apricot trees

[fruity chick]

hi,
i have tried to grow an apricot tree, but when i btought it home it did not look good. are they easy to grow or are they tender? i have one cooking apple tree, 2 eating apples and a plum tree and a pear tree as well as 2 fig trees in my garden and all are doing well. also 2 grapes so i do not think it is weather that killed it. as i am unsure of trying again as they are not cheap, any advise please?
many thanks

[Mell]

I don't have one yet, but a friend has one and it gre very big in just a few years and does well for him, can you complain to the supplier ?

[vicky]

How long did you have the apricot tree for? If you had just bought it then you could complain.
I have never grown one but I would imagine if you can grow a fig then it should not be too cold for the apricot...the frost might prevent them fruiting by killing off the flowers but I believe there is a later flowering variety available now?
BTW, welcome to the Vine FC!

[penny]

Hi I bought a dwarf apricot tree five years ago by mail order it is now 30ft high in order to get fruit I have to put a lit hurricane lamp under it on nights when frost is forecast once it flowers in march, the fruit is worth the trouble.

[realfood]

Apricot trees are hardy and mine did not turn a hair during the last two severe Winters. It is the flowers that can be frosted.