Crab apple trees
Crab-apple trees are grown for their attractive blossom. Many also produce useful fruitlets, and most are good pollinators for other apple trees.
Admiration
Also known as Malus Adirondack. A dwarf upright crab-apple with masses of light-pink / white flowers.£60.50buyBest seller- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: Pink - light
- Fruit colour: Red
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Barbara
Malus Barbara has dark pink blossom and small purple fruitlets.- Blossom colour: Pink - dark
- Fruit colour: Purple
Butterball
Malus Butterball is named for its bright yellow fruits, which are also good for crab apple jelly.£36.75 - £60.50buyBest seller- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: White
- Fruit colour: Yellow
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Cinderella®
A naturally dwarf bushy-crab-apple. White blossom followed by tiny golden spherical fruitlets, and yellow autumn leaf colours.- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: White
- Fruit colour: Gold
Comtesse de Paris
Comtesse de Paris can be considered as an improved Golden Hornet. It features the same white blossom and persistent yellow fruitlets, but grows with a better form.£36.75 - £60.50buyBest seller- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: White
- Fruit colour: Yellow
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Coralburst®
Malus Coralburst is a naturally compact crab-apple with a superb blossom display and small persistent yellow-orange fruitlets.£71.50buy- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: Pink - dark
- Fruit colour: Bronze
Crimson Cascade
A new weeping crab-apple with dusky pink blossom and small dark red fruitlets.£44.00 - £71.50buy- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: Crimson
- Fruit colour: Red - dark
Donald Wyman
Donald Wyman is a classic white-flowered crab-apple, with very small red fruits, which persist into mid-winter.£36.75buy- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: White
- Fruit colour: Red
Fimbriata
Malus Fimbriata is notable for its double-flowered blossom, very unusual in a crab-apple.- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
- Blossom colour: Pink - light
Golden Gem
A traditional crab-apple featuring a mass of white blossom in spring, followed by yellow crab apples.£60.50buy- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: White
- Fruit colour: Yellow
Golden Hornet
Malus Golden Hornet is a traditional white blossom crab apple, with persistent yellow fruits.£36.75 - £60.50buy- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: White
- Fruit colour: Yellow
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
HalloweenTM
Malus Halloween is named for its ribbed orange-yellow crab-apples, which resemble little pumpkins.£44.00 - £61.50buyBest seller- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: White
- Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
Harry Baker
Malus Harry Baker is a popular crab-apple with deep pink flowers and dark red fruits which are very good for crab-apple jelly.£36.75 - £60.50buy- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: Crimson
- Fruit colour: Red
Indian Magic
An excellent all-round crab apple, with attractive bronze leaves, dusky pink blossom, and small persistent red fruits.£60.50buy- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: Pink
- Fruit colour: Red
Jelly King®
A compact crab apple, with unusually large persistent fruits - excellent for crab apple jelly.£36.75 - £60.50buyBest seller- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: White
- Fruit colour: Orange / Red
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
John Downie
John Downie is a traditional crab apple for making crab apple jelly. White blossom and orange-red fruits.£36.95 - £60.50buy- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: White
- Fruit colour: Orange / Red
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Malus baccata
The Siberian crab-apple, noted for its exceptional cold-hardiness, disease-resistance, attractive blossom and clusters of cherry-like fruitlets in autumn,£44.00 - £71.50buy- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: White
- Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Malus floribunda
Malus floribunda is also known as the Japanese Crab. Pink / white blossom then red / yellow fruits.£44.00 - £71.50buy- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: White
- Fruit colour: Yellow / Red
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Malus hupehensis
A traditional garden crab-apple from China, with white blossom and small red-tinged fruitlets, a good choice as a specimen tree.£71.50buy- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
- Blossom colour: White
- Fruit colour: Green / Red
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Malus sylvestris
Malus sylvestris is the common wild crab apple, easy to grow and ideal for native planting schemes.Malus transitoria
Malus transitoria is known as the Cut-leaf crab-apple, and features a mass of small white flowers, and clusters of tiny yellow fruitlets.£36.75 - £62.50buy- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: White
- Fruit colour: Yellow
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
NUVAR® Marble
A modern English crab-apple, with large fruits, ideal for early-season crab-apple jelly.£37.95buy- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: White
- Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Prairie Fire®
Malus Prairie Fire is a medium-size upright crab-apple tree, notable for its dark pink flowers.- Blossom colour: Pink - dark
- Fruit colour: Red
Professor Sprenger
A well-proportioned crab-apple with profuse white blossom, and golden-orange fruitlets in autumn.- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: White
- Fruit colour: Orange
Red Obelisk
Malus Red Obelisk is a compact upright crab-apple with white flowers, purple / green leaves, and red fruits - a good choice for making crab-apple jelly.- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: White
- Blossom colour: Pink - light
- Fruit colour: Red
Red Sentinel
Malus Red Sentinel has classic white blossom and a profusion of tiny scarlet persistent fruits.£60.50buyBest seller- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: White
- Fruit colour: Red
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Awards: RHS AM
Roberts Red
Roberts Red or Roberts Crab is an unusual red-fleshed crab-apple, with dark pink blossom, and purple fruits. Useful for cooking and produces a claret red colour juice.£60.50buy- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: Pink - dark
- Fruit colour: Purple
Royalty
Malus Royalty has bright purple-red blossom, dark green-bronze leaves, and dark red fruitlets.- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: Red - dark
- Fruit colour: Red - dark
Wedding Bouquet
Malus Wedding Bouquet features ivory-white blossom and tiny red berry-like fruitlets.£71.50buy- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: White
- Fruit colour: Red - dark
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
White Star
A modern English crab-apple with white star-like flowers followed by attractive russeted fruitlets.- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Blossom colour: White
- Fruit colour: Russet
- Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange