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List of trees which have persistent fruits
A selection of trees with persistent fruits lasting through the autumn.
69 varieties
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Fruit persistence
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Categories
Cornus (Dogwood) trees
2
Crab-apple trees
23
Hawthorn trees
1
Melliferous trees
2
Native trees
4
Sorbus (Rowan) trees
41
Sorbus (Whitebeam) trees
8
Our recommendations
7
Stock availability
All
69
In stock
47
Not in stock
22
Available form
1-year
27
2-year
44
3-year
1
Top-worked
1
Spindlebush
Available as
Bare-root
29
12L pot
43
11.5L pot
5
7L pot
2
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
61
Average
5
Experienced
Awards
?
RHS AGM (current)
22
RHS AGM (former)
4
RHS AM
1
RHS 1st class
1
Attractive features
Attractive flowers
33
Attractive fruit
54
Attractive tree / plant
18
Attractive bark
1
Attractive foliage
16
Autumn foliage colour
41
Variegated foliage
2
Scented flowers
10
Scented foliage
Seed heads / pods
Winter colour
Spring foliage colour
Summer foliage colour
1
Growth habit
?
Columnar / Fastigiate
4
Upright
23
Upright-spreading / Vase
25
Pyramidal
1
Spreading / Flat-topped
11
Weeping
1
Multi-stem
Height after 10 years
Up to 1.5m / 5ft
1.5m-2.5m / 5ft-8ft
2
2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
11
3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
48
5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
1
Sunlight
Prefers full sun
20
Some shade
4
Tolerates shade
Pruning
Do not prune
10
No need to prune
3
Light prune
32
Prune after flowering
Prune hard
2
Growth rate
?
Fast
5
Average
34
Slow
6
Site conditions
Sheltered site
9
Windy site
9
Free-draining site
8
Occasional flooding
31
Occasional drought
3
Coastal site
33
Air pollution
5
Wildlife
Attractive to birds
53
RHS Plants for Pollinators
16
Melliferous
2
Seeds / fruits useful for animals
2
Identification
Flower colour
White
53
Cream
Pink - light
6
Pink
3
Pink - dark
2
Red - dark
1
Crimson
2
Magenta
Purple
Mauve
Yellow
Flower form
?
Single flower (5-8 petals)
14
Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
2
Double flower (25-50 petals)
Chrysanthemum flower (100+ petals)
Flowering month
January
February
March
April
12
May
46
June
25
July
1
August
September
November
December
Leaf colour
Green
56
Bronze
5
Dark purple
Grey-green
7
Bluish-green
2
Yellow
Yellow-green
Pink-white-green variegated
White-green variegated
Leaf colour - autumn
?
Green
8
Yellow
3
Yellow / Crimson
1
Orange / Gold
10
Orange / Red
19
Bronze / Purple
7
Multiple tints
11
Leaf/Flower sequence
Leaves appear first
5
Flowers appear first
Leaves and Flowers appear together
1
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
Bronze
1
Brown
3
Crimson
Gold
Green
1
Green / Red
2
Green / Yellow
Orange
4
Orange / Red
10
Pink
11
Purple
1
Red
14
Red - dark
8
Red / Black
Russet
2
Yellow
7
Yellow / Orange
7
Yellow / Red
White
6
Fruit size
Very small
1
Small
10
Average
4
Large
3
Very large
Fruit persistence
?
Normal ripening
12
Fruit drops when ripe
7
Ripens over a period
14
Persistent
69
Food uses
Jam / Jelly
7
Bark
White
Grey
1
Brown - light
Brown - chocolate
1
Brown / Red
Copper / Purple
Striated - brown
Striated - red
Peeling
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
1
Canada
2
China
9
Denmark
1
France
2
Germany
1
Ireland
1
Italy
Japan
1
Kazakhstan
1
Korea
Netherlands
1
New Zealand
2
Portugal
Russia
South Korea
2
Spain
Sweden
Turkey
United Kingdom
15
United States
7
Annual cycle
Deciduous
68
Evergreen
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Varieties list
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
Amber Light
A typical Mountain Ash or Rowan, with particularly persistent red berries.
Fruit colour: Orange
Sorbus
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
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
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
Beissneri
Beissneri is a compact form of the Common Rowan, with red berries and good autumn colours.
Fruit colour: Red
Sorbus aucuparia
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
Castanea sativa
The Spanish Chestnut is a large fast-growing tree, best known for its edible nuts.
Castanea sativa
Cherokee Daybreak
An upright spreading form of the American dogwood, with white blossom and variegated leaves.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Cornus florida
Chinese Lace
A neat attractive Rowan with bright green leaves and dusky pink berries.
Fruit colour: Red
Sorbus
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
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
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
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
Cornus florida
This is the American Flowering Dogwood, featuring bright white flowers and strong autumn colours.
Cornus florida
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
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
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
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
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
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
Emiel
Emiel has long leaves, with silvery-green undersides, turning orange in autumn.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Red
Sorbus folgneri
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
Fingerprint
®
A particularly upright form of the Mountain Ash, and one of the most disease-resistant.
Fruit colour: Red
Sorbus aucuparia
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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 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
Matthew Ridley
An upright-growing Mountain Ash with dense white flowers and clusters of orange-red autumn berries.
Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
Sorbus
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 Charm
A small rowan with a spreading habit, large feathered leaves, and bright pink berries.
Fruit colour: Pink
Sorbus vilmorinii
Pink Ness
A very upright rowan tree, with pretty pink fruitlets.
Fruit colour: Pink
Sorbus
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
Pink Pearl
A small upright rowan tree with clusters of pink-flecked white fruitlets.
Fruit colour: Pink
Fruit colour: White
Sorbus
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
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
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
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
Rose Queen
An unusual small rowan tree, featuring clusters of dark-pink red very persistent berries.
Fruit colour: Red
Fruit colour: Red - dark
Sorbus
Rosiness
A small rowan tree with white-pink flowers and cascades of pink berries.
Fruit colour: Pink
Sorbus rosea
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
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
Sheerwater Seedling
A compact upright form of the Common Rowan, notable for its abundant fruiting.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Red
Sorbus aucuparia
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
Sorbus helenae
A species of rowan featuring pink/white fruitlets and good autumn colours.
Fruit colour: White
Sorbus helenae
Sorbus hupehensis
A classic rowan tree with pink berries and good autumn leaf colours.
Fruit colour: Pink
Sorbus hupehensis
Sorbus pseudovilmorinii
Similar characteristics to Sorbus vilmorinii, not quite as vigorous, but heavier fruiting.
Fruit colour: Pink
Fruit colour: White
Sorbus pseudovilmorinii
Sorbus sargentiana
A broad spreading rowan with bright orange fruitlets and autumn foliage.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Fruit colour: Orange / Red
Sorbus sargentiana
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
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
Sorbus wardii
A little-known Whitebeam from the Himalayas, featuring large silver-green leaves and yellow-orange berries.
Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
Sorbus wardii
Sunshine
A small rowan tree with an upright form and golden yellow clusters of fruits, and strong autumn colours.
Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
Sorbus
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
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
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