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Apricot trees

Have you got a sunny sheltered garden? If so then you can plant an apricot tree and enjoy home-grown apricots, a real treat!

  • Aprimira®

    Aprimira apricot trees
    Aprimira is a sweet self-fertile apricot-mirabelle cross, also known as a miracot.
    • Self-fertile?: Self-fertile

  • Bergeron

    Bergeron is the classic French apricot variety, and a common sight in French summer markets.
    • Self-fertile?: Self-fertile

  • Bergeval®

    Bergeval apricot trees
    A modern apricot with pretty orange fruits and a rich sweet flavour.
    • Self-fertile?: Self-fertile

  • Helena du Roussillon®

    Helena du Roussillon apricot trees
    A traditional French apricot variety, grown in the Languedoc-Roussillon area.
    • Self-fertile?: Self-fertile

  • Kioto®

    One of the easier apricots for UK growers, attractive orange fruits blushed red. The blossom has some frost resistance.
    • Self-fertile?: Self-fertile

  • Pink Marry

    A new red-flushed apricot which ripens in early July.
    • Self-fertile?: Partially self-fertile

  • Robada

    Robada is a large-fruited apricot. The orange fruits are usually flushed with red, and will ripen in the middle / late July in the UK.
    • Self-fertile?: Self-fertile

How to choose Apricot trees

Frankly, apricot trees are not that easy to grow in the UK. Our summers are not always hot enough, our spring weather is often too wet, and our winters are not cold enough. However with luck and care they make a really interesting addition to the home orchard.

For best results plant apricot trees in a sheltered spot in full sun, or train them as fans against a south-facing wall or fence. Well-drained soil is best, avoid areas where water pools over the winter. Avoid pruning apricot trees if you can, but promptly cut back and remove any signs of dieback on branches.

It's then just a matter of hoping for a nice sunny spring and a hot dry summer, followed by a nice cold winter! All apricots are self-fertile so you only need to plant one (although planting several different ones together will improve the crop). If you find there are lots of fruitlets after the blossom has finished, be ruthless in thinning them out - you will get a better crop and better flavours as a result.

Apricots also have excellent nutritional and medicinal properties, and contain more concentrations of beneficial compounds than most other fruit. They are one of the best natural sources of Vitamin A.