Rose Wildwood

Hi thank you for your responses. Yes, the apricot trees are very finicky here too and only produce apricots once every few years but we can grow them in this part of the state. The trees next to my house are over 50 years old. The were actually started from seed in the previous owner’s compost pile and then planted. They are pretty overgrown and unkept but we had a great harvest last year.

M.K. thank you for the info! I did the scratch test on a few of the branches that don’t have leaves. A lot of them unfortunately were brown but a some were still green.

And Lillian thank you for the encouragement! I’m so glad to hear that your trees recovered after a year of no leaves! I really hope these will do the same. I will attach a few pictures of the trees. Some trees have more leaves then others.

Even though these are on my neighbors property she lets me harvest the apricots plus I think they are so beautiful. She recently told me I can start tending to them too and do what I think is best for them to survive and be healthier. So after reading your post Lillian, I think I will wait on cutting off any branches until I see how they do next year.

I appreciate all the info here!

It’s been a fairly chilly spring here in Northwest Montana and we had record low temps in January (-31 F). My neighbors old apricot trees that border my property are just now showing signs of leaves coming on.

I already figured the apricot trees wouldn’t blossom this year. At this point a few branches have new leaves that just came on a few day’s ago in the warmer weather (80 F). But overall most branches do not have any new leaves.

I’m assuming the trees are under stress from the winter. Maybe they are late to come out of being dormant? Will they recover or is this a sign they are dying?