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Crab Apples

Malus criknzam

Crimson Knight Crab Apple: small to medium, deciduous ornamental, plant as a feature and for colour

Height up to 8m x Width 4m

Foliage emerges purple-bronze turning orange in Autumn. Produces large, deep-red flowers from Spring. Will produce crab apples in ideal conditions. Oval, rounded shape. Growth rate moderate to fast.

Prefers full sun to part shade and moist, well draining soil.

Malus echtermeyer

Weeping Crab Apple: small, deciduous ornamental, plant as a feature

Height up to 3m x Width 3m

New foliage purple in colour, changing to bronze green. Produces bright crimson pink flowers in Spring, followed by crimson crab apples. Weeping shape. Growth rate slow to moderate.

Prefers full sun and tolerant to most conditions.

Malus matttom

Tom Matthews Crab Apple: small, deciduous ornamental, plant as a feature and for colour

Height up to 3m x Width 3m

Foliage green-bronze and red. Produces vibrant scarlet-red flowers from Spring, followed by crab apples from Autumn. Upright shape. Growth rate moderate.

Prefers full sun and tolerant to most conditions.

Malus shotizam

Showtime Crab Apple: small, deciduous ornamental, plant as a feature and for colour

Height up to 5m x Width 4m

Foliage emerges purple-bronze, maturing to green and red, turning bronzy-yellows in Autumn. Produces masses of fuchsia-pink blooms from Spring followed by crab apples in Autumn. Upright, rounded shape. Growth rate moderate.

Prefers full sun and moist, well draining soil.

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