Cheery tree

DaftyDuck

Normal for the apricot to be in flower. My apricots, nectarines and peaches are out now, thanks to a walled garden and seaside location. I'm guessing you are based in... London? So, not too early. Still quite early, but they are the first fruit to flower.

That orange tree has long gone, yes? There're a couple of tricks to encourage flowering and fruiting, but maybe you don't want to even know that now

londonTiger

DaftyDuck wrote: »

That orange tree has long gone, yes? There're a couple of tricks to encourage flowering and fruiting, but maybe you don't want to even know that now

Yes unfortunately it's gone.

It was a beautiful tree, very nice colour - evergreen too, and if you cut the leaves it would leave a very nice smell but it's gone

Eenymeeny

We have a self sown cherry tree in our front garden which I'm guessing is the same variety as the ones in our street which have beautiful blossom each Spring. I discovered it when we removed a hedge of senecio greyii (I know that it's called something else these days!) all along the boundary wall and thought that it would be a nice feature. I'm not bothered about getting fruit from it but now I'm wondering if shallow roots might be a problem through the pavement on the other side of the wall? (and will it get bigger than the 20 foot or so that the originals are? !)
Sorry for hijacking thread OP but I thought that the experts on here could give me a quick yes or no. Thank you.

DaftyDuck

Senecio is now known as brachyglottis.... but I still think of it as senecio, as I still have cuttings from the plant that grew in my childhood garden... half a century ago!

londonTiger

thread update: tasted my first apricot fruit. It's ripening now and it's middle of Joly where as all other neighbours fruit trees are still green.

I am impressed by the apricot. I never really bought apricot before, only peach and nectarine (similar to peach but no fur).

I bought some apricot from asda and was disapointed, the fruit was not taste, it was really dry & flavourless. But the apricot on this tree is delicious, very juicy & sweet. Almost as good as peach but obviosuly much better suited to the UK climate.

londonTiger

Was a bit annoyed to find out that apricot are disease prone and the most you're looking at is 15 years of fruit product and then it will stop producing (if it hasn't died from disease).

This is my only tree so it's a bummer.