Early Golden Apricot
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6025
The beautiful rosy Early Golden Apricot Tree will delight you with a high yield of gorgeous to behold fruit! Soft fuzzy skin is blushed a rosy red over golden yellow-orange. The golden flesh is sweet and juicy, perfect for all your fresh eating, canning and baking needs!
Busting onto the scene in early spring with a full flush of gorgeous whitish-pink blossoms, these fragrant flowers attract their fair share of pollinators! Summer brings lush leaves that highlight the summer crop of golden and rose-blushed fruit!
Self-fruitful and vigorous growth, these are mid-sized trees that are laden with freestone fruit. You’ll enjoy a much larger crop per tree if you plant your Early Golden with another Apricot variety!
Planting and Application:
Beautiful trees like these are wonder front and center in your front landscaping. The frilly blossoms putting on a spring show and the delectable fruit gleaming on the summer branches in the sun will have people slowing down for a longer look!
Lush shade trees anywhere in the landscape, you can prune these smaller as needed to make harvest easier and to tuck into existing orchards and gardens.
- Freestone fuzzy fruit with red blushed golden skin and flesh
- Sweet and juicy - fresh eating, drying, canning and baking and many other uses!
- Mid-sized and good yield - ripening July to August
- Rounded shape for Specimen & Shade
- Beautiful ornamental fruit-bearing tree
#ProPlantTips for Care:
Apricot trees need the full sun to do their best, tolerating heat and cold well. Provide a fertile site that is very well-drained and has adequate moisture throughout the growing season. Birds also adore this fruit tree so cover your harvest with netting so they don’t make off with all your harvest.
- Heat tolerant trees only requiring 400-500 Chill hours
- Check out our Garden Blog on Apricot Care
- Prune to any manageable size
- Tolerant of any chalky, loamy or sandy site but prefers enriched fertile sites
Early Golden Apricot adorns your landscape with lovely flowers and gorgeous fruit! Order your own golden gems today from NatureHills.com to enjoy fruit as early as next summer!
Buying Options for Plants
Nature Hills sells a large variety of plants with several options available. Plants are offered in both potted containers and as dormant bare root without soil. Here is a helpful resource to understand your options as you create a beautiful landscape with help from Nature Hills.
Ever wonder what a larger plant will mean for your landscape? Container Sizes are really all about the age of the plant!
Seasonally, Nature Hills offers hand selected, high quality bare root trees, shrubs and perennials. Bare root plants are sold by height from the top of the root system to the top of the plant. Plants may be taller than the height minimums.
- Popular sizes of select trees are 1 foot, 2 feet, 3 feet, etc.
- Popular sizes of select bare root plants is 1 foot, 18 inches, etc.
Nature Hills Container Size by Volume
Keep in mind, specific varieties and different growing conditions can affect the rate at which plants grow. Variations in size may occur.
| Young Plants to 18 Months | ||
|---|---|---|
| Size | Volume | |
| 2"x2"x3" | Ranges from | .18 to .21 dry quarts / .198 to .23 dry liters in volume |
| 4.5" Container | Equal to | .65 dry quart / .72 dry liter in volume |
| Sprinter Pot | Equal to | .63 dry quart / .69 dry liter in volume |
| 4" Container | Ranges from | .31 to .87 / .35 to .96 dry liter in volume |
| 6" Container | Equal to | 1.4 dry quarts / 1.59 dry liters in volume |
| 1 Quart | Equal to | 1 dry quart / 1.1 dry liter in volume |
| 5.5" Container | Equal to | 1.89 of a dry quart / 2.08 dry liters in volume |
| 4"x4"x5" | Ranges from | .8 to 1.1 dry quarts / .88 to 1.2 dry liters in volume |
| 4"x4"x6" | Ranges from | 1.0 to 1.3 dry quarts / 1.1 to 1.41 dry liters in volume |
| 4"x4"x9" | Ranges from | 1.1 to 2.1 dry quarts / 1.2 to 2.3 dry liters in volume |
| 4"x4"x10" | Ranges from | 1.7 to 2.3 dry quart / 1.87 to 2.53 dry liters in volume |
| Plants 18 Months - 2.5 Years Old | ||
|---|---|---|
| Size | Volume | |
| 2 Quart | Equal to | 2 dry quarts / 2.2 dry liters in volume |
| #1 Container | Ranges from | 2.26 to 3.73 dry quarts / 2.49 to 4.11 dry liters in volume |
| 5"x5"x12" | Equal to | 3.5 to 4.3 dry quarts / 3.85 to 4.74 dry liters in volume |
| Plants 2 - 4 Years Old | ||
|---|---|---|
| Size | Volume | |
| #2 Container | Ranges from | 1.19 to 1.76 dry gallons / 5.24 to 7.75 dry liters in volume |
| #3 Container | Ranges from | 2.32 to 2.76 dry gallons / 10.22 to 12.16 dry liters in volume |
| Plants 3 - 5 Years Old | ||
|---|---|---|
| Size | Volume | |
| #5 Container | Ranges from | 2.92 to 4.62 dry gallons / 12.86 to 20.35 dry liters in volume |
| #6 Container | Ranges from | 5.25 to 6.01 dry gallons / 23.12 to 26.42 dry liters in volume |
| #7 Container | Ranges from | 5.98 to 6.08 dry gallons / 26.34 to 26.78 dry liters in volume |
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Shipping
To obtain a more accurate shipment time-frame, simply enter your zip code in the “Find Your Growing Zone” box to the right. Our plants are grown all over the country and lead time on items may be different because of this. Once your order is placed, you will also receive the specific shipment time-frame information as part of your order confirmation. Once an item ships, you will receive shipment notification and tracking numbers, so you can follow along while your plant travels to your doorstep. We use FedEx, UPS, or USPS at our discretion.
Due to winter weather we have put a hold on shipping to the areas shown below in grey. You can still order now and we will ship the plant to you during an appropriate time for your zone.
| Color | Zone | Times |
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| 3 | Spring 2019 | |
| 4 | Now | |
| 5 | Now | |
| 6 | Now | |
| 7 | Now | |
| 8 | Now | |
| 9 | Now | |
| 10 | Now | |
| 11 | Now |
Shipping Rates
At Nature Hills we handle, package and ship the products you order with the utmost care to ensure healthy delivery. Shipping and handling charges are calculated based on the tables below. Please note that some items include an additional handling surcharge, these will be noted on the item's product page.
| From | To | S&H | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | - | 19.99 | 24.99 |
| 20 | - | 49.99 | 29.99 |
| 50 | - | 69.99 | 34.99 |
| 70 | - | 99.99 | 39.99 |
| 100 | - | 129.99 | 44.99 |
| 130 | - | 149.99 | 48.99 |
| 150 | - | 150+ | Approx 28% |
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PLANT HIGHLIGHTS
Growing Zones 5-8
| Brand | Nature Hills' Choice |
|---|---|
| Botanical Name | Prunus armeniaca 'Early Golden' |
| Type | Deciduous |
| Size | Semi Dwarf |
| Mature Height | 15 to 20 feet |
| Mature Spread | 15 to 20 feet |
| Sun Exposure | Full Sun |
| Soil | Well Drained |
| Moisture | Medium |
| Growth Rate | Fast |
| Flower Color | White & Pink |
| Foliage Color | Green |
| Fall Color | Yellow |
| Harvest Time | Mid Season |
| Pollinator Friendly | Yes |
| Fruiting Time | 3 - 5 years |
| Pruning Time | Late Winter |
| Fragrant | Yes |