Patio Apricot 'Aprigold' Fruit Tree

Self-Fertile Patio-Perfect Fruiting Tree - It Stays Compact, Yet Delivers Juicy Golden Fruits, Each Summer!
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Key Features

  • Why not grow something a little bit different in your garden this year? Ripe and juicy fresh apricots!
  • Patio trees have been bred to be self-fertile and compact, remaining under 1.2m tall across 10 years
  • Witness a spectacular cloud of pink blossom in spring, and yellow apricot fruits in summer
  • Grow in big pots on the patio or in well-drained soil in warm, sunny spots
  • Bred by the world-famous Zaiger programme, the same team behind many of the world's most successful fruit varieties
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Description

Apricot 'Aprigold' is the fabulous patio apricot tree, designed to suit even the smallest of gardens. Naturally very compact and self-fertile, this variety remains smaller than 1.2m across 10 year or so, making it the ideal fruit tree for large pots on sunny patios, balconies, and gardens.

With the added benefit of soft-pink early blossom, it makes a lovely spring feature too, and as the new leaves emerge they have an eye-catching orange-red tinge to them, classic of apricots. Apricots are early fruiters even in the UK, and once established, you will get good crops of tasty, juicy apricots from late July into August every year. Expect fruiting crops 3-4 years after planting.

As 'Aprigold' is self-fertile, a second variety is not needed to be planted nearby for pollination.

Top Tips

Save even more space in your garden by growing your apricot as an espalier on a south facing wall or fence.

Care Information
  • Plant in full sun, away from cold winds.
  • Although frost-tolerant, it is still best practice to protect the blossom with fleece.
  • When fruit appears, it may need thinning. Remove poorly placed, small or misshapen fruits when they are about the width of your little fingernail. Aiming to have a piece of fruit every 15cm or so.
  • Water container-grown trees almost every day during the growing season and give them a high potash liquid feed every couple of weeks.
  • Avoid excessive or irregular watering when fruit is ripening to prevent the skin from splitting.
  • Prune in early spring, just before growth starts, removing unwanted or damaged branches.
Delivery Information

Our experienced team at the nursery will always carefully package and send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive once you receive and plant them. Although most plants are extremely tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme of weather conditions, we always avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme frosts or heat is forecast. We also avoid dispatching orders over Bank Holiday weekends.

Please allow us 3-5 working days to dispatch your order. If you have ordered a 'pre-order' item, these will be sent out as soon as possible after the quoted dispatch date and we generally ship your entire order with any pre-ordered items. Once your order has been dispatched, we will send you an email with details on how you can track it.

We send most of our orders via a fully tracked courier service with Yodel. We will send you a tracking link as soon as your order has been dispatched. To avoid perishable items being stuck at depots and deteriorating, we will not require a signature on delivery, and we ask out couriers to leave your item in a safe place ad your delivery address.

*Please note, once your item has been delivered, we cannot be held responsible for loss or theft from your delivery address. If you have delivery instruction and require our courier to leave your item in a specific place, please let us know - there is an option to leave a message for the courier at the checkout.

For smaller and single-item orders, we may send these via the post with Royal Mail - Tracking will not be available for orders sent via this method.

**Please note, we cannot guarantee delivery on a certain day or time. Delivery to outlying postcode areas may take 1-2 days longer, dependent on your location.

For all orders, a small delivery fee of £4.99 will be charged or spend over £49.99 for FREE Delivery!

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2. Should any hardy plant fail to thrive thereafter, we'll replace free of charge - you just pay the P&P
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Size Guide
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Pro Plug
Small Plugs

Size:
Height 4-6cm

Ease:
Easy

Grow On?:
Yes

Pro+ Plug
Medium Plugs

Size:
Height 5-7cm

Ease:
Easy

Grow On?:
Yes

Plugs
Plugs

Size:
Height 8-12cm

Ease:
Easy

Grow On?:
Yes

Jumbo Plugs
Plugs

Size:
Height 10-20cm

Ease:
Easy

Grow On?:
Yes

Garden Ready
Garden Ready

Size:
Height 14-20cm

Ease:
Easiest

Grow On?:
Not Necessary