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Apricot - Moorpark

Prunus armeniaca
A well recommended cultivar. One of the most popular home garden apricots because of its rich flavour. Excellent for fresh fruit, jam, drying, stewing and juice. Mid- to late season maturity

$59.00

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Specifications of Apricot - Moorpark

Preferred Climate Warm Temperate, Cool TemperateLearn About Climate Zones

Grown From GraftedLearn About Propagation Methods

Max Height (when in the ground with good conditions) 2-5m

Plants required to Pollinate 1 (Self Pollinating)Learn about Pollination

Can it Handle Frosts? Yes

Amount of leaves in Winter? No Leaves (Deciduous)

Quarantine Restrictions to these Areas WA

Suitability in Pots Yes

Water Requirements Moderate Watering

Is it a Dwarf Fruit Tree? Can be pruned to 2m

Time to Fruit/Flower/Harvest 2-3 Years

Sun or Shade Full (Sun:80%-100%)

Preferred Soil Type Good Drainage

Soil pH Neutral (6.6-7.3pH)

Fruiting/Harvest Months February, March

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Apricot - Moorpark Reviews & Tips

Star Rating

Michael
★★★★★ 1y ago

MARYBOROUGH, QLD

Apricot - Moorpark

Sproted new growth soon after planting. Going great.

Aaron Siemienow1
★★★★ 6y ago

GEROGERY, NSW, Australia

Brought from local nursery - lots of nice fruit if frost doesnt get flowers

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Wormz1
★★★ 6y ago

ASHBURTON, VIC, Australia

Vigourous growth Beautiful fruit

BJ11
★★★ 7y ago

ATWELL, WA, Australia

Planted location #36 (clay, som quartz). Suffered black die-back severly during first summer. Cut back to healthy growth just above the graft and is now growingly strongly.

Buzz RW1
★★★★★ 8y ago

HAMILTON , VIC, Australia

Flowering

bloodanddreams
★★★ 9y ago

RISDON PARK, SA, Australia

Bought locally, and slow to thrive. Half the size of the Daleys Fireball purchased years later. Much loved by birds. May use for preserving with the larger fruited Fireball for fresh eating, 6 weeks earlier. Severely pruned for shape last year. Lots of...

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bizibee
★★★★ 13y ago

FERNTREE GULLY, VIC, Australia

Bought from the market in a pot 3 years ago.  Two years ago I transfered to ground.  It gets sun all day and is thriving.  Last year got one apricot, this year nothing but the tree looks great.

Lee2
★★★★ 14y ago

Morphett Vale, SA, Australia

Love the taste of fresh apricots!  Love the heart shaped leaves of the tree.  Love that it is not fussy.  Love that it is growing so well and bearing so much fruit this year.

BRENDAN1
★★★ 14y ago

Athelstone, SA, Australia

TASTE home grown fruit picked when ripe & tasted greattried some apricots from a large supermarket that deals in fresh food    bloody awful. large good looking pale orange fruit when fully ripe ,was watery with no flavour 

Kaz1
★★★ 14y ago

BARRACK HEIGHTS, NSW, Australia

26/10/15 had heaps of flowers this year and we have fruit yay!! Had 3 fruit last year but someone broke the branch off %uD83D%uDE23 24/5/13 still has not flowered

Silvie
★★ 14y ago

Dickson, ACT, Australia

Previous tennants planted this tree. Not sure how old it is. Only got about half a kilo of fruit since we moved here in December 2009.

Margssubtropical1
★★★★★ 14y ago

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this is just the most wonderful tree and fruit..it gets covered in fruit even after a couple of years and this year is absolutely bulging  here is a detail of the fruit..and for some reaseon we are having less problem with birds and possums..

TimBeck
★★★ 15y ago

Kalgoorlie, WA, Australia

Existing tree.  I **think** it is a Moorpark.  Masses of green fruit. *SOB*  Fruitfly has destroued the crop.  Ahh well, at least they left the plums alone :-)  1/10/10  Chainsaw tratment to bring it to a manageable size

Steve1
★★★★ 15y ago

Talbot, VIC, Australia

Growing well, but late spring frosts have so far toasted every fruit. Am going to put a barrel of water under it this week...Good news this year fruiting. Left the grass very long this year (over winter and spring) - which appears to have minimized the...

Itdepends1
★★★ 15y ago

Eaton, WA, Australia

Planted in the same hole as a Trevatt Apricot and trained to form half of a vase (The Trevatt forms the other half). Not fruiting yet- expect the first fruit this year.Heaps of fruit summer 09/10- enought for eating over the relatively short season (he...

Kirstie1
★★★★★ 15y ago

Noble Park North, VIC, Australia

Fruits beautifully every year after Christmas. Tastes amazing!

HomegrownHeddibles1
★★★★ 15y ago

Upper Ferntree Gully, VIC, Australia

This variety dates from the late 1600s or earlier.  Said to be Jane Austen's favourite, but were there many competitors back then?!!?

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