The soft peachy shades of Tulip 'Apricot Beauty' are a breath of fresh air in spring. Their summery shades hint of warmer days to come!
When all risk of frost has passed, gradually acclimatise pre-planted patio pot to outdoor conditions over a period of 7 to 10 days before placing in their final positions. Grow begonias in a sunny or semi-shaded position.
Apricot 'Aprigold'® is a lovely addition to patios, decking and balconies. This pretty dwarf variety of Apricot tree, is ideal for growing in pots and planters and can be grown as an ornamental specimen, or as part of a fruit and vegetable container garden.
Begonia 'Fragrant Falls Improved' in an improved cultivar of the original version. It has more colour, more flowers and more fragrance.
Towering spires of fully double blooms make a sensational display, rising up to 180cm (6')! These hardy perennials are guaranteed to bring the wow facter to your garden - they make phenomenal cut flowers for summer bouquets too.
Enjoy beautiful blooms in alluring apricot shades, enhanced by darker orange beards. Intermediate bearded Iris ?Apricot Silk? is easy to grow, rewarding you with fabulous flowers from June to September.
Apricot 'Aprigold' is the fabulous patio Apricot from the world-leading Zaiger American breeding program. Naturally very compact, and yet self-fertile, it makes the ideal patio fruit tree for large pots on sunny patios balconies and gardens. With the added benefit of lovely soft-pink early blossom, it has a lovely Spring feature too, and as the new leaves emerge they have a lovely orange-red tinge to them, classic of Apricots. Remaining below 1.2M for 10 years or so, this makes it an ideal fruit tree for smaller gardens. Apricots are early fruiters even in the UK, and once established in a year or 2, you should get good crops of tasty, juicy apricots from late July into August every year.
If you have always wanted to grow your own apricots, this is the perfect time to start! 'Early Moorpark' is self-fertile and will grow and thrive in UK conditions, cropping reliably year after year. It produces deliciously flavoured, aromatic, bright yellow fruits, which take on an attractive orange-red tinge when fully ripe and are ready to pick in August. The fragrant, light-pink blossom appears in early spring before the leaves start growing, making a beautiful display. Whilst the tree itself is fully winter hardy, to guarantee a good crop of apricots, plant it in full sun but against a south-facing fence or wall and cover with fleece to give further frost protection when it is in full flower. The pollinating insects will then set to work and make lots of lovely fruits to pick later in the year. Once fully established, you might expect to pick 200-300 fruits per tree! If you don't have room in your garden, 'Moorpark' will be perfect to grow in a pot on your patio or balcony.
Peach and Apricot Duo Tree. Now everyone can grow fruit trees in the minimum of space! These incredible duo fruit trees have been meticulously grafted by highly skilled nurserymen, to create 2 different trees growing on one rootstock! What's more, the rootstocks are dwarfing meaning that your trees will always remain compact! You will get 2 different varieties of fruit from 1 tree so are perfect for anyone who loves the idea of picking their own home-grown fresh fruit, but has limited space. Each of the varieties will produce bumper crops of delicious full sized fruit! Because they are already trained into a V shape, they are perfect for growing up a wall. Peach Redhaven. Perfectly suited to UK growing as it fruits early in the season ripening in August and also has some resistance to peach leaf curl. This is a sweet juicy yellow fleshed variety that loves a sunny spot. It has a great taste ans is easy to eat as the flesh comes away from the stone easily. Apricot Early Orange. This very hardy and disease resistant apricot will do well in your garden producing large juicy red flushed fruits in August. Like it's Peachy partner it's self fertile meaning it'll crop reliably every year.
This Apricot tree produces lush, medium sized, yellow-orange fruit blushed faintly red, with a lovely sweet and juicy flavour. One of the hardiest varieties making it perfect for growing in the UK - to get the tastiest apricots, you have to grow your own! Extremely hardy, Apricot 'Polonais' copes well with colder temperatures. As a result, the flowers are less likely to be damaged by frost and the apricots ripen on the tree for longer, maximizing taste and sweetness. Easy to grow and self-fertile, so no pollinator is required for a good crop of fabulous apricots. Plant near another flowering apricot and you'll get an even bigger yield. A freestone fruit, the delicious orange flesh comes away from the stone easily making it great for preserving or making jams. Supplied as an established tree in a 5L pot, ready for planting out.
The Cot series of Apricot trees have taken the commercial fruit and gardening World by storm in the last 5 or so years, bringing exceptional crop yields and fruit quality. 'Tomcot' is one of the best for the UK climate, suited to our colder climates, where we get less accumulated sunshine, yet we get plenty of Winter chill to set buds.One of the key reasons it works well over here is it is late flowering, so avoids the late frosts that can afflict other Apricots. Yet, it catches up and still yields heavy crops of juicy, deepest orange fruits in the UK - perfect eaten when warmed by the sun straight off the tree, or for cooking and jam making. The tree is grafted onto dwarfing rootstock, a new dwarfing type keeping it short and manageable. To cap it all, 'Tomcot; is even self-fertile, so does not need a partner to produce heavy crops. You will get crops in 2 years of planting; this is a great opportunity to buy a tree of the size normally available only to commercial plantations. 'Tomcot' really will deliver big crops of fresh Apricots here in the UK.