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List of trees which have persistent fruits

A selection of trees with persistent fruits lasting through the autumn.

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Varieties list

Crab-apple trees
Admiration
Malus Admiration is one of the best crab-apples for small gardens, with clouds of white blossom followed by persistent fruitlets.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Red
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus halliana
Rowan
Amber Light
A typical Mountain Ash or Rowan, with particularly persistent red berries.
- Fruit colour: Orange
Sorbus
Crab-apple trees
Aros®
A small slow-growing upright crab-apple, with bronze-green leaves, beautiful dark pink flowers with white centres, and maroon fruits in the autumn.
- Fruit colour: Red - dark
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Leaf colour: Bronze
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Malus toringo
Rowan
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
Rowan
Autumn Spire®
Autumn Spire (Flanrock) is a columnar rowan with yellow fruitlets and excellent autumn colour.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Yellow
Sorbus aucuparia
Rowan
Beissneri
Beissneri is a compact form of the Common Rowan, with red berries and good autumn colours.
- Fruit colour: Red
Sorbus aucuparia
Crab-apple trees
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
Native trees
Castanea sativa
The Spanish Chestnut is a large fast-growing tree, best known for its edible nuts.
Castanea sativa
Flowering dogwood
Cherokee Daybreak
An upright spreading form of the American dogwood, with white blossom and variegated leaves.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Cornus florida
Rowan
Chinese Lace
A neat attractive Rowan with bright green leaves and dusky pink berries.
- Fruit colour: Red
Sorbus
Rowan
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
Crab-apple trees
Comtesse de Paris
Comtesse de Paris can be considered as an improved Golden Hornet. It features the same white blossom and persistent yellow fruitlets, but grows with a better form.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Yellow
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus
Rowan
Copper Kettle
Named for its attractive light copper-coloured fruitlets, Copper Kettle is easy to grow and takes up little space.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Yellow
- Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
Sorbus
Crab-apple trees
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
Flowering dogwood
Cornus florida
This is the American Flowering Dogwood, featuring bright white flowers and strong autumn colours.
Cornus florida
Hawthorn
Crataegus monogyna
A hardy native hawthorn species, with white blossom and red haws, and particularly attractive to bees.
- Fruit colour: Red - dark
- Flower colour: White
- Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
- Flowering month: May
Crataegus monogyna
Crab-apple trees
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
Rowan
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
Crab-apple trees
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
Crab-apple trees
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
Rowan
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
Rowan
Embley
Embley is a form of the Japanese Rowan, featuring red berries and scarlet autumn leaf colours.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Red
Sorbus commixta
Whitebeam
Emiel
Emiel has long leaves, with silvery-green undersides, turning orange in autumn.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Red
Sorbus folgneri
Crab-apple trees
Evereste
Malus Evereste is a popular traditional crab-apple with masses of white blossom, then red-yellow fruits.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Orange / Red
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus
Rowan
Fingerprint®
A particularly upright form of the Mountain Ash, and one of the most disease-resistant.
- Fruit colour: Red
Sorbus aucuparia
Rowan
Gibbsii
Gibbsii grows with a neat spreading columnar form, sprinkled with clusters of bright red fruits in the autumn.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Red
Sorbus hybrida
Rowan
Glendoick SpireTM
A small compact rowan with an upright form, notable for its bright pink fruitlets and feathered leaves.
- Fruit colour: Pink
Sorbus aucuparia
Rowan
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
Crab-apple trees
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
Crab-apple trees
Golden Hornet
Malus Golden Hornet has pink / white blossom then small yellow crab apples which hang on late in the year.
- Fruit colour: Yellow
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Malus x zumi
Crab-apple trees
Gorgeous
Malus Gorgeous has pink/white blossom and spherical cherry-like red fruits which are good for jelly.
- Fruit colour: Red
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus
Crab-apple trees
Indian Magic
An excellent all-round crab apple, with attractive bronze leaves, dusky pink blossom, and small persistent red fruits.
- Fruit colour: Red
- Flower colour: Pink
- Leaf colour: Bronze
Malus
Crab-apple trees
Jelly King®
White blossom followed by large orange-red fruits which are ideal for making crab-apple jelly.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Orange / Red
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus
Whitebeam
John Bond
An unusual species of Sorbus, the leaves are particularly attractive for their white undersides.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Brown
Sorbus hemsleyi
Whitebeam
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
Rowan
Joseph Rock
A small rowan, with distinctive pale yellow fruitlets. Also one of the best for autumn colour.
- Fruit colour: Yellow
- Awards: RHS 1st class
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Sorbus
Rowan
Kashmir rowan
An unusual rowan, with light pink blossom, and white fruitlets, which are larger than usual for rowans.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: White
Sorbus cashmiriana
Whitebeam
Lemon Drop
Lemon Drop is a small whitebeam tree, with the characteristic white undersides to its leaves. As the name suggests, the fruitlets are bright yellow.
- Fruit colour: Yellow
Sorbus folgneri
Rowan
Leonard Messel
A good all-round small rowan tree, with good autumn colours and cascades of pink fruitlets.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Pink
Sorbus
Whitebeam
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
Crab-apple trees
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
Crab-apple trees
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
Rowan
Matthew Ridley
An upright-growing Mountain Ash with dense white flowers and clusters of orange-red autumn berries.
- Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
Sorbus
Crab-apple trees
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
Rowan
Pink Charm
A small rowan with a spreading habit, large feathered leaves, and bright pink berries.
- Fruit colour: Pink
Sorbus vilmorinii
Rowan
Pink Ness
A very upright rowan tree, with pretty pink fruitlets.
- Fruit colour: Pink
Sorbus
Rowan
Pink Pagoda
Pink Pagoda features clusters of pale pink fruits in late summer, and good autumn foliage colours.
- Fruit colour: Pink
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Sorbus hupehensis
Rowan
Pink Pearl
A small upright rowan tree with clusters of pink-flecked white fruitlets.
- Fruit colour: Pink
- Fruit colour: White
Sorbus
Crab-apple trees
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
Rowan
Ravensbill
This rowan tree is named for the the black colour of its winter buds. It also features yellow autumn leaves and orange berries.
- Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Sorbus
Rowan
Red Bird
Red Bird features bright white flowers, orange / red fruits and good autumn leaf colours. It has a wider climate range than other rowans.
- Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Sorbus alnifolia
Crab-apple trees
Red Sentinel
A deservedly popular crab-apple, Malus Red Sentinel has classic white apple blossom and a profusion of tiny scarlet persistent fruits.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Red
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
- Awards: RHS AM
Malus x robusta
Rowan
Rose Queen
An unusual small rowan tree, featuring clusters of dark-pink red very persistent berries.
- Fruit colour: Red
- Fruit colour: Red - dark
Sorbus
Rowan
Rosiness
A small rowan tree with white-pink flowers and cascades of pink berries.
- Fruit colour: Pink
Sorbus rosea
Crab-apple trees
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
Crab-apple trees
Scarlett
Malus toringo Scarlett is an ornamental crab apple with bronze leaves, dusky pink blossom, and dark red fruitlets.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Purple
- Flower colour: Pink
- Leaf colour: Bronze
Malus toringo
Rowan
Sheerwater Seedling
A compact upright form of the Common Rowan, notable for its abundant fruiting.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Red
Sorbus aucuparia
Whitebeam
Sorbus hedlundii
A little-known whitebeam species, it features the classic downy grey-green leaves, and russeted fruitlets in autumn.
- Fruit colour: Brown
Sorbus hedlundii
Rowan
Sorbus helenae
A species of rowan featuring pink/white fruitlets and good autumn colours.
- Fruit colour: White
Sorbus helenae
Rowan
Sorbus hupehensis
A classic rowan tree with pink berries and good autumn leaf colours.
- Fruit colour: Pink
Sorbus hupehensis
Rowan
Sorbus pseudovilmorinii
Similar characteristics to Sorbus vilmorinii, not quite as vigorous, but heavier fruiting.
- Fruit colour: Pink
- Fruit colour: White
Sorbus pseudovilmorinii
Rowan
Sorbus sargentiana
A broad spreading rowan with bright orange fruitlets and autumn foliage.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Sorbus sargentiana
Rowan
Sorbus scalaris
One of the more spreading smaller Rowan species, with orange/red autumn leaf colours, and clusters of small orange fruilets.
- Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Sorbus scalaris
Rowan
Sorbus vilmorinii
The main feature of this Rowan trees is the pink fruitlets, which turn white as autumn progresses. It is one of the smaller Sorbus species, but also one of the more spreading.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Pink
- Fruit colour: White
Sorbus vilmorinii
Whitebeam
Sorbus wardii
A little-known Whitebeam from the Himalayas, featuring large silver-green leaves and yellow-orange berries.
- Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
Sorbus wardii
Rowan
Sunshine
A small rowan tree with an upright form and golden yellow clusters of fruits, and strong autumn colours.
- Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
Sorbus
Crab-apple trees
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
Crab-apple trees
White Star
A modern English crab-apple with white star-like flowers followed by attractive russeted fruitlets.
- Fruit colour: Russet
- Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
Malus
Rowan
Wisley Gold
A good-sized yellow-fruiting mountain ash, with a spreading form.
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Yellow
- Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
Sorbus