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Tree finder - crab-apples with purple or bronze leaves

A selection of flowering crab-apple trees with bronze or purple leaf colours.

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Varieties list

  • In stockCrab-apple trees

    Aros®

    Malus toringo
    Aros crab-apple trees
    A small slow-growing upright crab-apple, with bronze-green leaves, beautiful dark pink flowers with white centres, and maroon fruits in the autumn.
    From £23.95 to £40.95buy
    • Fruit colour: Red - dark
    • Flower colour: Pink - dark
    • Leaf colour - summer: Bronze
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    Cardinal

    Malus hupehensis
    Cardinal crab-apple trees
    Also known as Princeton Cardinal, a bronze-leaved crab-apple with pink-red spring blossom and red fruitlets in the autumn.
    • Fruit colour: Red - dark
    • Flower colour: Pink - dark
    • Leaf colour - summer: Bronze
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    Crimson Cascade

    Malus x purpurea
    Crimson Cascade crab-apple trees
    A new weeping crab-apple with dusky pink blossom and small dark red fruitlets.
    • Fruit colour: Red - dark
    • Flower colour: Crimson
    • Leaf colour - summer: Bronze
  • In stockCrab-apple trees

    Directeur Moerlands Profusion Improved

    Malus x moerlandsii
    Directeur Moerlands Profusion Improved crab-apple trees
    Directeur Moerlands (also known as Profusion Improved) is a classic crab apple variety, with dense clusters of deep pink blossom followed by small crimson berry-like fruitlets.
    From £19.95 to £36.45buy
    • Fruit colour: Red - dark
    • Flower colour: Crimson
    • Leaf colour - summer: Bronze
  • In stockCrab-apple trees

    Indian Magic

    Malus
    Indian Magic crab-apple trees
    An excellent all-round crab apple, with attractive bronze leaves, dusky pink blossom, and small persistent red fruits.
    From £19.95 to £36.45buy
    • Fruit colour: Red
    • Flower colour: Pink
    • Leaf colour - summer: Bronze
  • In stockCrab-apple trees

    Purpurea Evelyn

    Malus ioensis
    Purpurea Evelyn crab-apple trees
    Malus Purpurea Evelyn is a purple-leaved form of the Prairie crab.
    From £23.95 to £40.95buy
    • Fruit colour: Green / Yellow
    • Flower colour: Pink - dark
    • Leaf colour - summer: Dark purple
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    Roberts Crab

    Malus
    Roberts Crab crab-apple trees
    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 - summer: Bronze
  • In stockCrab-apple trees

    Royalty

    Malus pumila
    Royalty crab-apple trees
    Malus Royalty has bright purple-red blossom, dark green-bronze leaves, and dark red fruitlets.
    From £23.95 to £40.95buy
    • Fruit colour: Red - dark
    • Flower colour: Red - dark
    • Leaf colour - summer: Bronze
  • In stockCrab-apple trees

    Scarlett

    Malus toringo
    Scarlett crab-apple trees
    Malus toringo Scarlett is an ornamental crab apple with bronze leaves, dusky pink blossom, and dark red fruitlets.
    From £19.95 to £36.45buy
    • Fruit colour: Purple
    • Flower colour: Pink
    • Leaf colour - summer: Bronze