Bloom Color: Pink. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Rounded.
Prunus armeniaca is a deciduous Tree growing to 9 m by 6 m at a medium rate.
It is hardy to zone 5 and is not frost tender. It is in flower from March to April, and the seeds ripen from July to September. The species is hermaphrodite and is pollinated by Insects. The plant is self-fertile.
Suitable for: light and medium soils and prefers well-drained soil. Suitable pH: acid, neutral and basic soils. It can grow in semi-shade or no shade. It prefers moist soil.
Global Fruit Crop Industrial Crop: Oil Management: Standard Staple Crop: Protein-oil
Landscape Uses:Specimen. Requires a well-drained moisture retentive fertile soil in a warm sunny position. Succeeds in light shade but fruits better in a sunny position. Thrives in a loamy soil, doing well on limestone. Prefers some chalk in the soil but is apt to become chlorotic if too much is present. Prefers a pH in the range 6.5 to 7.5. Dislikes clay soils. Intolerant of saline soils. Trees drop their fruit buds if there is a summer drought. The apricot is widely cultivated for its edible fruit in temperate areas that have long hot summers, there are many named varieties. The tree is perfectly hardy in Britain but it usually flowers very early in the spring and the flowers are then liable to be destroyed by frosts. It really requires a more continental climate than it gets in Britain. However, if given the benefit of a south or west facing wall and some protection from frosts when it is in flower, reasonable crops can usually be produced in southern England. The plants are self-fertile, but hand pollination would be advisable since they are normally flowering before many pollinating insects are active. In Britain apricots are usually grown on plum rootstocks, 'St. Julien A' is the most widely used. The dwarfing rootstock 'Pixie' is also a possibility, but this must be double worked with 'St. Julien A' because it is incompatible with apricots. Any pruning should be carried out in the summer to allow rapid healing and therefore less risk of infection. Oats should not be grown near apricots because their roots have an antagonistic effect on the roots of the apricot. Tomatoes and potatoes are also bad companions for apricots. If nasturtiums are grown under apricots they will make the fruit less palatable to insects, though this is not detectable by the human palate. Most members of this genus are shallow-rooted and will produce suckers if the roots are damaged. Plants in this genus are notably susceptible to honey fungus. Special Features:
Edible, Not North American native, All or parts of this plant are poisonous, Fragrant flowers, Attractive flowers or blooms. The plant is heat tolerant in zones 8 through 1. .
At this temperature, many plants begin to suffer physiological damage. Heat Zones range from 1 to 12 .
For example Heat Zone. 11-1 indicates that the plant is heat tolerant in zones 11 through 1.) For polyculture design as well as the above-ground architecture information on the habit and root pattern is also useful and given here if available. The plant growth habit is a standard with a non-suckering single trunk .
HabitatsWoodland Garden Secondary
HabitatsSunny Edge
HabitatsDappled Shade
HabitatsSouth Wall. By. West Wall. By.
HabitatsWoodland Garden Secondary
HabitatsSunny Edge
HabitatsDappled Shade
HabitatsSouth Wall. By. West Wall. By.
Resources
8368s
Hoja de recomendaciones para los Jardineros Maestros de California Publicación 8368-S / Agosto 2008
University of California
https://anrcatalog.ucanr.edu/pdf/8368s.pdf8368s
Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources8368s
Hoja de recomendaciones para los Jardineros Maestros de California Publicación 8368-S / Agosto 2008
University of California, Agriculture and natural resources
University of California
Division of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesApricot Diseases Identification Sheet
ATTRA Identif ication Sheet
There are several key diseases that aff ect apricot production. Use this handy guide to help identify some diseases and tohttps://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/download.php?id=485Apricot Diseases Identification SheetApricot Diseases Identification Sheet
ATTRA Identif ication Sheet
ATTRAhttps://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/download.php
There are several key diseases that aff ect apricot production. Use this handy guide to help identify some diseases and toApricot Diseases Identification Sheet
ATTRA Identif ication Sheet
ATTRAhttps://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/download.php
There are several key diseases that aff ect apricot production. Use this handy guide to help identify some diseases and toApricot Diseases Identification Sheet
ATTRA Identif ication Sheet
ATTRAhttps://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/download.php
There are several key diseases that aff ect apricot production. Use this handy guide to help identify some diseases and to
Major pests
- Adelphocoris lineolatus
Adoxophyes orana
Alternaria tenuissima
Anarsia lineatella
Apiognomonia erythrostoma
Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus
Apple mosaic virus
Apple stem grooving virus
Apricot latent virus
Apricot ring pox and cherry twisted leaf diseases
Armillaria mellea
Aromia bungii
Bactrocera dorsalis
Brachycaudus schwartzi
Candidatus Phytoplasma phoenicium
Carpophilus
Carpophilus hemipterus
Ceratitis quinaria
Ceratocystis fimbriata
Cherry virus A
Choreutis pariana
Commelina benghalensis
Commelina diffusa
Conotrachelus nenuphar
Cornu aspersum
Cydia pomonella
Diaporthe eres
Epiphyas postvittana
Euproctis chrysorrhoea
Eutypa lata
Forficula auricularia
Frankliniella occidentalis
Grapholita funebrana
Grapholita molesta
Hoplocampa
Hyalopterus pruni
Macrophomina phaseolina
Monilia polystroma
Monilinia fructigena
Monilinia laxa
Myzus persicae
Naupactus xanthographus
Paratrichodorus porosus
Peach yellows phytoplasma
Phytophthora cryptogea
Phytophthora megasperma
Phytoplasma prunorum
Plum bark necrosis stem pitting-associated virus
Plum pox virus
Podosphaera clandestina var. clandestina
Podosphaera tridactyla
Polygonum aviculare
Pratylenchus penetrans
Pratylenchus vulnus
Proeulia auraria
Proeulia chrysopteris
Prune dwarf virus
Pseudaulacaspis pentagona
Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae
Rhizobium radiobacter
Rhizobium rhizogenes
Saturnia pyri
Sphaerolecanium prunastri
Strawberry latent ringspot virus
Thrips flavus
Tomato ringspot virus
Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni
Xiphinema americanum
Xyleborus dispar
Xylosandrus germanus
Xylotrechus namanganensis
Minor pests
- Aeolesthes sarta
Anastrepha fraterculus
Anoplophora chinensis
Aphis gossypii
Aphis spiraecola
Apiosporina morbosa
Aporia crataegi
Archips fuscocupreanus
Argyrotaenia citrana
Aspergillus niger
Bactrocera jarvisi
Bactrocera neohumeralis
Bactrocera tryoni
Blumeriella jaapii
Botryosphaeria obtusa
Botryotinia fuckeliana
Cadra cautella
Caliroa cerasi
Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris
Carposina sasakii
Ceratitis capitata
Ceratitis rosa
Ceroplastes destructor
Cherry green ring mottle virus
Cherry necrotic rusty mottle virus
Cherry rusty mottle disease
Chinavia hilaris
Colletotrichum fioriniae
Corcyra cephalonica
Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus
Cydia latiferreana
Drosophila suzukii
Erwinia amylovora
Eulecanium tiliae
Grapholita prunivora
Hemicriconemoides mangiferae
Hop stunt viroid
Indarbela quadrinotata
Iphiclides podalirius
Leucoptera malifoliella
Lymantria dispar
Lymantria monacha
Malacosoma parallela
Monilinia fructicola
Myzus mumecola
Operophtera brumata
Orgyia leucostigma
Orobanche aegyptiaca
Orobanche cernua
Orobanche ramosa
Peach latent mosaic viroid
Peach rosette phytoplasma
Penicillium expansum
Peridroma saucia
Phytophthora cactorum
Phytophthora cambivora
Phytophthora citrophthora
Phytophthora nicotianae
Phytophthora tropicalis
Phytoplasma mali
Phytoplasma pruni
Podosphaera pannosa
Prunus necrotic ringspot virus
Pseudomonas viridiflava
Pterochloroides persicae
Rhagoletis pomonella
Rosellinia necatrix
Rotylenchulus reniformis
Scutellonema brachyurus
Stigmina carpophila
Synanthedon exitiosa
Taphrina deformans
Urophorus humeralis
Xiphinema index
Xyleborinus saxesenii