Free Top 10 Starter Fruit Trees for Arizona's Zone 9b

Start your food forest with the trees that thrive here.

Zone 9b in the Phoenix low desert is one of the most productive growing zones in North America — but only if you plant the right trees. This free guide is my shortlist of the ten varieties I'd start with: the easiest to grow, the most forgiving for beginners, and the lowest-effort on flood irrigation.

• ✓10 beginner-friendly varieties that thrive on flood irrigation in the low desert.
• ✓Specific cultivar recommendations (the exact varieties, not just "plant citrus").
• ✓My notes on each variety — including the ones I grow anyway even though they're not my favorite.

Based on what's growing in my own flood irrigated backyard in Mesa, Arizona.