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Crab-apple trees
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8
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Annual cycle
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Varieties list
Albertii
Albertii is a compact flowering cherry, with prolific white blossom.
Flower colour: White
Growth habit: Columnar / Fastigiate
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus padus
Arbutus unedo
A small evergreen ornamental tree which produces edible fruitlets - commonly known as the Strawberry Tree.
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Arbutus unedo
Ascendens Rosea
This beautiful flowering cherry has a graceful upright habit and white/pink blossom.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Growth habit: Upright
Flower colour: Pink - light
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus pendula
Asplenifolia
The Cut-leaf Rowan, an excellent form of the native Mountain Ash, orange-red berries, and highly feathered leaves.
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Sorbus aucuparia
Beissneri
Beissneri is a compact form of the Common Rowan, with red berries and good autumn colours.
Fruit colour: Red
Sorbus aucuparia
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
Beni-chidori
This form of the flowering apricot has scented pink blossom which appears early in the spring.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Flower colour: Pink - dark
Flowering month: February
Prunus mume
Brilliantissimum
A distinctive dwarf sycamore, named for the colour of its stunning pink spring leaves.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Acer pseudoplatanus
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
Common Rowan
The Rowan or Mountain Ash, native to most parts of the UK. The leaves turn golden red in autumn, accompanied by clusters of red berries. One of the largest species of Sorbus.
Fruit colour: Red
Sorbus aucuparia
Crataegus schraderiana
This small hawthorn from south-eastern Europe features white flowers and large red edible fruits.
Fruit colour: Crimson
Fruit colour: Red - dark
Flower colour: White
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Flowering month: May
Crataegus schraderiana
Crimson King
Crimson King is a tree fast-growing maple with purple leaves which turn red in the autumn.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow / Crimson
Acer platanoides
Croft Coral
Croft Coral is a small rowan tree but the fruits are an orange coral colour rather than the usual red,
Fruit colour: Orange
Sorbus aucuparia
Drummondii
A popular form of the Norway Maple, characterised by its variegated leaves.
Height after 10 years: 5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow
Acer platanoides
Elk River
Elk River features large fragrant pink single flowers followed by small bright green crab-apples.
Fruit colour: Green
Flower colour: Pink - light
Leaf colour: Green
Malus coronaria
Ember Glow
This rowan has bluish-green leaves which turn orange-red in the autumn.The fruitlets are red, and persist well into winter.
Fruit colour: Pink
Sorbus aucuparia
Esk Sunset
A small slow-growing sycamore maple featuring exotic pink green and white variegated leaves.
Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
Acer pseudoplatanus
Fingerprint
®
A particularly upright form of the Mountain Ash, and one of the most disease-resistant.
Fruit colour: Red
Sorbus aucuparia
Glastonbury Thorn
The Glastonbury Thorn, Crataegus Biflora, is a form of the common hawthorn found in the area around Glastonbury, reputed to have been planted by Joseph of Arimathea.
Fruit colour: Red - dark
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Flowering month: January
Flowering month: April
Flower colour: Cream
Flowering month: December
Crataegus monogyna
Glendoick Spire
TM
A small compact rowan with an upright form, notable for its bright pink fruitlets and feathered leaves.
Fruit colour: Pink
Sorbus aucuparia
Glendoick White Baby
®
Glendoick White Baby is a superb tree for autumn colour, with large bright white berries and bright red leaves.
Fruit colour: White
Sorbus
Halloween
TM
Malus Halloween is named for its ribbed orange-yellow crab-apples, which resemble little pumpkins.
Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
Flower colour: White
Malus
John Mitchell
John Mitchell is a popular whitebeam, notable for its large white-green leaves.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Brown
Sorbus x aria
Kojo-no-mai
An excellent small compact blossom tree, featuring a mass of small white flowers, and good autumn colours.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus incisa
Le Thoureil
A good example of the Bird Cherry, with semi-double flowers, ideal for smaller gardens.
Growth habit: Upright
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
Prunus padus
Lutescens
An excellent garden tree, very hardy, easy to grow, and tolerant of a wide range of soils and conditions. Grey-green leaves turn russet in autumn, with orange berries.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Sorbus aria
Majestica
Majestica is a classic large Whitebeam, with silvery-grey leaves contrasting in autumn with clusters of orange-red berries.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Sorbus aria
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 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
Niedzwetzkyana
Niedzwetzkyana is a unique red-fleshed, red-skinned, red blossom crab-apple, originating from central Asia.
Fruit colour: Red - dark
Flower colour: Red - dark
Leaf colour: Green
Malus domestica
Pink Glow
Malus Dolgo, also known as Pink Glow, offers early-season white flowers and very attractive dark pink fruits. It is exceptionally cold-hardy.
Flower colour: White
Leaf colour: Green
Malus baccata
Plena
A form of the native English wild cherry, featuring which has double white flowers rather than single flowers.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Growth habit: Upright
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
Prunus avium
Princeton Gold
®
Princeton Gold is a versatile fast-growing form of the Norway Maple, named for its golden-green leaves.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Gold
Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow
Acer platanoides
Prunus avium
The native "Gean" or "Mazzard" cherry, makes an attractive woodland tree.
Growth habit: Upright
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Prunus avium
Roberts Crab
An unusual red-fleshed crab-apple which has large purple fruits. The juice is a claret red colour.
Fruit colour: Purple
Flower colour: Pink - dark
Leaf colour: Bronze
Malus domestica
Schmittii
A flowering cherry which is useful for public spaces on account of its conical form and attractive bark.
Flower colour: Pink - light
Growth habit: Columnar / Fastigiate
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus avium x Prunus canascens
Sheerwater Seedling
A compact upright form of the Common Rowan, notable for its abundant fruiting.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Red
Sorbus aucuparia
Simon-Louis Freres
A popular slow-growing medium-sized sycamore tree with very attractive variegated leaves.
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Acer pseudoplatanus
Sugar Maple
The Sugar Maple is the primary maple species used for producing maple syrup.
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Leaf colour - autumn: Multiple tints
Acer saccharum
Weeping Yoshino
A weeping form of the traditional Japanese Yoshino flowing cherry.
Growth habit: Weeping
Flower colour: White
Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
Prunus x yedoensis pendula