Crab apple trees
Crab-apple trees are grown for their attractive blossom. Many also produce useful fruitlets, and most are good pollinators for other apple trees.
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Admiration
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Also known as Malus Adirondack. A dwarf upright crab-apple with masses of light-pink / white flowers.- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: Pink - light
- Fruit colour: Red
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
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Barbara
Malus Barbara has dark pink blossom and small purple fruitlets.- Blossom colour: Pink - dark
- Fruit colour: Purple
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Butterball
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Malus Butterball is named for its bright yellow fruits, which are also good for crab apple jelly.£36.75 - £59.00buy- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: White
- Fruit colour: Yellow
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
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Cinderella®
A naturally dwarf bushy-crab-apple. White blossom followed by tiny golden spherical fruitlets, and yellow autumn leaf colours.£70.00buy- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: White
- Fruit colour: Gold
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Comtesse de Paris
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Comtesse de Paris can be considered as an improved Golden Hornet. It features the same white blossom and persistent yellow fruitlets, but grows with a better form.£59.00buy- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: White
- Fruit colour: Yellow
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
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Coralburst®
Malus Coralburst is a naturally compact crab-apple with a superb blossom display and small persistent yellow-orange fruitlets.£70.00buy- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: Pink - dark
- Fruit colour: Bronze
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Crimson Cascade
A new weeping crab-apple with dusky pink blossom and small dark red fruitlets.£70.00buy- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: Crimson
- Fruit colour: Red - dark
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Donald Wyman
Donald Wyman is a classic white-flowered crab-apple, with very small red fruits, which persist into mid-winter.- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: White
- Fruit colour: Red
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Golden Gem
A traditional crab-apple featuring a mass of white blossom in spring, followed by yellow crab apples.£36.75 - £59.00buy- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: White
- Fruit colour: Yellow
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Golden Hornet
Malus Golden Hornet is a traditional white blossom crab apple, with persistent yellow fruits.£36.75 - £59.00buy- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: White
- Fruit colour: Yellow
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
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HalloweenTM
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Malus Halloween is named for its ribbed orange-yellow crab-apples, which resemble little pumpkins.£60.00buy- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: White
- Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
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Harry Baker
Malus Harry Baker is a popular crab-apple with deep pink flowers and dark red fruits which are very good for crab-apple jelly.- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: Crimson
- Fruit colour: Red
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Indian Magic
An excellent all-round crab apple, with attractive bronze leaves, dusky pink blossom, and small persistent red fruits.£59.00buy- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: Pink
- Fruit colour: Red
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Jelly King®
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A compact crab apple, with unusually large persistent fruits - excellent for crab apple jelly.£36.75 - £59.00buy- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: White
- Fruit colour: Orange / Red
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
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John Downie
John Downie is a traditional crab apple for making crab apple jelly. White blossom and orange-red fruits.£36.75 - £59.00buy- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: White
- Fruit colour: Orange / Red
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
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Malus baccata
The Siberian crab-apple, noted for its exceptional cold-hardiness, disease-resistance, attractive blossom and clusters of cherry-like fruitlets in autumn,£44.00buy- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: White
- Fruit colour: Orange / Red
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Malus floribunda
Malus floribunda is also known as the Japanese Crab. Pink / white blossom then red / yellow fruits.£44.00buy- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: White
- Fruit colour: Yellow / Red
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
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Malus hupehensis
A traditional garden crab-apple from China, with white blossom and small red-tinged fruitlets, a good choice as a specimen tree.- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
- Blossom colour: White
- Fruit colour: Green / Red
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
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Malus sylvestris
Malus sylvestris is the common wild crab apple, easy to grow and ideal for native planting schemes. - Crab apple trees
Malus transitoria
Malus transitoria is known as the Cut-leaf crab-apple, and features a mass of small white flowers, and clusters of tiny yellow fruitlets.- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: White
- Fruit colour: Yellow
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
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NUVAR® Marble
A modern English crab-apple, with large fruits, ideal for early-season crab-apple jelly.£53.00buy- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: White
- Fruit colour: Orange / Red
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Prairie Fire®
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Malus Prairie Fire is a medium-size upright crab-apple tree, notable for its dark pink flowers.£70.00buy- Blossom colour: Pink - dark
- Fruit colour: Red
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Professor Sprenger
A well-proportioned crab-apple with profuse white blossom, and golden-orange fruitlets in autumn.£44.00buy- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: White
- Fruit colour: Orange
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Red Obelisk
Malus Red Obelisk is a compact upright crab-apple with white flowers, purple / green leaves, and red fruits.£37.95buy- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: White
- Blossom colour: Pink - light
- Fruit colour: Red
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Red Sentinel
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Malus Red Sentinel has classic white blossom and a profusion of tiny scarlet persistent fruits.£36.75 - £59.00buy- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: White
- Fruit colour: Red
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Awards: RHS AM
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Roberts Red
Roberts Red or Roberts Crab is an unusual red-fleshed crab-apple, with dark pink blossom, and purple fruits. Useful for cooking and produces a claret red colour juice.£59.00buy- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: Pink - dark
- Fruit colour: Purple
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Wedding Bouquet
Malus Wedding Bouquet features ivory-white blossom and tiny red berry-like fruitlets.£36.75 - £70.00buy- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: White
- Fruit colour: Red - dark
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
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White Star
A modern English crab-apple with white star-like flowers followed by attractive russeted fruitlets.- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: White
- Fruit colour: Russet
- Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
