"Nick Maclaren" wrote
"Bob Hobden" writes:
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| We used to have an Apricot tree for very many year until it got struck
by
| lightning whilst we were on holiday. In all those years we only got two
| fruit! (and we live near the Thames)
| I hope you have a very protected and warm south facing spot for it and
| choose one of the modern varieties that have been bred for the cold
| conditions. (I think I've read somewhere they are mainly from Canada)

That is somewhat misleading. Apricots don't mind cold, in its place.
Hunza apricots come from a place which gets a LOT colder than the UK.
What such plants don't like is the winter wet, late frosts and cold
summers.


Yes, you are quite right, I should have specified that late frosts, just
when they are flowering, are the problem for most apricot growers in the UK.

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Regards
Bob Hobden