The stage of growth when I like to harvest almonds because the kernel has nearly dried and they are easy to split. This is also the stage when ground squirrels like them.