Tlor-Tsiran Apricot

We received our Apricot tree and it looked fine. I hope it does okay considering the fact that a gardening expert in our area said that online nurseries should not be shipping bare root plants and trees now.

I planted my 'stick' of promise, last week, with good compost at its roots.
After nasty February winds and cold temperatures, it remains unchanged.

In its first spring with us, it bore a single fruit, which squirrels stole. Now, in its second summer with us, we have 11 fruit from it, and have already eaten two. They are ripe just now, in August, months later than our apricots and later than all but a few of our plums. Tlor-Tsiran is very pretty and tasty. Apparently out early-blooming Chinese Apricot is a good pollinator for it.

I bought this in 2019 and by 2021 had about 7 good apricots on it. I am in a drier area in Southern Idaho. It is a fun alternative to the common varieties of apricot that can be found. Good flavor. It definitely needs at least yearly pruning to keep the suckers in check.

We bought our Black Apricot five years ago. She didn t put out a leaf for six months (i tried twice to ask for a refund, but something kept saying "She s just shy.") finally after a wild Morning Glory climbed up her stalk, she settled in and began to grow. Year after year, she kept growing slowly. Finally, this year, she bloomed for the first time - AND set fruit! All by herself!! there are two other Apricots coming along, so she will have company soon. The Reluctant Dryad has accepted her new life!