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Apricot Flavorcot
Apricot Flavorcot

Apricot Flavorcot

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SKU: PL30006259
bare root | Myrobalan root stock | 1.2m
£49.99
Available to order from autumn
9 litre pot | Myrobalan root stock |1.2m
£59.99
Available to order from summer
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Standard £5.99

Overview

The fruits are very large and juicy with a red blush and succulent, sweet orange flesh. Superb aromatic flavour. Specially bred for the cooler UK climate, to produce huge crops of large egg sized, delicious orange-red fruits with outstanding colour, texture and flavour. Being late flowering, Apricot 'Flavourcot'® is also frost resistant so you will always get a crop. We use a St.Julien A rootstock which limits the growth of the tree which not only makes it perfect for smaller gardens but has been proven to encourage better crops from the tree. The fruit not only tastes great in jams or preserves and cooking, but also tastes brilliant straight from the tree.


Q:Does Height Really Matter?

A: Not As Much As You Might Think...

One stand out specification that customers often use to judge the value of a tree is the height. So should height directly correlate with the price of a tree? No, not necessarily.
To an extent the height of a tree can give you a good indication of its maturity but you must not forget: To grow a productive, well shaped, healthy tree you must prune it back regularly, especially when young.
Our trees often grow up to 2m in the fields before we prune them back and package them ready to send out. This pruning encourages the tree to grow more, stronger branches and ensures there is a good balance between the root size and top growth. This ensures that your tree puts energy into establishing a healthy root base instead of supporting top growth, providing a better foundation for your tree in the future.
So, in summary: Don€„¢t let the extra 10/20cm you may find elsewhere sway you. You are likely to be paying extra for the delivery costs and, if you want a healthy tree in the long run, you€„¢re going to have to chop it off anyway!

Specifications

  • Arrives as: Bare root tree
  • Approx. Height on Arrival: 120-150cm (4-5 ft)
  • Approx. Age on Arrival: Tree is approx. 1 year old with a 2 year old rootstock
  • Approx. Growth Height: 3.5-4m
  • Rootstock: St Julien A Semi-dwarfing
  • Rate of Growth: Fast
  • Harvesting Period: August
  • Flower Colour:  White/pink
  • Foliage Colour: Green
  • Flowering Period: April
  • Tolerance: Prefers sun
  • Uses: Dessert
  • Hardiness: Fully hardy
  • Exposure: Sheltered
  • Self-fertilising: Yes
  • Scented: Barely
  • Wildlife friendly - attracts bees and other pollinating insects

Eventual height & spread

Eventual height and spread

Care guide

Water young trees regularly until roots are well established. Trim annually from mid to late summer. Apply some fertilizer in spring in order to promote healthy growth and a good crop. Optionally, mulch in spring. Check tree ties regularly and loosen any if necessary to avoid rubbing of the stems.

Advice on hot and droopy plants

If your plants are looking a little wilted right now, don't worry! Plants like to be filled with water to keep their structure, and when it's hot that water evaporates.

Just give them an off-schedule watering and they'll be right as rain in no time! Be careful not to flood them - plants don't like extremes.

Planting requirements

  • Light Requirements: Full sun
  • Soil Requirements: Almost all normal garden soil with pH 6.5 - 7.5
  • Moisture: Moist/ well-drained
  • Planting Distance: 5m

Suited to almost all well-drained and moderately fertile soils with pH between 6.5 and 7.5 in a sheltered, full sun location.
Before planting your tree, clean up all wandering weeds and keep a clean ring around the tree base. Dig a hole approximately a third wider than the root ball. Carefully yet firmly backfill the remaining soil around the root ball and water well during the first year until well established.

Autumn is the best season for planting fruiting trees, as the soil moisture and heat allow easier and faster root establishment and regeneration of damaged root systems.

Pollination

  • Pollination: pollination group 5, self-fertilising

Self-fertilising tree may be planted with our other varieties in pollination close pollination groups to ensure the best pollination. Instances of poor pollination are nearly always caused by bad weather at blooming time, limiting the activity of insects.

Each fruiting tree has ideal pollination partners. These are divided into groups and are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, according to flowering time. Best results will be obtained if variety is planted near another tree of the same group, or from a group on either side (so an ideal pollination partner for group 3 would be one in group 2, 3 or 4). The major cause of poor pollination is bad weather in blossom time, limiting the activity of insects.

How your order will arrive

Packaging

We have developed an eco friendly polypot that is currently in use across our 9 litre range. This polypot has less than 20% of the plastic used by a regular pot, and is importantly recyclable. Polypots also prevent root spiraling, encouraging a healthier root system.

All trees arrive in an extra thick cardboard box with a clamp to hold their pot in place. This prevents them from moving around on their journey.

Nursery staff will wrap the roots of our bare root trees and use compost to keep them moist during transportation. This extra protection prevents them from drying out, allowing for a flying start. We also use the same specialised box that our potted trees have to keep them nice and secure as they make their way to your home.

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