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[Toni Pralle <toni.pralle@gmail.com>]

<<I have had two Manchurian apricot bushes for 4 years.  One is 6+ feet tall and the other is barely 4' even though they are planted about 15 feet apart.  I got them as 6" seedlings from McFayden.  Neither of them has ever died back, not even one bud!<<

 

Mine were supposed to be trees but the rabbits have made them bushes.

 

>I would love to comment on their fruit, but none of my apricots have blossomed yet.  I have heard some pretty disappointing reviews on the taste of prairie hardy apricots.>

 

Mine are blooming now. It was 91 degrees F yesterday. Today I have the furnace cranked up to winter settings. Oh, and it's raining. I think they might have bloomed last year, too, but I didn't get anything from either of them. Mine are also 4 years old.

Sarah
zone 3
Edmonton, AB

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