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Malus
Crab Apples - They'll make you turn to Jelly! In my first "proper" garden I asked an experienced plant enthusiast to recommend a good small ornamental tree. Her reply was given without hesitation - Malus ioensis plena. Malus is the Latin word for Apple. Whilst this particular Crab Apple is not noted for showy fruit, it more than makes up for it with the double pink blossom which smothers the tree in late spring.
The grey green foliage is most attractive when it emerges and turns to warm shades of yellow in autumn. But wait, it doesn't stop there, the Malus or Crab Apple family offers more than just beautiful blossom. Most have highly ornamental fruit that appears in autumn after the flowers and holds on the tree well into the winter or until picked for delicious Crab Apple Jelly. One of the top fruiting varieties is "Jack Humm" which has large bright crimson fruit flushed with a little yellow and orange. These fruits are seldom touched by birds so if you don';t wish to process into Jelly they will add interest to the winter garden.
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Crab Apples are quite easy to grow in a sunny sheltered position. They are tolerant of most soil types except for water logged soil. If you feel that your soil is a little poor then spread some slow release fertilizer around the tree in spring, perhaps adding some mulch or compost at the same time. Remember to leave space between the trunk of the tree and the start of the mulch layer.
Any pruning should be done in winter on a dry day. Basically prune for the first couple of years to get a nice open shape with 3 main branches that form a V - or what is known in horticulture as a vase shape. After that you can pretty much let the tree alone and just enjoy. Warning: some Crab Apples to have quite sharp spurs so if you are working under or around the tree take care not to meet one of these head on or you will in danger of becoming a crabby apple yourself!
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Crabapple Arnoldiana H/W 1.5
The slightly pendulous branches of this pretty Crabapple are decorated with red buds in early spring. These open out to fragrant soft pink blossoms. Yellow 'apples' blushed red follow in autumn. Deciduous.
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Habit: Pendulous
Height: 5mx3m
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Crabapple Arnoldiana H/W 1.8
The slightly pendulous branches of this pretty Crabapple are decorated with red buds in early spring. These open out to fragrant soft pink blossoms. Yellow 'apples' blushed red follow in autumn. Deciduous.
Habit: Pendulous
Height: 5mx3m
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Current Stock Height: 230/240cm
Container: PB28
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Crabapple Ballerina
This NZ hybrid is an outstanding flowering Crabapple producing clusters of red buds in September which quickly open to a mass of spectacularly large, frilly, fully double pink blossoms. These are followed by showy, large, apricot coloured Crab Apples. A vigorous and neat small tree. Deciduous.
Habit: Upright
Height: 3m x 2m
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Current Stock Height: 150/160cm
Container: PB12
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Crabapple Ballerina Maypole
Masses of beautiful carmine red spring flowers are followed by large purple red crab apples. The tall narrow columnar habit lends this special tree to many uses. Imagine a row marching along a driveway. You could even grow it in a container. The apples make delicious jelly. Deciduous. PVR.
Habit: Upright
Height: 4m x 0.3m
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Current Stock Height: 120/150cm
Container: PB18
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Crabapple Ballerina Samba
This columnar, compact tree produces a truly stunning spring display with vibrant carmine blossoms and bronze-red new growth. In summer masses of very deep red crab apples decorate the tree and if processed make lovely 'jelly'. Narrow upright habit makes this a tree easy to place. PVR. Deciduous.
Crab Apples are more tolerant of adverse soil conditions than other blossom trees and are long lived and hardy.
Habit: Upright
Height: 4m x 0.3m
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Current Stock Height: 70/100cm
Container: PB18
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Crabapple Barbara Ann
Double wine-red blossom appears in spring followed by reddish green summer foliage that intensifies in autumn. The crab-apple fruits that hold well are a purplish red shade. Quite a different and distinctive ornamental cultivar. Happiest in a sunny well drained position. Deciduous.
Habit: Upright
Height: 3m x 2.5m
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Current Stock Height: 130/150cm
Container: PB18
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Crabapple Blue Mountain
A vigorous and extremely hardy variety reputed to "grow anywhere". Wine red flowers are showy and are followed by purple-red fruit. Foliage is an attractive dark green. Very appealing tree. Crabapples are more tolerant of adverse soil conditions than other flowering trees and are long lived and hardy.
Habit: Upright
Height: 5m
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Current Stock Height: 200/220cm
Container: PB28
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Crabapple coronaria Charlottae
A lovely ornamental Crabapple with large rounded fresh green leaves that colour well in autumn. Double shell pink blossoms in spring followed by small green fruit. Plant in a sunny position. Deciduous.
Habit: Upright
Height: 2.5mx2m
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Current Stock Height: 100/120cm
Container: PB18
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Crabapple Echtermeyer H/W
This is a graceful, elegant weeping tree with pendulous branches that are covered in masses of rose crimson flowers in spring followed by decorative reddish purple fruits. The new foliage growth is red
Habit: Weeping
Height: 2.5m x 2m
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Current Stock Height: 190/210cm
Container: PB28
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Crabapple Floribunda
An early blooming ornamental Crab Apple with pendulous arching branches decorated with tight red buds. These open to beautiful white blossoms flushed with pink throughout September/October. The flowers are followed by small red and yellow fruits. Hardy and easy to grow. Deciduous.
Habit: Arching
Height: 3m x 2.5m
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Current Stock Height: 180/200cm
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