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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.

  • Admiration

    Admiration crab apple trees
    Also known as Malus Adirondack. A dwarf upright crab-apple with masses of light-pink / white flowers.
    £60.50buyBest seller
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
    • Blossom colour: Pink - light
    • Fruit colour: Red
    • Awards: RHS AGM (current)

  • Aros®

    Aros crab apple trees
    A small slow-growing upright crab-apple, with bronze-green leaves, beautiful dark pink flowers with white centres, and maroon fruits in the autumn.
    £61.50buy
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
    • Blossom colour: Pink - dark
    • Fruit colour: Red - dark
    • Awards: RHS AGM (former)

  • Barbara

    Barbara crab apple trees
    Malus Barbara has dark pink blossom and small purple fruitlets.
    • Blossom colour: Pink - dark
    • Fruit colour: Purple

  • Butterball

    Butterball crab apple trees
    Malus Butterball is named for its bright yellow fruits, which are also good for crab apple jelly.
    £60.50buyBest seller
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
    • Blossom colour: White
    • Fruit colour: Yellow
    • Awards: RHS AGM (current)

  • Cardinal

    Cardinal crab apple trees
    Also known as Princeton Cardinal, a bronze-leaved crab-apple with pink-red spring blossom and red fruitlets in the autumn.
    £60.50buy
    • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
    • Blossom colour: Pink - dark
    • Fruit colour: Red - dark
    • Awards: RHS AGM (current)

  • Cinderella®

    A naturally dwarf bushy-crab-apple. White blossom followed by tiny golden spherical fruitlets, and yellow autumn leaf colours.
    £71.50buy
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
    • Blossom colour: White
    • Fruit colour: Gold

  • Comtesse de Paris

    Comtesse de Paris crab apple trees
    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.
    £60.50buyBest seller
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
    • Blossom colour: White
    • Fruit colour: Yellow
    • Awards: RHS AGM (current)

  • Coralburst®

    Coralburst crab apple trees
    Malus Coralburst is a naturally compact crab-apple with a superb blossom display and small persistent yellow-orange fruitlets.
    £71.50buy
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
    • Blossom colour: Pink - dark
    • Fruit colour: Bronze

  • Crimson Cascade

    Crimson Cascade crab apple trees
    A new weeping crab-apple with dusky pink blossom and small dark red fruitlets.
    £71.50buy
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
    • Blossom colour: Crimson
    • Fruit colour: Red - dark

  • Donald Wyman

    Donald Wyman crab apple trees
    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

  • Elk River

    Elk River features large fragrant pink single flowers followed by small bright green crab-apples.
    £71.50buy
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
    • Blossom colour: Pink - light
    • Fruit colour: Green

  • Evereste

    Evereste crab apple trees
    Evereste is one of the most well-known crab-apples, featuring white blossom and red-yellow fruits.
    £60.50buyBest seller
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
    • Blossom colour: White
    • Fruit colour: Orange / Red
    • Awards: RHS AGM (current)

  • Fimbriata

    Fimbriata crab apple trees
    Malus Fimbriata is notable for its double-flowered blossom, very unusual in a crab-apple.
    • Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
    • Blossom colour: Pink - light

  • Golden Gem

    Golden Gem crab apple trees
    A traditional crab-apple featuring a mass of white blossom in spring, followed by yellow crab apples.
    £60.50buy
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
    • Blossom colour: White
    • Fruit colour: Yellow

  • Golden Hornet

    Golden Hornet crab apple trees
    Malus Golden Hornet is a traditional white blossom crab apple, with persistent yellow fruits.
    £60.50buy
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
    • Blossom colour: White
    • Fruit colour: Yellow
    • Awards: RHS AGM (former)

  • Gorgeous

    Gorgeous crab apple trees
    Malus Gorgeous has pink/white blossom and spherical cherry-like red fruits which are good for jelly.
    £60.50buy
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
    • Blossom colour: Pink - light
    • Fruit colour: Red

  • HalloweenTM

    Halloween crab apple trees
    Malus Halloween is named for its ribbed orange-yellow crab-apples, which resemble little pumpkins.
    £61.50buyBest seller
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
    • Blossom colour: White
    • Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange

  • Harry Baker

    Harry Baker crab apple trees
    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

  • Indian Magic

    Indian Magic crab apple trees
    An excellent all-round crab apple, with attractive bronze leaves, dusky pink blossom, and small persistent red fruits.
    £60.50buy
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
    • Blossom colour: Pink
    • Fruit colour: Red

  • Jelly King®

    Jelly King crab apple trees
    A compact crab apple, with unusually large persistent fruits - excellent for crab apple jelly.
    £60.50buyBest seller
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
    • Blossom colour: White
    • Fruit colour: Orange / Red
    • Awards: RHS AGM (current)

  • John Downie

    John Downie crab apple trees
    John Downie is a traditional crab apple for making crab apple jelly. White blossom and orange-red fruits.
    £60.50buy
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
    • Blossom colour: White
    • Fruit colour: Orange / Red
    • Awards: RHS AGM (former)

  • Laura

    Laura crab apple trees
    Malus Laura is a very upright dwarf crab-apple, with bronze leaves, crimson blossom and maroon fruitlets.
    £61.50buyBest seller
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
    • Blossom colour: Crimson
    • Awards: RHS AGM (current)

  • Louisa

    Louisa crab apple trees
    Malus Louisa is a pretty weeping crab apple with light pink blossom and small yellow fruitlets.
    £71.50buy
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
    • Blossom colour: Pink - light
    • Fruit colour: Orange

  • Malus baccata

    Malus baccata crab apple trees
    The Siberian crab-apple, noted for its exceptional cold-hardiness, disease-resistance, attractive blossom and clusters of cherry-like fruitlets in autumn,
    £71.50buy
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
    • Blossom colour: White
    • Fruit colour: Orange / Red

  • Malus floribunda

    Malus floribunda crab apple trees
    Malus floribunda is also known as the Japanese Crab. Pink / white blossom then red / yellow fruits.
    £71.50buy
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
    • Blossom colour: White
    • Fruit colour: Yellow / Red
    • Awards: RHS AGM (current)

  • Malus hupehensis

    Malus hupehensis crab apple trees
    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)

  • Malus sylvestris

    Malus sylvestris crab apple trees
    Malus sylvestris is the common wild crab apple, easy to grow and ideal for native planting schemes.
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile

  • Malus transitoria

    Malus transitoria crab apple trees
    Malus transitoria is known as the Cut-leaf crab-apple, and features a mass of small white flowers, and clusters of tiny yellow fruitlets.
    £62.50buy
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
    • Blossom colour: White
    • Fruit colour: Yellow
    • Awards: RHS AGM (current)

  • NUVAR® Marble

    NUVAR® Marble crab apple trees
    A modern English crab-apple, with large fruits, ideal for early-season crab-apple jelly.
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
    • Blossom colour: White
    • Fruit colour: Orange / Red

  • Pink Glow

    Pink Glow crab apple trees
    Malus Dolgo, also known as Pink Glow, offers early-season white flowers and very attractive dark pink fruits. It is exceptionally cold-hardy.
    £60.50buy
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
    • Blossom colour: White

  • Prairie Fire®

    Prairie Fire crab apple trees
    Malus Prairie Fire is a medium-size upright crab-apple tree, notable for its dark pink flowers.
    • Blossom colour: Pink - dark
    • Fruit colour: Red

  • Professor Sprenger

    Professor Sprenger crab apple trees
    A well-proportioned crab-apple with profuse white blossom, and golden-orange fruitlets in autumn.
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
    • Blossom colour: White
    • Fruit colour: Orange

  • Profusion

    Profusion crab apple trees
    Malus Profusion (also known as Directeur Moerlands) is a classic crab apple variety, with dense clusters of deep pink blossom followed by small crimson berry-like fruitlets.
    £60.50buy
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
    • Blossom colour: Crimson
    • Fruit colour: Red - dark

  • Red Obelisk

    Red Obelisk crab apple trees
    Malus Red Obelisk is a compact upright crab-apple with white flowers, purple / green leaves, and red fruits - a good choice for making crab-apple jelly.
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
    • Blossom colour: White
    • Blossom colour: Pink - light
    • Fruit colour: Red

  • Red Sentinel

    Red Sentinel crab apple trees
    Malus Red Sentinel has classic white blossom and a profusion of tiny scarlet persistent fruits.
    £60.50buyBest seller
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
    • Blossom colour: White
    • Fruit colour: Red
    • Awards: RHS AGM (current)
    • Awards: RHS AM

  • Roberts Red

    Roberts Red crab apple trees
    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.
    £60.50buy
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
    • Blossom colour: Pink - dark
    • Fruit colour: Purple

  • Rosehip

    Rosehip crab apple trees
    Malus Rosehip is notable for its large rosehip-shaped red fruits.
    £60.50buy
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
    • Blossom colour: White
    • Fruit colour: Orange / Red

  • Royalty

    Royalty crab apple trees
    Malus Royalty has bright purple-red blossom, dark green-bronze leaves, and dark red fruitlets.
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
    • Blossom colour: Red - dark
    • Fruit colour: Red - dark

  • Rudolph

    Rudolph crab apple trees
    Malus Rudoph features very large single deep pink flowers, and small orange fruits.
    • Blossom colour: Pink
    • Fruit colour: Orange
    • Fruit colour: Orange / Red
    • Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange

  • Scarlett

    Scarlett crab apple trees
    Malus toringo Scarlett is an ornamental crab apple with bronze leaves, dusky pink blossom, and dark red fruitlets.
    £60.50buy
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
    • Blossom colour: Pink
    • Fruit colour: Purple
    • Awards: RHS AGM (current)

  • Sun Rival

    Sun Rival crab apple trees
    Malus Sun Rival is a popular weeping crab-apple, with pale pink blossom and small red berry-like fruitlets.
    £71.50buy
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
    • Blossom colour: Pink - light
    • Fruit colour: Red
    • Awards: RHS AGM (current)

  • Wedding Bouquet

    Wedding Bouquet crab apple trees
    Malus Wedding Bouquet features ivory-white blossom and tiny red berry-like fruitlets.
    £71.50buy
    • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
    • Blossom colour: White
    • Fruit colour: Red - dark
    • Awards: RHS AGM (current)

  • White Star

    White Star crab apple trees
    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

How to choose Crab apple trees

We have a huge range of crab-apple trees, with blossom colours from white to dark crimson, and fruitlet colours from red to orange to yellow, and lots of different sizes and forms.

It is well-known that many crab-apples (especially the ones with white blossom and green leaves) are excellent pollinators for mainstream apple varieties. This is because they produce huge quantities of pollen, usually over a long period, and with good compatiblity. Evereste, Golden Gem, Golden Hornet, John Downie and Red Sentinel are popular for this purpose.

While crab-apples are primarily used for their ornamental value, many are also useful for crab-apple jelly, and providing natural pectin for cooking with.  Have a look at Laura, Jelly King, Pink Glow, and Harry Baker.