Apricot 'Tomcot'

'Tomcot' is a highly regarded apricot variety, increasingly popular in the UK due to its good cold tolerance and reliable cropping. It produces medium to large, orange-red blushed fruits with sweet, juicy, and aromatic flesh, ripening in July. This self-fertile cultivar flowers relatively late for an apricot, reducing the risk of frost damage to its delicate pinkish-white blossoms in early spring. It forms a vigorous, spreading tree that benefits from a warm, sunny, and sheltered position, ideally against a south-facing wall in cooler regions of the UK. Well-drained soil is crucial for success.

Sun: Full sun.

Soil: Well-drained loam.

Hardiness: H5 — down to −15°C.

Flowering: Mar, Apr.