Crab Apple Trees
Crab apple trees are plants most often used for their wonderful ornamental value, but also esteemed for the crab apple jelly that can be made from their fruits, as well as being a handy addition to apple cider brews that need a bit of extra kick
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Crab apple – Ioensis Plena
Crab apple Ioensis Plena is an ornamental, small tree, which in late spring becomes covered with large, beautiful smelling, light pink double flowers. A magnificent crab apple. Leaves colour to an orange / red in the autumn. Fruit are rarely produced.
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Malus Spectabilis crab apple
Malus Spectabilis crab apple is a species of crab apple known by the common names Asiatic apple, Chinese crab, and Chinese flowering apple, it has a wonderfully colourful display of semi double-pink flowers Pollinate with: Golden Hornet (crab), Jack Humm (crab), Jonathan, Lady Williams, Pink Lady, Fuji, Gala, Freyburg, Granny Smith
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Huonville crab apple
Huonville crab apple tree coming out of the Huon Valley in Tasmania, unusual pink coloured flesh, leaves purple, reddish inside the branches also, a crab apple which is quite a good size compared to other crabs, edible fresh, good for juice, but maintaining some crab apple flavour traits Ripens: April/May
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Malus Aldenhamensis crab apple
A magnificent variety, Malus purpurea Aldenhamensis Crab Apple is best known for its long lasting red-purple flowers, complemented by purple-red follage in the Autumn.
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Malus profusion
Crab apple with a vast display of wine red flowers which are deeply fragrant in spring, followed by blood red fruit, flowers profusely from a young age
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Gorgeous crab apple
Gorgeous crab apple, coming out of New Zealand, this cultivar makes a nice open shaped tree, with an enormous crop of small one inch deep red fruits, ripens late season Ripens: March/April Pollinate with: Orleans Reinette, Peasgood's Nonsuch, Mother, Democrat, Golden Noble, King of the Pippins
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Malus Floribunda crab apple
Malus Floribunda crab apple is a Japanese Crab, huge masses of crimson buds, opening to blooms with pink / red on white background - quite stunning in springtime, (also known as the 'Showy Crabapple' because of its profuse blossom), followed by small red and yellow fruits Ripens: March/April Pollinate with: Beauty of Bath, Lord Lambourne, McIntosh, Red Braeburn, French(crab), Yarlington Mill (cider)
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John Downie crab apple
John Downie crab apple grows into a fair sized tree when mature, has a very heavy crop of crabs which are able to be eaten, fruit are quite large for a crab apple, makes a marvelous crab apple jelly, great pollinator for nearly all other apples Ripens: June/July Pollinate with: Granny Smith, Gala, Fuji, Pink Lady, Lady Williams, Freyburg, Merton Worcester, Jack Humm (crab), Golden Hornet (crab)