Malus ‘Sugar Tyme’
Crab Apple
An upright oval shaped tree with profuse white flowers emerging from pale pink buds. Small red fruit persisting into January. Read more
Attributes
- Deciduous
- Size: Small
- Leaf colour: Green
- Flower colour: White
- Flower type: Single
- Flowering month: May
- Replacement prune
- Fruit for wildlife
- Clay tolerant
- Scented flowers
- Autumn colour
Sym: 'Sutyzam'
Description: An upright, oval, deciduous tree with slender, ovate, serrate, dark green leaves, which turn yellow in autumn. In May, fragrant, white flowers emerge from pale pink buds, followed by red to purple-red crab apples.
History: Introduced by Lake County Nursery, Ohio, USA in 1988.
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