Chinese Apricot

No. Chinese Apricot is self-fertile, so a single tree can set fruit. Self-fertile, so one tree can crop. Wenatchee Moorpark or another later-blooming apricot nearby will boost the crop. Partners we carry include Wenatchee Moorpark Apricot, Alice Sharp Apricot, Hardy Iowa Apricot.

We rate Chinese Apricot hardy to zone 4, which means winters down to about -30°F. Our ratings come from real winters at our two Montana sites and from trusted growers across the North, not from a catalog average.

About 700 hours of winter chill (we count hours at or below 45°F), likely somewhere between 500 and 800. That comes from published figures for this variety. Nurseries agree on about 700 hours. It blooms late for an apricot, which helps it dodge spring frost. Our chill hours guide has a calculator for your winters, and our research page lists the sources.

We graft Chinese Apricot onto Lovell (full size), which makes a tree roughly 12 to 20 ft tall if you never prune it.

Our top use scores for Chinese Apricot are fresh eating (6/10).

No. It's prone to brown rot. Nobody has published solid data on it for bacterial canker, bacterial spot, cytospora canker and shot hole yet, so we list those as unknown. Our apricot disease resistance chart has every rating, the notes and the sources.

Sometimes. Deer browse Chinese Apricot now and then, so protect young plants where deer pressure is high.

A dormant bare-root plant, roots wrapped in moist sawdust with a vapor barrier, shipped or picked up in Missoula in spring. Sizes offered: 5-7 ft. Regular Grade or 5-7 ft. Larger & More Branching or 5-6 ft. - 1 Year Older Tree or 6-7 ft. - 1 Year Older Tree. We guarantee our plants bud out. Stone fruits can be slow, so if one still has not budded out by August 15, write to us and we credit you for the following spring.