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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 apears 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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aka Japanese Arching Crabapple

An early blooming ornamental Crabapple 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. Est.10yr.growth.

 

Flower Colour: Pink / Red
Habit: Arching
Mature Size 7-10 yrs (HxW): 3m x 2.5m

Malus Crabapple Floribunda H/W 1.5

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aka Japanese Arching Crabapple

An early blooming ornamental Crabapple 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. Est.10yr.growth.

 

Flower Colour: Pink / Red
Habit: Arching
Mature Size 7-10 yrs (HxW): 3m x 2.5m

Malus Crabapple Floribunda LW

Current Stock Height: 165/180 cm  ? 

Container: 8l  ? 

$59.99

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aka Crabapple

Malus hybrid. Pink buds open to pale pink blossom in spring. The blossom is followed by heavy crops of little golden-yellow apples that almost cover the branches in autumn-winter - highly ornamental. Upright pyramidal habit. Easy to grow in a well drained sunny spot. Deciduous.

 

Flower Colour: White / Pink
Habit: Upright
Mature Size 7-10 yrs (HxW): 3m x 2.5m

Malus Crabapple Golden Hornet

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aka Crabapple

This NZ bred Crabapple is aptly named as it is absolutely gorgeous in spring when white to soft pink single blooms smother the branches. These are followed by masses of shiny bright crimson 'apples' that hold well on the tree through to autumn. Ideal for making delicious jelly. Deciduous

Fruit is ideal for making delicious jelly.

 

Flower Colour: White / Pink
Habit: Upright
Mature Size 7-10 yrs (HxW): 2.5m x 2m

Malus Crabapple Gorgeous

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aka Bechtel Crab

Bechtel Crab. This highly ornamental small tree is a firm favourite here at Wairere. Large, double, frilly pink, fragrant blossom decorates the tree in late spring. The summer foliage is a soft sage green and also very decorative. Plant in a sunny spot in well drained soil. Est.10yr.growth.

This Crab Apple does have fruit after flowering - it is small and light yellow and rarely produced in noticeable quantities. It's all about the blossom which is truly beautiful.

 

Flower Colour: Pink
Habit: Upright
Mature Size 7-10 yrs (HxW): 2m x 2m

Malus Crabapple Ioensis Plena

Current Stock Height: 70/100 cm  ? 

Container: 8l  ? 

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aka Crabapple

Bechtel Crab. This highly ornamental small tree is a firm favourite here at Wairere. Large, double, frilly pink, fragrant blossom decorates the tree in late spring. The summer foliage is a soft sage green and also very decorative. Plant in a sunny spot in well drained soil. Est.10yr.growth.

 

Flower Colour: Pink
Habit: Upright
Mature Size 7-10 yrs (HxW): 2.5m x 2m

Malus Crabapple Ioensis Plena H/W 1.5

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aka Crabapple

Jack Humm rhymes with yum because this is just a beautiful highly ornamental tree that you won't regret planting. The single white blossom in spring is followed by large shiny red 'apples' that stand out on the bare branches right through winter. Luckily birds seldom eat the fruit. Est.10yr.growth.

Good for making crabapple jelly

 

Flower Colour: White
Habit: Upright
Mature Size 7-10 yrs (HxW): 3m x 2.5m

Malus Crabapple Jack Humm L/W MM106

Current Stock Height: 160/180 cm  ? 

Container: 8l  ? 

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aka Crabapple

Crabapple AKA Malus. A year round delight with fragrant, white, spring blossom followed by fresh green summer foliage. Autumn brings gorgeous little apples in tones of cream and orange with red flushes that hold well on the tree. PVR. Deciduous.

This tree was bred in NZ and is a vigorous grower and prolific producer of fruit great for Jelly. Harvest the fruit early for Jelly but leave some apples on the tree to decorate the autumn-winter garden. According to the breeder the birds leave the fruit alone which is an added bonus.

 

Flower Colour: White
Habit: Upright
Mature Size 7-10 yrs (HxW): 4m x 2.5m

Malus Crabapple Jelly King

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A gorgeous crabapple with pendulous weeping branches that are covered in bright carmine red blossoms in spring. The new leaf growth also has red tones before turning to bronze-green for summer. Small red ornamental fruits appear after the flowers. Plant in the sun. Deciduous. Est.10yr.growth.

 

Flower Colour: Pink / Red
Habit: Weeping
Mature Size 7-10 yrs (HxW): 2.5m x 2m

Malus Crabapple Kaitoke H/W 1.5

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aka Crabapple

Crabapple. This is a really lovely cultivar with pure white spring blossom that has a pleasant fragrance. Fresh green spring-summer foliage with soft autumn tones prior to leaf fall. The bright red apples have an excellent flavour. . Deciduous.

Makes great Crabapple Jelly

 

Flower Colour: White
Habit: Upright
Mature Size 7-10 yrs (HxW): 3m x 2.5m

Malus Crabapple Manchurian HW

Current Stock Height: H/W 160/210  ? 

Container: 13L  ? 

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