Grow giant delicious jujubes at home with this Shanxi Li Jujube tree, one of the largest and most popular Chinese date varieties available. Shanxi Li produces exceptionally large round fruit, often over 2 inches wide, with a crisp apple-like texture when fresh and rich sweetness that intensifies as the fruit dries. This highly productive and ornamental fruit tree is prized for its easy care, drought tolerance, and reliable harvests.

Perfect for fresh eating, drying, tea, desserts, snacks, and traditional recipes, Shanxi Li jujubes are excellent additions to backyard orchards, edible landscapes, and homestead gardens. The tree is self-fruitful and also serves as an excellent pollenizer for other jujube varieties, improving fruit set across multiple trees.

You will receive:
✔️ 1 bare root Shanxi Li Jujube tree
✔️ Healthy live fruit tree
✔️ Giant Chinese date variety
✔️ Secure packaging for safe shipping
✔️ US Seller

Growing Information

• Common Name: Shanxi Li Jujube
• Botanical Name: Ziziphus jujuba ‘Shanxi Li’
• Plant Type: Fruiting deciduous tree
• Growth Stage: Bare root starter tree
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Soil: Well-draining adaptable soil
• Watering: Moderate during establishment; drought tolerant once established
• Mature Height: Approximately 15–20 feet
• Fruit Size: Very large, often over 2 inches
• Fruit Shape: Round
• Fruit Flavor: Sweet apple-like flavor
• Harvest Season: Late summer to fall
• Pollination: Self-fruitful; excellent pollenizer for other jujubes
• Chill Hours Required: Approximately 200 hours
• Cold Hardiness: Hardy to USDA Zone 5
• Special Features: Large fruit, drought tolerant, productive, ornamental

Care Tip: Plant in full sun for best fruit sweetness and production. Jujube trees tolerate heat and drought well once established and require minimal maintenance compared to many fruit trees.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.