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Flavorcot Apricot tree

Owner: Billy

Location:  Hopton Wafers, SHROPSHIRE, United Kingdom

Age:Planted in about 1990
Age of this tree:36 years
Pruning:Goblet shape
Tree form:Bush (wider at top than bottom)
Height:Up to 6ft / 2m
Cropping:Does not usually produce any fruit
Growth:Not specified
Herbicides:Not sure
Pesticides:Not sure

Owner's comments

Put in 56 Apricots of different varieties. Suffered serious sheep damage in their first few years and die off, one by one. Have 6 left('22), loads of bloom but we've had heavy frosts, so not very hopeful. Have replanted gaps with Cobnuts (hazel)