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Crab Apple

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Apple Malus Golden Delicious 8/10cm Girth 35 Litre Pot Delivery November

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Tasty, self fertile eating apple. The apples are sweet and large, eat and cook well. One of the best apples for pest and disease resistance. Plant ...

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Apple Malus Laxtons Superb 10/12cm Girth 35 Litre Pot Delivery November

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A popular variety of eating apple. Apples are dull red flush over green skinned with whit-green flesh, they are quite dense and sweet in flavour.  ...

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Malus Diable Rouge Half Standard 15 Litre Pot

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Malus Or crab apple are small to medium-sized deciduous trees with showy flowers in spring and ornamental or edible fruit in autumn. Malus grow wel...

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Malus Everest Half Standard 15 Litre Pot

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Malus Or crab apple are small to medium-sized deciduous trees with showy flowers in spring and ornamental or edible fruit in autumn. Malus grow wel...

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Malus Everest Heavy Girth 10/12cm Rootballed Delivery November

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Malus Or crab apple are small to medium-sized deciduous trees with showy flowers in spring and ornamental or edible fruit in autumn. Malus grow wel...

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Malus Golden Hornet Heavy Girth 10/12cm Rootballed Delivery November

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Malus Or crab apple are small to medium-sized deciduous trees with showy flowers in spring and ornamental or edible fruit in autumn. Malus grow wel...

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Malus John Downie Extra Heavy Standard 10-12 cm Girth

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Malus Or crab apple are small to medium-sized deciduous trees with showy flowers in spring and ornamental or edible fruit in autumn. Malus grow ...

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Malus Mokum Heavy Girth 10/12cm Rootballed Delivery November

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Malus Red Sentinel Extra Heavy Standard 10/12 Girth

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Malus Red Sentinel Rootballed Heavy Standard 8/10cm Girth Delivery November

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Malus Red Sentinel Standard 6/8cm Girth 35 Litre Pot

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Malus Or crab apple are small to medium-sized deciduous trees with showy flowers in spring and ornamental or edible fruit in autumn. Malus grow ...

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Malus Royalty Half Standard 15 Litre Pot

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Malus Street Parade Standard 6/8cm Girth 35 Litre Pot

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Malus Yellow Siberian Half Standard 15 Litre Pot

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Crab Apple

Malus or Crab Apples

Small to medium sized deciduous trees, and a huge family with lots of varieties in, these are not to be confused with the Malus Domestica which are cultivated eating / cooking apples.

Although you can eat most crab apples, but you may be in for a shock when you get the tart and tangy flavour and not a sweet apple taste. For this reason, they are mainly harvested to make jams/jellies or they can be roasted and served with meat.

Crab apple trees have a range of features this being:

  • Grey-brown bark that can becomes gnarled and twisted with age.
  • Leaves are a glossy green oval shape with rounded teeth
  • In spring they are easily identified by the sweetly smelling flowers which range in colour from pure white to deep pink
  • In Autumn by the small apple like fruits.

Where to site your Crab Apple

Most varieties tend to be dwarf trees so are perfect for small gardens with their neat compact shape, perfect as a standalone specimen or in the border where you can colour match to really bring out the bright blossom colours in spring.

How to grow and look after your Crab Apple

Crab apples are adaptable but thrive best in moist, moderately fertile well-drained soil. They can be planted in partial shade, but full sun (8 hours of direct sun) is required for the best show of fruits and flowers. They are very hardy plants and can withstand a cold UK winter.

Caring Tips for Crab Apples
Watering

They require a lot of watering during the growing season especially during the flowering and fruiting periods. Once they are fully established this can be relaxed slightly just checking during prolonged dry spells. With crab apples you can soon see if they are struggling as the leaves do droop and can turn brown

Pruning

This can be done in late winter, trim out any dead, damaged or diseased branches or simply maintain the head structure

Feeding

A general purpose balanced granular can be used in spring, avoid ones with high nitrogen during the flowering / fruiting period

Signs of Pests and Disease: How to care for your Malus

They can suffer with aphids; caterpillars just treat as you need to

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