CRAB APPLE

Flowering Crab Apple Gorgeous

Malus Gorgeous

DESCRIPTION:

This crab apple is a small upright growing tree with pendulous spreading branches. Green foliage changing to golden in Autumn. Pink buds open to single white blossoms in mid Spring. This variety is better known for its quality fruit rather than flowers.

HEIGHT x WIDTH:

3 metres x 3 metres

SHAPE:

Upright spreading

FOLIAGE:

Green foliage changing to golden in Autumn

FLOWERS:

Insignificant single white flowers with yellow stamens

FRUIT:

Bright red fruit (green on the underside) matures in late Summer, remaining on the tree to early Autumn

COMMENTS:

This variety produces an abundance of good quality fruit. Excellent for making Crab Apple Jelly.

TREE CARE:

Plant in full sun in a well drained and well worked soil. Take care to plant the bud union above the soil level. Water in well and keep soil moist until tree is established. Fertilize when planting and again after new growth appears. Prune tree when planting to encourage new growth.