Apricot
Prunus armeniaca
Rosaceae · broadleaf deciduous tree · introduced
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Prunus armeniaca (Rosaceae) is a deciduous fruit tree native to Central Asia. It grows 15 to 30 feet tall with a rounded crown. White to pink flowers appear very early in spring on bare branches, making the developing fruit extremely vulnerable to late frost. The fruit is a soft, velvety-skinned drupe that ripens in summer.
Apricot requires full sun and well-drained soil. The primary challenge in cool, humid climates is that the very early bloom is frequently damaged by frost, resulting in inconsistent or no fruit production in many years. Brown rot and bacterial canker are the most significant diseases. The species needs a pollinizer in most cases. Hardy in Zones 5a to 8b.
Quick Facts
Height
20–30 ft
Spread
19 ft
Growth Rate
Medium
Light
Sun to Part Shade
Soil
Moist
Water
Moderate
Hardiness
Zone Zones 5a–8b
Origin
northeastern China
Diseases (55)
Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae Bacterial Canker and Blast Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae Bacterial Canker Monilinia fructicola and M Brown Rot Rhizobium radiobacter (formerly Agrobacterium tumefaciens) Crown Gall Cytospora canker Cytospora Canker Plum pox virus (PPV) Plum Pox (Sharka) Xanthomonas citri Red Spot Fruit Blemish (Freckles) Stigmina carpophila or Diaporthe spp. Shothole Stigmina carpophila Shothole (Coryneum Blight) Chondrostereum purpureum Silver Leaf Verticillium dahliae Verticillium Wilt Limb and Wood Decay Armillaria mellea Armillaria Crown and Root Rot An uncharacterized Black Canker The cherry Cherry Mottle Leaf Cherry twisted Cherry Twisted Leaf Believed to Crinkle Leaf and Deep Suture Eola rasp Eola Rasp Leaf (Yellow Bud Mosaic) Although bacterial Fungal Cankers Mechanical injury Gumming The normal June Drop Grapevine leafroll virus Leafroll Uncharacterized graft Necrotic Rusty Mottle (Lambert Mottle) and Rusty Mottle Phytophthora spp. (P Phytophthora Root Rot Multiple fungal agents Pitting Many fungi Postharvest Rots Prune dwarf Prune Dwarf Cherry rasp Rasp Leaf Pythium spp., Phytophthora spp., Rhizoctonia spp., Fusari... Replant Disease This problem Rosette [VERIFY] (multiple possible causes) Rugose Prune dwarf Sour Cherry Yellows Several causes Stem Pitting One of Virus-induced Cherry Decline Raspberry bushy dwarf virus and related viruses Virus Taphrina wiesneri Witches' Broom Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni X-Disease Taphrina deformans Leaf Curl Non-pathogenic (physiological disorder — epidermal cell d... Russeting Chrysomyxa piperiana Rusty Spot Environmental/temperature stress Split Pit Phytophthora spp Sprinkler Rot (Phytophthora Fruit Rot) Blueberry mosaic virus and related viruses Virus Diseases Symptom category — not a single disease Leaf Spot Taphrina pruni Plum Pockets Thekopsora minima and Naohidemyces vaccinii Rust Wilsonomyces carpophilus Coryneum blight (Shothole) Armillaria ostoyae Armillaria Root Rot Apiosporina morbosa Black Knot The fungi Brown Rot Blossom Blight and Fruit Rot Cherry mottle leaf virus Mottle leaf Uncharacterized graft Necrotic rusty mottle Podosphaera aphanis var. aphanis Powdery Mildew Taphrina wiesneri Witches'-broom (Cherry leaf curl) Prunus necrotic Prunus Necrotic Ringspot
Pests (43)
Halyomorpha halys Brown marmorated stink bug Anarsia lineatella Peach twig borer Synanthedon exitiosa Peachtree borer Dead Bud Gumming (Gummosis) Little Cherry Choreutis pariana Apple-and-thorn skeletonizer Myzus cerasi Black cherry aphid Enarmonia formosana Cherry bark tortrix Cherry fruit fly Noctuidae Cutworms and Armyworms Forficula auricularia Earwig Tortricidae Leafroller Pear slug (Cherry slug) Diaspidiotus perniciosus San Jose scale Scolytus rugulosus Shothole borer Tetranychidae Spider mite Drosophila suzukii Spotted-wing drosophila Hyphantria cunea Fall webworm Aphidoidea Aphid Choristoneura rosaceana Obliquebanded Leafroller Pear sawfly (pear slug) Otiorhynchus spp. Root weevil Edwardsiana rosae Rose leafhopper Malacosoma spp. Tent caterpillar Western red-humped caterpillar Cacoecimorpha pronubana Carnation tortrix Aculus cornutus Peach silver mite Parthenolecanium spp. Lecanium scale Pear sawfly Schizura concinna Redhumped caterpillar Phorodon humuli Hop aphid Brachycaudus helichrysi Leaf curl plum aphid Scale Coccoidea Scale insect Caliroa cerasi Pear slug Chrysobothris mali Pacific flatheaded borer Archips argyrospila Fruittree leafroller Cicadellidae Leafhopper Nematode, Dagger Nematode, Ring Nematode, Root-lesion Nematodes
Cultivars (2)
'Goldcot'
Common name: Goldcot Apricot; Mature height: 15–30 ft
Hardy to USDA Zone 5
'Blenheim'