MALUS

Our number 1 tree for your garden – decoration for 12 months of the year!

The every popular Crab Apples that are so deservedly popular for small gardens. The majority of our Malus are propagated from Virus Tested Stock and the difference in terms of colour, habit, vigour and health just has to be seen to be believed and are truly the finest stocks available.

If you are planting only one tree in your garden a Malus would probably be our first recommendation. They have such a long season of interest
with their Spring flower, often coloured leaf, a mass display of Autumn fruits which will last into the Winter and may be used for suces and jellies. All are very hardy and easily grown and mostly naturally small trees tolerant of pruning. Our range includes a great many beautiful and scarcer selections and new varieties of special merit as well.

Adirondack 5’ A new and very compact little variety with wonderfully clean and healthy bright green foliage. The sparkling white flowers emerge from deep pink buds and set a prominent display of small scarlet fruits which last and last. A new tree for your garden full of wonder and so easy to grow. Highly recommended.
£18.95

Butterball 8’ A good bushy headed tree producing pink flushed white flowers and a reliably abundant display of ample creamy butter yellow fruits. Aptly named and recommended.
£17.95

Charlottae 8’ An old favourite and a beautiful small tree. Large shell pink semi double flowers are probably the most beautiful of any Malus for individual beauty and they have a subtle scent of violets. A rather special variety for a small garden with its compact habit and attractive lobed green leaves.
£18.95 (F)

Comptesse de Paris 10’ This very healthy medium sized tree absolutely
covers itself in snow white blossom in April and is valued too for its
oval bright yellow fruits which last and last, well after Christmas on
the tree. A tree with grace and colour, new to our lists and most
promising.
£21.95

Coral Burst 5’ Not only is this probably the most naturally dwarf of all the Crabs it also has the most astonishingly vibrant flowers, in bud they are a rich coral pink opening to double deep rose pink blossoms all over the tree in May. The small bronzey fruits are insignificant but after such a beautiful floral display ... An ideal and natural choice for the patio. Raised in the USA, choice and new.
£25.50

Everest 8’ A relatively compact tree producing a great crop of gaily striped orange and yellow fruits which provide quite a Winter feature. These appear after the flurry of Spring flower which is just like appleblossom. Extremely prolific and with real warmth of colouring, this is one of our favourites. making a neat round headed tree. Little disease.
£19.95

Florentina 9’ This is a neat grower with nicely scented pure white flowers setting to shiny scarlet fruits. This little known cultivar is noted for its vivid flame red Autumn leaf colour and attractively lobed foliage. Well worth finding a home for and a tree of many attributes! Rarely offered.
£19.50 (F)

floribunda 7’ A popular and well known little tree with long, somewhat arching branches. The ‘Japanese Crab’ is a flowering sensation with its crimson buds opening to pale pink/white flowers in breathtaking abundance. One of the earliest to flower, the fruits are small and red and yellow.
£17.95

Golden Gem 8’ A compact, neat grower which is excellent for the
small garden or patio. Abundant fresh pale pink and white flowers and
clusters of bright yellow fruits which last and last. Hardy, little disease.
£17.95

Golden Hornet 10’ Of all the yellow fruited crab apples this is the most well known and prolific. A mass display of deep golden fruits follow the pink budded white flowers. An excellent choice for pollinating apple trees and also suitable for making crab apple jelly.
£17.95

Gorgeous 10’ A fitting name for this charming newer variety. The shiny green foliage is a perfect foil for the white Spring flowers and the Autumn fruits are large and a bright glossy red, like perfect wax cherries. Good disease resistance.
£19.95

hillierii 7’ A very pleasing small tree with arching branches, flowering over a long period the flowers are large and crimson in bud opening to bright pink and carried in profusion. The fruits which follow are small and scarlet. Suitable for apple pollination.
£17.95

Hopa 10’ A useful stronger grower which makes a most effective specimen that is outstanding for its contrasting purple leaf and rosy crimson flower. The rounded Autumn fruits are red and suitable for jelly making. A very good variety.
£17.50

John Downie 10’ One of the most popular of all garden trees. The flowers are pink in bud opening to white in May. The fruits in the Autumn are large and bright orange-scarlet and ideal for preserves. Another suitable apple pollinator, John Downie makes an erect tree and it could be claimed that this is still the best variety of all. The preserves made from this variety are very refreshing and the displays of fruit and flower always impressive.
£18.95

Laura 6’ A new variety and avery useful compact grower which is recommended for its vibrant season long colour and compact, neat growth. Ideal for the patio or restricted area, Laura produces large rose
red flowers in May amongst the newly emerging purple foliage, the two
combining to provide a display of rare colour and harmony. The rounded purple fruits persist well into the Winter. Good disease resistance, a very ‘clean’ looking tree which is already rapidly gaining popularity.
£22.95

Pink Mushroom 6’ An absolute charmer, this perfect miniature weeping tree forms a rounded, steeply weeping mushroom head right down to the ground. Pure pink flowers smother the branches in April and the small shiny fruits appear in the Autumn to create the perfect long season effect from this characterful little dome. Perfect for the patio or centre of a small island bed. Highly recommended.
£22.95

Prairie Fire 8’ Another new variety, this good upright grower bears single flowers of rich crimson-wine of unusually deep and lustrous colouring. Attractive oblong fruits follow and good Autumn colour. Too new to adequately ‘sing its praises’ as yet as stocks do not allow, but this could turn out to be one of the most popular of all. Great colour!
£22.95

Profusion 10’ An old favourite with lustrous purple foliage providing
an ideal foil for the ‘profusion’ of wine red flowers which are borne in
large clusters. Small Autumn fruits of oxblood red. Mildew can be a problem but in this improved selection disease resistance is better and
this is a very popular choice.
£18.95

Red Glow 10’ A stronger grower with particularly large bright red fruits
set against coppery foliage. The flowers are salmon pink. Suitable for
making crab apple jelly, a bold and effective cultivar.
£17.95

Red Jade 6’ A beautiful small tree with graceful weeping branches.
The fresh green young foliage, white and pink flower and small shiny
scarlet fruits ensure this specimen is always popular. The fruits hold on
the tree very well and the beautiful habit makes this tree very worthwhile.
£19.50

Red Obelisk 8’ This new upright, narrow form from Belgium promises to be very a very useful garden tree indeed. The pink buds open to a mass of white flower and these set a prolific crop of conical red fruits. The young foliage is a glossy mahogany red, turning green as Summer progresses and the combination of the white flowers set against this dark foliage in the Springtime is most pleasing. Best of all perhaps is the ever neat, almost conical habit which is so ideal for small spaces and accent planting. New and choice.
£29.95

Red Sentinel 8’ One of the very best of all for the huge display of large glossy scarlet cherry-like fruits which last and last on the tree. These make an excellent jelly. Similar to Robusta but better disease resistance, trees of this cultivar on our Nursery invariably attract comment when in fruit. White Spring flower.
£18.95

Robusta 10’ A very good tree which would grace any garden. Large white to pale pink flowers appearing in April and May, shiny dark green leaves and a plentiful crop of scarlet fruits which hand well into Winter. Suitable for preserves and apple pollination. Always popular.
£17.95

Royalty 8’ Probably the darkest polished purple leaves of any Malus
makes this variety very special. Large purple crimson flowers followed
by small red fruits. Unrivalled for the richness of its colour.
£18.95

Royal Beauty 6’ A small weeping tree with purplish leaves and redpurple
flowers. Unique as the only weeping, colour-leafed Malus.
£18.95

Rudolf 10’ A very charming addition to our catalogue combining beauty with disease resistance. The leaves emerge flushed with purple in the Spring, combining enchantingly with the rather large rose pink flowers. The leaves, which later soften to green, have excellent disease resistance which results in a ‘clean’ and healthy looking tree The tree itself is strong growing but neat and attractive with an upright, then gently spreading habit providing a generous end of season display by way of its profusion of bright sparkling red fruits. A truly excellent new variety, one of the very best.
£22.95

sargentii Tina 4’ A new selection of this dwarf species which is ideal as a patio specimen. Literally smothered in gold anthered white flowers and small cherry like fruits in the Autumn. Disease resistant, an immensely valuable introduction.
£25.50

Scarletta 12’ Another new variety. this time from Denmark which combines unusually hardy, healthy growth with glowing colour. Bright, shiny, lobed purple leaves turning a healthy dark green as they age and eventually providing stunning orange gold and red Autumn tints. The bright pink blossom combines well with the young foliage hues. A tree with enormous potential for the garden which will never disappoint. £19.95

Snow Cloud 10’ Few introductions are more aptly named than this recent variety – a positive mountain of absolutely pure white flowers, contrasting very effectively with the bright strawberry pink buds. Yellow fruits follow in the Autumn. A supremely effective flowering cultivar with an upright, almost pyramidal habit, especially whilst young.
£20.95

Sun Rival 5’ We were the first to introduce this elegant variety and it still ranks as amongst the most perfect of weeping trees with its graceful cascading branches clothed in shiny green foliage and studded with scarlet fruits. The clean white Spring flowers emerge from pink buds. This exquisite show will win you over, as will the consistently ‘perfect’ shape of the waterfall branches. Very compact and easily accommodated together with 12 months of loveliness ... what more could you ask for?
£19.95

tchonoskii 12’ Quite different from all the other Malus, this stronger growing specimen tree has downy, somewhat silvered foliage which is
coveted for its incredible Autumn foliage colours which have earned it
the moniker of ‘The Bonfire Tree’ which is certainly most apt. Every
conceivable shade of glowing scarlet orange, flame, golden and purple
on a brilliant and long lasting display deep into the Autumns twilight
days. Sporadic white Spring flowers and some fruits but this specimen
is really grown for its foliage whereupon it is amongst the most effective of all. Can reach 30’ but the habit is erect and not very spreading. Superb. £20.95

Wisley Crab 10’ The largest known fruits of any ornamental Crab, these can attain the size and appearance of shiny red desert apples and can be used for jelly making. Quite a sight as they hang from this purple-foliaged tree! Rosy carmine flowers. A rarely seen and special cultivar. Stock limited.
£21.95