Integrated Pest Management · Agriculture and Natural Resources
University of California
Irrigating fruit and shade trees and shrubs
Different types of plants have different water needs. Too much or too little water damages or kills plants. Watering too frequently is common in established gardens and landscapes. Underwatering of the root zone is common in new plantings.
Learn and follow the irrigation rules of your water supplier, such as drought-related watering restrictions. If lawn watering is curtailed, trees and shrubs that rely on water applied to turfgrass may decline or die without supplemental irrigation.
Specific irrigation information based on plant type
- Caneberries
- Citrus and Avocados
- Fruit and nut trees (almonds, apples, apricots, cherries, figs, nectarines, peaches, pears, plums, prunes, walnuts)
- Grapes
- Landscape trees and shrubs
- Landscape trees and shrubs growing in lawns
- Strawberries
Additional information
- Estimating landscape water needs (UCR Center for Landscape and Urban Horticulture)
- Fruit and nut trees (UC Master Gardener Program)
- Grapes (UC Master Gardener Program)
- Landscape Irrigation Scheduling (UCD California Center for Urban Horticulture)
- Landscape Water Conservation and Management (UCR Center for Landscape and Urban Horticulture)
- Landscape Water Conservation Resources Map  (UCD California Center for Urban Horticulture)
