White Star crab apple trees

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• Self-fertility: Self-fertile
• Blossom colour: White
• Fruit colour: Russet
• Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange

A modern English crab-apple with white star-like flowers followed by attractive russeted fruitlets.

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Malus 'White Star' is a modern English crab-apple. In spring it features a mass of star-like white flowers, whilst in the autumn it produces medium-sized golden russeted crab-apples. These stay on the tree until early winter and are useful for feeding wildlife.

The tree grows fairly quickly, and with a pleasing upright spreading shape.

How to grow

Malus 'White Star' is easy to grow and generally untroubled by diseases.

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History

Malus 'White Star' was developed by English fruit enthusiast Hugh Ermen. All his crab-apple and apple varieties tend to make good easy-growing garden trees.

White Star characteristics