Plant family: Rosaceae
Plant origin: China.
Fruit description: The Peachcot is actually a Peach variety whose real name is Oro Peach. It looks and tastes like both a Peach and an Apricot, hence the name Peachcot. It is a large yellow to orange coloured fruit, with a firm yellow-flesh and a very pleasant, sweet taste. It fruits early-season. There is a woody seed inside each fruit, containing an inedible seed that is like an almond. Peachcots are low chill, or “tropical” which means they grow and fruit well in all cool, warm, or hot climates. They do not need frost to flower and fruit.
Flowers: Peachcot flowers are a soft pink blossom, produced in Spring, while the plants are still deciduous and dormant.
Growing conditions: The Peachcot is a hardy deciduous tree, is frost tolerant, and grows to 3 metres. It is a beautiful garden specimen, suitable for a small garden. Plant Peachcot trees in well-drained soil, enriched with well-rotted compost, or other organic material. Shelter the tree from strong winds. The tree needs plenty of sunshine to grow well and fruit prolifically. Water the tree all during the growing season. Peachcots can be grown in a pot. The tree should be fertilised with general plant fertiliser twice a year in July and December. Mulch the tree annually. Prune the Peachcot tree in winter while it is dormant. It is best to prune to a vase shape or to an espalier shape, to within a few buds near the base of each strong branch, to ensure the fruit is a good size, and the branches bearing the fruit are strong enough to hold the abundant fruit. Peaches fruit on new wood so, after fruiting, prune back the branches in summer where fruit was borne, to permit new growth for the next season’s crop. Peachcots are low chill, or “tropical”, which means they grow and fruit well in all cool, warm, or hot climates. They do not need frost to flower and fruit.
Uses: Eat Peachcot fresh or add them to fruit salads, drinks, ice-cream and sauces. They go well with berries, ice-cream or to make Peach Melba and fruit cakes. They make excellent jam or chutney, and can be preserved in syrup.
Medicinal uses:
Pollination requirements: Self-Pollinating.
Harvest time Pick the Peachcot fruit when it is nearly ripe or fully ripe. Peach fruit can keep ripening at room temperature, after picking. Ripeness is indicated by the fruit having a slight give when gently pressed. Pick the fruit carefully so as not to bruise or damage the skin.
Plant relatives Peaches are related to all Prunus species, including nectarines, plums, cherries and apricots.
Special features:
Grown by method: Grafted Pot size:
Plant growing Height and Width for pots or in the ground planting: Grows to 2.5 metres high by 2 metres wide if Planted in a Pot. Grows 3 metres high by 3 metres wide if Planted in the Ground.
Shipping plant pot or planter bag size:
