Apricot apple
Malus domestica 'Apricot'
USDA zones4 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Dense
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Apricot' apple (Malus domestica 'Apricot') is a tree for the food garden, grown for fresh eating. It is hardy to USDA zone 4, or down to -30°F (-34°C). This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Bees visit the spring blooms, and the fruit ripens late and hangs a long time. Leave it on the tree as long as you can to build its apricot-like flavor. Lon Rombough found it as a chance seedling in the 1980s.
Pairs well with Juneberry, American persimmon, and Jerusalem artichoke.