Montana Mango Apricot (Spring 2027)

It helps. Montana Mango Apricot is partially self-fertile, so it can set some fruit alone, but a second variety nearby makes crops more dependable. No one has tested whether it sets fruit alone, so plant another early apricot, such as Westcot or Morden 604, as a pollenizer for reliable crops. Partners we carry include Morden 604 Apricot, Westcot Apricot, Debbie's Gold Apricot.

We rate Montana Mango Apricot hardy to zone 3b, which means winters down to about -35°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 600 hours of winter chill (we count hours at or below 45°F), likely somewhere between 400 and 800. Nobody has published a chill figure for it, so that's our estimate from its relatives and origin. Montana winters cover its chill easily. The real risk is early bloom, so a spot that warms slowly in spring helps dodge frost. Our chill hours guide has a calculator for your winters, and our research page lists the sources.

We graft Montana Mango Apricot onto Manchurian (full size), which makes a tree roughly 15 to 20 ft tall if you never prune it.

Our top use scores for Montana Mango Apricot are fresh eating (9/10), jams and jellies (6/10). Anything scored 8 or higher makes our Best Of lists.

We don't know yet. Nobody has published solid disease data on Montana Mango Apricot for bacterial canker, bacterial spot, brown rot, cytospora canker and shot hole, so we list it as unknown instead of guessing. That doesn't mean it's weak. Plenty of the plants we grow have never been through formal disease trials. Our apricot disease resistance chart has every rating, the notes and the sources.

Sometimes. Deer browse Montana Mango 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: 3-5 ft or 5-7 ft or 6-8 ft. 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.