Crab apple

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• fidgetbones Posts: 17,618

  November 2018

  https://www.gardensillustrated.com/plants/trees/the-best-crab-apple-trees-for-colour-and-form/

  
  
  

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• cornishpixi Posts: 67

  November 2018

  Lovely thank you very informative possibly to much choice  lol

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• Papi Jo Posts: 4,254

  November 2018

  Great article, @fidgetbones, thanks!

  @cornishpixi , I have one of the cultivars mentioned in the GI article, Malus 'Evereste'. Planted 4 years ago, has grown very nicely. I can recommend it, as it's an almost all year round sight. See http://www.rezeau.org/wp-garden/fr/malus-perpetu-evereste/

  Here's a pic of last spring's bloom.

  
  

  
  

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• Busy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043

  November 2018

  You could narrow down your choice. Would you like green or dark red leaves; white, pink or red flowers; red, yellow or orange fruit; a weeping or upright habit? I like the yellow fruits of Golden Hornet. I have a dark red flowered one with reddish leaves and dark red fruit but I have forgotten it's name.
  

  Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.

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• fidgetbones Posts: 17,618

  November 2018

  That is a beautiful tree , Papi Jo

    Cornish Pixi, Remember that a crab apple can often be a good pollinator for eating apples too.
  

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