I got some Hunza apricots about 10 years ago & tried, VERY CAREFULLY just-cracking the stones of three of them & then planting in a tub in my greenhouse. One germinated - having been planted out 8 years ago it first flowered in 2017. A few more flowers last year, but nothing survived the vicious weather of last March. Right now, it's covered in flowers, so I might get some fruit this time. Planted in a NE London allotment, incidentally.

Guess not! Oh well, I'll try later.

Roseleaf, so I'm not the only one whose eye was caught by this beauty! I just got off the Ashdown site, and apparently they are propagating it and it will be available next spring, and will be an OR, which I do prefer. I just wondered if anyone had had any personal experience with this rose. Sigh...my rose wish list for next spring is getting longer and longer. It's starting to scare me! Deanna

They need more chill hours than a lot of fruits. Check with your agricultural extension agent, they should know if the ones you have are right for your area, they will know the average number of chill hours, and the trees may have the info on their tags, too. I'm in 9a, and they don't do well here, but I know there's one that will do okay here in 8b, but don't know what it is. If you just put them in, you might not get any fruit this year, and if you do, they probably won't be as good as they will once the plant is established. My neighbor planted one last fall, and it bloomed like crazy , really pretty, but didn't make fruit.