[Purchasing] 'Nanko Ume' Japanese Apricot in California

[Murasaki Kirei]

Heya fellas, I went to a cherry blossom festival last year and I tried a fruit liqueur called "Umeshu" I absolutely loved it, more so than any other fruit drink, and now I'm looking to grow my own fruit. The variety they have in Japan is called 'Nanko' and after several google searches, i've come up dry. Might you guys have local nurseries near you that stock the 'Nanko' Ume?

Hopefully one that offers shipping to California!

Other names can be like Chinese Apricot 'Nanko' or Japanese Apricot 'Nanko'

[00christian00]

I've used my super searching skill for your quest 
Try looking for Prunus mume, doesn't seem so rare.
It's not a cultivar of regular Apricot(prunus armeniaca) but another species.

[Murasaki Kirei]

Oh, i'm well aware of that, but i'm looking for the specific variety 'Nanko'

[00christian00]

Here you can find seedlings( or rooted cuttings, I think the translation is wrong):
https://global.rakuten.com/en/store/hana-online/item/ume_kotsubunankou/
This seem a dwarf variety, the original cultivar I think it's trademarked.


Some info:
https://www.tonohata.co.jp/ume-knowledge/nanko-ume/

https://ejje.weblio.jp/content/%E5%8D%97%E9%AB%98%E6%A2%85
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%97%E9%AB%98%E6%A2%85