Orders with subtotals $1,200 and above receive bulk pricing.
If you have placed orders totaling at least $1,200 within the past 12 months, additional orders qualify for bulk pricing.
Bulbs begin shipping in late September.
From early May through October 31, items shipping from our garden seeds warehouse ship twice a week, usually Tuesday and Thursday. For quickest turnaround time order online by noon Monday or Wednesday.
Items shipping from our growing supplies warehouse take 7-10 business days to process.
Orders with subtotals $1,200 and above receive bulk pricing.
If you have placed orders totaling at least $1,200 within the past 12 months, additional orders qualify for bulk pricing.
Uncertain pollination requirements; yields can be modest and mixed, but worth the trial and wait. May be self-fruitful, but plant with plums and other apricots. White blooms in spring. The tree is very winter hardy but the fruit buds are Z6. Worth trialing in Z4-5 for those years when late frost is not an issue. Maine Grown. NEW! (2½-6' bare-root trees)
Items from our perennial plants warehouse ordered on or before March 7 will ship around March 31 through late April, starting with warmer areas and finishing in colder areas. Orders placed after March 7 will ship around late April through early-to-mid May, in the order in which they were received.
Apricots are native to central Asia, cultivated there for about 4000 years. Downeast (coastal) Maine apricot grower and good friend Richard “Ozzie” Ossolinski wrote, “From what I saw during a recent road trip through the Stans, apricot ‘orchards’ hardly seem necessary…Wild trees are as prevalent there as spruces are here in Maine. Even in the most rugged mountain terrain apricot trees seem to have established themselves wherever a few teaspoons of soil exist near a trickle of water: really pretty amazing.”
The trees are only marginally adaptable to northern New England. Because their early blossoms are sensitive to cold spring weather, they are often planted with northern exposures to delay blooming. Large crops are possible but uncommon in Maine. The zone rating should be viewed as an approximation because much depends on your site. We are on the lookout for reports of hardy trees in Maine and other northern locations. Please let us know if you’ve had success. Plant 15–20' apart. Self-pollinating.