Beautiful!

We have one of these in our yard. And when the nuts appear, i have to race to gather them in before th elocal rats can climb up and take possession in the dark of night!

They look exactly like Peach blooms!

They do look very similar, as they are very closely related with each other (both species belong to genus Prunus subgenus Amygdalus). Actually, I wasn't completely sure whether it was P. persica or P. dulcis, so I had to ask to one of the students here.

They bloom very early, ah?
Where was this photo taken?

Morocco, Doukkala-Abda region.

I want to experiment with almonds where I live, it's a desert and temperatures are not too low in winter. But nobody grows almonds here. If you know something about almonds could you tell me if you see it possible (thiese are the temperatures of last january http://www.weather.com/weather/mont.....A0023?month=-1). Spring and summer are very hot, what I doubt is about winter. I you don't know I understand =)

Hmmm.... Only with the data you provided, I can't tell you anything for certain; I need more data, at least from November to January of three successive winters, and if microclimates are to be considered, it gets more complicated. AND even when I am provided with that, I may not be able to tell you as my pomological knowledge is rather rudimental(sadly, after the pomology professor retired, the university couldn't find someone to replace him before I had a chance to take pomology class). I think your local agricultural institutions would be able to provide you the best advices.

Only things thsat I can tell you is that almost all plants from temperate regions must enter dormancy in order to mantain normal growth cycle, and in order to enter dormany, they must be exposed to low temperature (between 0°C and 7°C) for certain amount of time. This amount of time is called 'chilling requirement'. If chilling requirement is not met sufficiently, plant will fail to bloom or fruit normally. If the winter temperature alternates betwwen temperatures under 7°C and temperatures higher than 7°C, then this can disturb the dormancy and may also cause failures in plants.

However, Prunus dulcis is a warm temperate species that require relatively short chilling requirement(and maybe higher temperature limit? I am not sure about that one), and thus I think it is quite possible that you can grow them there, especially if you choose cultivars that require less duration of chilling(According to the an article[José Egea et al. "Chilling and heat requirements of almond cultivars for flowering". Environmental and Experimental Botany, 2003, 50(1), pp. 79–85.] cultivars 'Achaak', 'Desmayo Largueta', and 'Ramillete' and several others have low chilling requirements). However, there might be a reason why they are not grown in your area; for example, if frost occurs in your region while the trees are in flower, then it would result in little or no crop.

Wait, I found this.
Its an old paper so I don't know whether it would help you or not, but it is about Mexico.

This is awesome. Thank you so much for taking the time and sharing your knowledge =). I see they included my region in the study and it has "marginal potential" heh. There are many varieties grown near in New Mexico to experiment with and I hope some can be useful.
I think the reason that nobody is experimenting with almonds here is that here the pecan trees are the only tree crops, it is very profitable but they require very rich soil and too much water. Also it can be impossible to grow almonds here with the current varieties, I hope not =(

Sublime! I know they aren't the same plant, but they remind me of spring in Japan, heh.

I once heard that that is one of the reasons why Vincent van Gogh decided to paint the "Almond Blossoms", though I am not sure about it's credibility.

Botany wise, almonds, Prunus mume, sakura(Northeast Asian species that belong to genus Prunus subgenus Cerasus section Cerasus), peaches, and apricots all belong to genus Prunus, making them all relatives with each other, though some are closer to each other and some are less so.