Malus ‘Cardinal’ Crab Apple Find a stockist Buy online from The Tree Shop Back To List Syn : Malus hupensis 'Princeton Cardinal' Description: A beautiful foliage and flowering tree with large, intense pink, sumptuous flowers and dark almost black spring leaves changing to glossy red in summer. Deep red, small fruit cover the branches in the autumn. History: Developed by Wellington, one of the progeny of M. x arnoldiana. Received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Malus Growing Tips: Crab Apples are self-fertile, and very useful as pollinators for a variety of fruit trees. Full sun or part shade lover, best grown in fertile, moist, deep, loamy soils. Requires minimal pruning in late winter or spring to remove damaged, diseased or misplaced growth. Height and Spread (after 10 years): 4m x 3m Attributes Flowering month: April Deciduous Leaf colour: PurpleS Size: Small Tree shape: Standard Award-winning Replacement prune Fruit for wildlife Scented flowers Back To List Find a local stockist by selecting your county: Select a CountyAberdeenshireAngusArgyllshireAvonAyrshireBedfordshireBerkshireBristolBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCardiffCarmarthenshireCeredigionChannel IslandsCheshireClwydConwyCornwallCumbriaDenbighshireDerbyshireDevonDorsetDumfriesshireDunbartonshireDurhamEast LothianEast SussexEssexFifeGlamorganGloucestershireGwentGwyneddHampshireHerefordshireHertfordshireHumbersideInverness-shireIsle of ManKentLanarkshireLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonLondonderryManchesterMerionethMerseysideMid GlamorganMiddlesexMidlothianMonmouthshireMontgomeryshireMorayshireNorfolkNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshirePembrokeshirePerthshirePowysRenfrewshireRoxburghshireRutlandShropshireSomersetSouth YorkshireStaffordshireStirlingshireSuffolkSurreyTaysideTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest LothianWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWigtownshireWiltshireWorcestershireYorkshire Search Discover these similar varieties… Malus ‘Royal Beauty’ Crab Apple A small, steeply weeping tree with leaves copper-red when young, later dark green. Height after 10yrs up to 4m. Full Details Malus sylvestris Crab Apple Small rounded tree. White flushed pink flowers emerge in spring, followed by yellow-green fruits. Full Details Malus coronaria ‘Elk River’ Crab Apple Large, single soft pink flowers and bright green crab apple. Excellent autumn tints. Height after 10yrs up to 4m. Full Details Malus ‘Hillieri’ Crab Apple Vigorous, bushy, early flowering tree with profuse pink flowers and small red-orange fruit in late summer. Full Details
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