The foliage can be managed during hot weather by both shading the tree and
pinching away damaged leaves.

Not around here. You are closer to the coast, where the humidity is higher.
In central NY, although we don't have quite as much heat, summer weather can be
extremely dry & windy. We are on the edge of the Continental climate. The
apricot did not have any undamaged leaves. By midsummer, the tree was a mess.
Besides, it never bloomed (it was seed-grown) and was subject to borers. I
sold it at the club auction & haven't seen it since. I haven't seen any Prunus
mume in the Rochester or Mid-Atlantic shows. Somebody in Rochester has a
gorgeous Hally Jolivette, & you occasionally see other flowering cherries, so we are
not deprived.
Iris

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