#503 most planted
Prunus armeniaca
Apricot · also Albaricoque, Damasco, Tibetan apricot
SpreadingDeciduous
1,640
trees mapped
0.02%
of all named trees
20
cities
7.1 in
median trunk (18 cm, 1,558 measured)
35 yr
median age (48% have a planting date)
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A small to medium-sized deciduous tree with a spreading crown and fragrant pink to white flowers. It thrives in full sun and well-drained, deep, loamy soils, preferring climates with cold, dry winters and hot, dry summers. Early flowering makes it susceptible to frost damage.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 7500.16%36 yr7.5 in
- 3300.05%—6.7 in
- 1750.06%—3.0 in
- 1070.05%—6.6 in
- 1040.04%—2.5 in
- 370.01%—8.1 in
- 340.01%17 yr9.9 in
- 250.02%—4.0 in
- 250.01%3.0 yr2.0 in
- 200.01%—1.9 in
- 100.00%—6.9 in
- 50.02%—3.0 in
- 30.00%—2.0 in
- 30.01%—5.5 in
- 30.00%—38 in
- 30.00%—3.5 in
- 20.00%—0.9 in
- 20.00%—8.0 in
- 10.00%—5.9 in
- 10.00%—4.0 in
Traits
- Form
- Spreading
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 15–30 ft
- Canopy spread
- 10–20 ft
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Sun
- Full sun
- Soil
- Well-drained, Loamy
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Wildlife value
- High
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 7.1 in, mean 6.6 in, 90th percentile 12 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
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