Here is a cheery sight! Prolific crab apples – dazzling and bountiful garden trees which grow between 3m-8m tall. There are several varieties to choose from which include:-
Malus baccata Street Parade
Malus Evereste – grown as a standard, multi-stem or pleached.
Malus Golden Hornet
Malus Mokum
Malus Rudolph – grown as standard and pleached.
Malus Red Sentinel
Malus John Downie
These crab apple trees profusely flower with white or pink petals (depending on the variety) in the Spring and the pollen is good for bees. The fruit is eaten by birds and mammals in the Autumn.
Malus John Downie, for example, produces fruits which are orange-red, large and conical in shape. They have a good flavour to them and as such are useful in making preserves and Crab Apple jelly. In the Autumn, the foliage turns classically lemony yellow and brown. An all round great value tree
