Its an obsession of mine, a nostalgia, families history with apricots. They grew very well in the Armenian Plateau. At one time I lived at my great aunts house, I would climb on the backyard apricot trees all the time. My uncle would yell at me to get off because he didn’t want me to break the tree. I would try to hide in it to make it seem as though he cant see me. He just laughed and then yelled harder until I ran off mad at him for ruining my play.
The tree was well over 100 years old. It was quite strong, had a perfect shape to support extra weight of the fruit, and me as well. So fast forward three decades and now I want to grow them here, in the American Midwest, around 6000 miles from the tree I liked to climb. So lets see what we can do.
I purchased two quite fairly mature trees around 4 to 5 feet in height. One was planted about a year ago and one was planted this year. I wish I started this blog before I planted them but I wasn’t thinking about a blog at the time. One is doing fantastic and the other is just starting on its journey. I will post information on what I did to get it going as well as some supporting photos and information that helped it grow strong. I will also show you other trees we have been planting at my home, apples, plums, sugar maples, pin oaks, alders, etc As well as some trees I have been working with my home town to plant in the area.
I’ll let you in on a little secret, I grew a really nice apricot tree before but I had to move, it was 6 years old and the new owner of my previous home decided to cut it down, not sure why though. Made me a little sad.
The tree in this photo is the one that is doing fantastic. It is an astonishing specimen, it has grown tremendously this year. More to come. Growing from seed, is it worth it?
Trees in the North 