Golden Gem

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Golden Gem is a well-known crab-apple featuring bright white spring blossom followed by yellow crab apples in the autumn.

Most crab apples are good pollinators of mainstream apple varieties but Golden Gem is especially good because of the quantity, timeliness and compatibility of its pollen. Its flowering should co-incide with apples in flowering groups 3 and 4.

Golden Gem crab-apple trees for sale

All our pot-grown trees are grown for us to our specification by the Frank P Matthews nursery.

All pot-grown trees are suitable for planting out in the garden, some are suitable for growing in containers.

• 1Spindlebush bare-root tree £44.00

  
  Small size (1.5m-2.5m after 10 years)
  

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• 2Spindlebush bare-root tree £44.00

  
  Medium size (2.5m-3.5m after 10 years)
  

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• 31-year bare-root tree £36.75

  
  Large size (3m-5m after 10 years)
  

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Golden Gem characteristics

• Gardening skillBeginner
• Attractive featuresAttractive flowersAttractive fruit
• Height after 10 years3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
• Flower colourWhite
• Leaf colourGreen
• Fruit colourYellow
• Food usesJam / Jelly
• Annual cycleDeciduous

What will it look like?

Illustrative example of a pot-grown tree of this variety as supplied. Approximate girth: 6/8cm. We try to keep all pot-grown trees down to about 1.5m as supplied, but some may be larger. Trees should reach their mature height after about 10 or more years. We may also have 1-year bare-root trees of this variety - they are not shown here.

How to choose a crab-apple tree

We list more than 40 different crab-apple trees. Choosing can be difficult! See our article explaining the different characteristics of crab-apple trees which will help you narrow down the selection.