List of trees which have persistent fruits

• Fruit persistence- Persistent

Varieties list

• Crab-apple trees

  Admiration

  

  Also known as Malus Adirondack. A dwarf upright crab-apple with masses of light-pink / white flowers.

  £25.00 - £44.50buy

  • 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
  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.

  • Fruit colour: Yellow
  Sorbus aucuparia
• Crab-apple trees

  Candymint

  

  A pretty and graceful spreading tree with a mass of pink / white flowers, and small red fruits.

  £28.50 - £48.00buy

  • Fruit colour: Red - dark
  • Flower colour: Pink - light
  • Leaf colour: Green
  Malus sargentii
• Flowering dogwood

  Cherokee Daybreak

  An upright spreading form of the American dogwood, with white blossom and variegated leaves.
  Cornus florida
• Rowan

  Chinese Lace

  

  A neat attractive Rowan with bright green leaves and dusky pink berries.

  • Fruit colour: Red
  Sorbus
• 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.

  • 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.

  • 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
• Crab-apple trees

  Crimson Cascade

  

  A new weeping crab-apple with dusky pink blossom and small dark red fruitlets.

  £48.00buy

  • 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
• 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
• Whitebeam

  Emiel

  

  Emiel has long leaves, with silvery-green undersides, turning orange in autumn.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 Glory

  Golden Glory is one of the few crab-apples to offer good autumn leaf colours. It also features white flowers and orange/red fruitlets.

  • 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.

  £25.00 - £44.50buy

  • Fruit colour: Yellow
  • Flower colour: White
  • Leaf colour: Green
  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.

  • 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.

  • Fruit colour: Brown
  Sorbus hemsleyi
• Whitebeam

  John Mitchell

  

  John Mitchell is a popular whitebeam, notable for its large white-green leaves.

  • 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
  Sorbus
• Rowan

  Kashmir rowan

  

  An unusual rowan, with light pink blossom, and white fruitlets, which are larger than usual for rowans.

  • 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.

  • Fruit colour: Pink
  Sorbus
• Rowan

  Matthew Ridley

  An upright-growing Mountain Ash with dense white flowers and clusters of orange-red autumn berries.

  • Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
  Sorbus
• 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
  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.

  • Fruit colour: Red
  • Flower colour: White
  • Leaf colour: Green
  Malus x robusta
• Rowan

  Rose Queen

  

  An unusual small rowan tree, featuring clusters of dark-pink very persistent berries.

  • Fruit colour: Crimson
  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 dark purple fruits.

  • Fruit colour: Purple
  • 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.

  • Fruit colour: Purple
  • Flower colour: Pink
  • Leaf colour: Bronze
  Malus toringo
• 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Fruit colour: Yellow
  • Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
  Sorbus