Perfection Apricot

Yes. Perfection Apricot needs pollen from a different variety that blooms at about the same time. Perfection needs another apricot nearby as a pollenizer, and Goldrich will not work. Choose an apricot that blooms fairly early, since Perfection is an early bloomer. Partners we carry include Debbie's Gold Apricot, Tomcot Apricot, 3rd and Myrtle Apricot (Bundle of 2).

We rate Perfection 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 800 hours of winter chill (we count hours at or below 45°F), likely somewhere between 700 and 1,000. Nobody has published a chill figure for it, so that's our estimate from its relatives and origin. Montana winters cover its chill easily, and it has a good record where spring frost is a problem. Our chill hours guide has a calculator for your winters, and our research page lists the sources.

We graft Perfection 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 Perfection Apricot are canning and freezing (7/10), drying (7/10), fresh eating (6/10), pies and baking (6/10).

We don't know yet. Nobody has published solid disease data on Perfection 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 Perfection 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 and More Branching. 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.