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Malus Golden Hornet crab apple trees

Pick: Very late-season    Flowering group: 5   Self-fertile    Uses: Cookery    Disease-resistance: Good
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  • Malus Golden Hornet crab-apple tree
  • Malus Golden Hornet crab-apple tree
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Golden Hornet produces pink-white blossom in spring, followed by a mass of small yellow fruit which will stay on the tree until late in the year providing a useful colour feature in the garden. The leaves also turn an attractive yellow colour in autumn.

Golden Hornet is an excellent pollinator for most apple varieties, particularly mid and late-flowering varieties, as it produces a lot of blossom over a long period.

The fruits are useful in the kitchen, for crab-apple jelly and a source of pectin for jam-making.

Order now for delivery September 2013 onwards

Malus Golden Hornet crab apple trees for sale

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Pot-grown fruit trees (Delivery start September 2013)

Very small (1.5m - 2m)2-year bush-trained - 11.5L pot - M27 rootstock
Patio-trained		£39.00
Large (3m - 4m)2-year - 12L pot - Semi-vigorous rootstock £39.00

Bare-root fruit trees (Deliveries start November 2013)

Large (3m - 4m)1-year - Bare-root - Semi-vigorous rootstock
125cm		£30.00

**All prices include delivery. We offer a discount on orders of multiple bare-root trees for delivery at the same time - this will be shown at the checkout.

Delivery period: Pot-grown trees can be delivered from September onwards. Bare-root trees can be delivered from mid-November onwards. Within those periods you can specify your preferred month of delivery during the checkout process. It is best to order as soon as you can to ensure items are reserved for you.

*Mature heights: Height shown is the approximate height of the tree when mature (after 5-10 years), not the height when supplied. See photos of trees as supplied. Actual mature heights may vary considerably dependent on your local conditions and training and pruning regime - see our Tree Height Calculator.

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Summary features of Malus Golden Hornet

Growing

Uses

Identification

  • Country of origin: United Kingdom
  • Period of origin: 1900 - 1949
  • Fruit colour: Yellow
  • Blossom colour: White
  • Leaf colour: Green

Climate

  • Temperate climates
  • Tolerates cold winters


Pollination guide for Malus Golden Hornet

Malus Golden Hornet is in flowering group 5. Malus Golden Hornet is self-fertile and does not need a pollination partner, although fruiting may be improved if there is a compatible tree of a different variety nearby.

Like most crab-apples it blooms over a long period and is therefore a good pollinator for other apple and cider-apple varieties flowering at the same time.



Historical details

Thought to come from the UK in the first half of the 20th century. It is possibly a natural cross between Malus sieboldii calocarpa and Malus prunifolia coccinea.



Botanical name

Malus zumi 'Golden Hornet'




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