Rudolph crab apple trees

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• Blossom colour: Pink
• Fruit colour: Orange
• Fruit colour: Orange / Red
• Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange

Malus Rudoph features very large single deep pink flowers, and small orange fruits.

Rudolph crab apple trees for sale

Malus 'Rudolph' has perhaps the largest flowers of any crab-apple, they can be up to 5cm across, and are an intense dark pink colour.

In contrast the fruits are small and berry-like, and an attractive orange colour, and they will persist on the tree well into late autumn, gradually turning darker.

The leaves are bronze/purple when young.

How to grow

Like many of the bronze or purple-leaved crab-apples, Malus Rudolph is susceptible to fireblight, although this is not usually an issue for UK growers.

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History

Malus Rudolph was developed in Canada, and is related to Malus 'Niedzwetzkyana', from which it inherits the purple-tints in its leaves, blossom, and fruits.

Rudolph characteristics