Apricot (Prunus armeniaca)

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  Erscheinungsbild

  The Apricot is a small tree from China with delicious reddish-yellow fruits.

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  Herbst

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  Blätter

  Deciduous, 5 to 10 cm long, round leaves, green above. Margin with small teeth.

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  Blatt Oberseite

  Deciduous, 5 to 10 cm long, round leaves, green above. Margin with small teeth.

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  Blatt Unterseite

  Deciduous, 5 to 10 cm long, round leaves, green above. Margin with small teeth.

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  Blatt Herbst

  Deciduous, 5 to 10 cm long, round leaves, green above. Margin with small teeth.

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  Früchte

  Velvety hairy reddish-yellow round fruit with lenticular stone. Sweetly aromatic taste.

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  Rinde

  Bark is grey-brown, fissured, with narrow furrows.

Anwendung

Parks, container plants, kitchen gardens, front gardens, crop plant

Heimatgebiete

China

Standortparameter

Light: full sun; soil structure: normal to loose; soil depth: medium to deep; humus concentration: medium to high; pH value: moderately acid to slightly alkaline; nutrient concentration: normal to high.

Ansprüche

Does not tolerate stagnant moisture and compaction.

Frosthärte

down to -18 C°

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Height of growth: 4 to 10 m. Upright, heath-like tree or shrub with moderately rapid growth potential.

Blätter

Deciduous, 5 to 10 cm long, round leaves, green above. Margin with small teeth.

Blüten

Flowering period: III to IV. White or pink flowers which appear before the leaves sprout. Bell-shaped flowers.

Früchte

Velvety hairy reddish-yellow round fruit with lenticular stone. Sweetly aromatic taste.

Rinde

Bark is grey-brown, fissured, with narrow furrows.