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Apricot
Prunus armeniaca
This weekfruit
Apricot is a stone fruit tree producing sweet, orange-fleshed fruit. It blooms early in spring and requires adequate chill hours for fruit production.
Showing Zone 7b. for timing that matches where you garden.
In Zone 7b, right now
Not yet — plant around this week
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Edible?
Yes — fruit
Small space?
No — gets 25 ft tall
Sun
Full sun (6+ hrs)
Comes back yearly?
Yes — perennial
Ways to plant it
Spring planting
Plant
Closed
Mid March – Late May
Put it in the ground (or a pot) outdoors.
Fall planting
Plant
Late November
Late November – Late March
Put it in the ground (or a pot) outdoors.
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