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List of crab-apple trees with small berry-like fruits.
A selection of crab-apple trees which bear small berry-like fruitlets.
23 varieties
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Fruit size
- Small
Fruit size
- Very small
Category
- Crab-apple trees
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Categories
Crab-apple trees
23
Evergreen trees
1
Flowering cherry trees
10
Flowering pears
3
Hawthorn trees
4
Melliferous trees
2
Native trees
2
Our recommendations
2
Stock availability
All
23
In stock
12
Not in stock
11
Available form
1-year
2-year
10
Top-worked
2
Spindlebush
Available as
12L pot
10
11.5L pot
2
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
15
Average
6
Experienced
Awards
?
RHS AGM (current)
5
RHS AGM (former)
1
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
RHS Plant of the Year
Attractive features
Attractive flowers
21
Attractive fruit
16
Attractive tree / plant
14
Attractive bark
Attractive foliage
2
Autumn foliage colour
7
Variegated foliage
1
Scented flowers
7
Scented foliage
1
Seed heads / pods
Winter colour
Spring foliage colour
Summer foliage colour
Growth habit
?
Columnar / Fastigiate
Upright
6
Upright-spreading / Vase
5
Pyramidal
2
Spreading / Flat-topped
7
Weeping
2
Multi-stem
Height after 10 years
Up to 1.5m / 5ft
1
1.5m-2.5m / 5ft-8ft
1
2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
9
3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
7
5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
Sunlight
Prefers full sun
8
Some shade
Tolerates shade
Pruning
Do not prune
2
No need to prune
2
Light prune
5
Prune after flowering
Prune hard
1
Growth rate
?
Fast
Average
12
Slow
4
Site conditions
Sheltered site
3
Windy site
Free-draining site
Occasional flooding
Occasional drought
Coastal site
1
Air pollution
1
Wildlife
Attractive to birds
8
RHS Plants for Pollinators
8
Melliferous
Seeds / fruits useful for animals
Identification
Flower colour
White
15
Cream
Pink - light
2
Pink
1
Pink - dark
2
Red - dark
Crimson
3
Magenta
Purple
Mauve
Yellow
Flower form
?
Single flower (5-8 petals)
18
Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
3
Double flower (25-50 petals)
1
Chrysanthemum flower (100+ petals)
Flowering month
January
February
March
April
12
May
4
June
1
July
August
September
November
December
Leaf colour
Green
20
Bronze
3
Dark purple
Grey-green
Bluish-green
Yellow
Yellow-green
Pink-white-green variegated
White-green variegated
Leaf colour - autumn
?
Green
5
Yellow
2
Yellow / Crimson
2
Orange / Gold
5
Orange / Red
5
Bronze / Purple
1
Multiple tints
Leaf/Flower sequence
Leaves appear first
2
Flowers appear first
Leaves and Flowers appear together
2
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
Bronze
1
Brown
Crimson
Gold
1
Green
1
Green / Red
4
Green / Yellow
Orange
1
Orange / Red
2
Pink
Purple
Red
2
Red - dark
6
Red / Black
Russet
1
Yellow
3
Yellow / Orange
1
Yellow / Red
1
White
Fruit size
Very small
1
Small
22
Average
10
Large
7
Very large
1
Fruit persistence
?
Normal ripening
1
Fruit drops when ripe
Ripens over a period
4
Persistent
10
Food uses
Jam / Jelly
Bark
White
Grey
Brown - light
Brown - chocolate
Brown / Red
Copper / Purple
Striated - brown
Striated - red
Peeling
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
Canada
1
China
2
Denmark
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Japan
2
Kazakhstan
Korea
Netherlands
2
New Zealand
Portugal
Russia
1
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Turkey
United Kingdom
3
United States
7
Annual cycle
Deciduous
23
Evergreen
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Varieties list
Belmonte
An improved form of the traditional Japanese crab-apple species, with white blossom and superb autumn leaf colours.
Fruit colour: Green / Red
Flower colour: White
Leaf colour: Green
Malus tschonoskii
Candymint
A pretty and graceful spreading tree with a mass of pink / white flowers, and small red fruits.
Fruit colour: Red - dark
Flower colour: Pink - light
Leaf colour: Green
Malus sargentii
Cardinal
Also known as Princeton Cardinal, a bronze-leaved crab-apple with pink-red spring blossom and red fruitlets in the autumn.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Red - dark
Flower colour: Pink - dark
Leaf colour: Bronze
Malus hupehensis
Cinderella
®
A naturally dwarf bushy-crab-apple. White blossom followed by tiny golden spherical fruitlets, and yellow autumn leaf colours.
Fruit colour: Gold
Flower colour: White
Leaf colour: Green
Malus
Coralburst
®
Malus Coralburst is a naturally compact crab-apple with a superb blossom display and small persistent yellow-orange fruitlets.
Fruit colour: Bronze
Flower colour: Pink - dark
Leaf colour: Green
Malus
Crimson Cascade
A new weeping crab-apple with dusky pink blossom and small dark red fruitlets.
Fruit colour: Red - dark
Flower colour: Crimson
Leaf colour: Bronze
Malus x purpurea
Donald Wyman
Donald Wyman is a classic white-flowered crab-apple, with very small red fruits, which persist into mid-winter.
Fruit colour: Red
Flower colour: White
Leaf colour: Green
Malus
Fimbriata
Malus Fimbriata is notable for its double-flowered blossom, very unusual in a crab-apple.
Flower colour: Pink - light
Leaf colour: Green
Malus ioensis
Golden Glory
A new British late-flowering crab-apple, with white blossom, russeted fruits, and strong autumn colours.
Fruit colour: Russet
Flower colour: White
Leaf colour: Green
Malus yunnanensis
Guardsman
A very upright columnar species of crab-apple, with white flowers and small green fruitlets.
Fruit colour: Green
Flower colour: White
Leaf colour: Green
Malus trilobata
Malus baccata
The Siberian crab-apple, noted for its exceptional cold-hardiness, disease-resistance, attractive blossom and clusters of cherry-like fruitlets in autumn,
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Flower colour: White
Leaf colour: Green
Malus baccata
Malus florentina
Malus florentina is an unusual crab-apple with white blossom, tiny fruitlets, and serrated leaves which take on good autumn colours.
Fruit colour: Green / Red
Flower colour: White
Leaf colour: Green
Malus florentina
Malus floribunda
Malus floribunda is also known as the Japanese Crab. Pink / white blossom then red / yellow fruits.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Yellow / Red
Flower colour: White
Leaf colour: Green
Malus floribunda
Malus hupehensis
A traditional garden crab-apple from China, with white blossom and small red-tinged fruitlets, a good choice as a specimen tree.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Green / Red
Flower colour: White
Leaf colour: Green
Malus hupehensis
Malus transitoria
Malus transitoria is known as the Cut-leaf crab-apple, has a mass of small white flowers, and clusters of tiny yellow fruitlets.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Yellow
Flower colour: White
Leaf colour: Green
Malus transitoria
Malus tschonoskii
A traditional Japanese crab-apple species, with white blossom and superb autumn leaf colours.
Fruit colour: Green / Red
Flower colour: White
Leaf colour: Green
Malus tschonoskii
Profusion
Malus Profusion (also known as Directeur Moerlands) is a classic crab apple variety, with dense clusters of deep pink blossom followed by small crimson berry-like fruitlets.
Fruit colour: Red - dark
Flower colour: Crimson
Leaf colour: Bronze
Malus x moerlandsii
Royal Beauty
Royal Beauty is a compact weeping crab apple with crimson blossom and small crimson berry-like fruitlets.
Fruit colour: Red - dark
Flower colour: Crimson
Leaf colour: Green
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Malus
Rudolph
Malus Rudoph features very large single deep pink flowers, and small orange fruits.
Fruit colour: Orange
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
Flower colour: Pink
Leaf colour: Green
Malus
Snowcloud
Snowcloud is named for its profusion of large white semi-double flowers.
Fruit colour: Yellow
Flower colour: White
Leaf colour: Green
Malus
Thornhayes Tansy
A form of the Cut-leaf crab-apple, with particularly dissected leaves.
Fruit colour: Yellow
Flower colour: White
Leaf colour: Green
Malus transitoria
Tina
Malus Tina is a small spreading crab-apple, useful as a patio tree.
Fruit colour: Red
Flower colour: White
Leaf colour: Green
Malus sargentii
Wedding Bouquet
Malus Wedding Bouquet features ivory-white blossom and tiny red berry-like fruitlets.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Red - dark
Flower colour: White
Leaf colour: Green
Malus brevipes