Crazy about Crab Apples.

If I had to pick out just two trees for the garden I would have a magnolia and a crab apple . I adore pubic louse apples , they give you fantastic blossom , lovely foliage and beautiful yield . They are great for wild sprightliness as the flower are gamey in pollen ; they grow ten time as much pollen as culinary apple Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and the fruit keep birds going into the winter . They are also useful for pollenate orchard apple tree Tree . If I had a immense garden I would have a grove of crab apples , in fact I once did have space for what I grandly called my ‘ arboretum ’ and I did indulge my love of crab apples . Now I have set blank but I have still managed to accommodate several lovely trees . They come in various size of it , Malus‘Golden Hornet ’ which was here when we come is huge . It has yellow yield , but I would n’t have chosen it . If I was to choose a crab orchard apple tree for its chickenhearted yield I would go for ‘ Comtessa de Paris ’ which hangs on to its yellow fruit into the wintertime , whereas the fruit of ‘ Golden Hornet ’ tends to flex brownish . Still the blossom looks lovely against the shrimp gloss foliage ofAcer brilliantissimum .

But maybe you are look for a smaller Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree . you’re able to get gnome crab louse apples that will easy agree into a smaller garden . There is a devout little dwarf one call off ‘ Tina ’ or then there is ‘ Coralburst ’ which is even littler . There is such a variety of shapes to choose from ; some are upright , almost columnlike , others are round - lead and others are weeping . My pride and joyousness isMalus transitoriawhich I grew from source . It ask about 15 years to get to this size . Most crab apples do n’t come true from seminal fluid but this one does . It comes from China and it is an attractive little tree with finely cut leave . In May it has clouds of starry white flowers and in the fall it has xanthous fruit dangling like beads from the branches .

Also with snow white blossom I haveMalus brevipes‘Wedding Bouquet ’ which has masses of shell- like flower . after it has minuscule , semitransparent scarlet berries which prevail into December .

I have another blank flowered Phthirius pubis apple which I do n’t have a name for . I bought it for £ 15 because it did n’t have a recording label . Maybe I will be able-bodied to identify it when it has fruit . Meanwhile it has pretty white blossom .

Some crab louse orchard apple tree , like ‘ Red Jade ’ have white flowers open up from pink buds which makes it look like the usual apple prime . It makes a pretty weeping tree .

genus Malus hupehensisis a bit after flowering and is still in bud . It too has white flower open from pink buds , they are lightly fragrant . It comes from China where the leaves are used to make tea . LikeMalus transitoriait amount true from seed , although I have n’t tried growing this one from seeded player . It has lustrous cherry- red fruit .

I have already written about my amazingMalus‘Princeton Cardinal ’ which is sometimes known as only ‘ Richmondena Cardinalis ’ . It is a mixed bag ofMalus hupehensisand in my eyes , it is matchless if you need a pubic louse apple with dark pinkish flowers . It has dark reddish leaf which are hardly seeable amongst the abundance of blossom . I have featured it in my header picture . Later it has dark red fruit .

Another tree diagram with dark pink bloom is ‘ Laura ’ . She is a midget tree with an upright habit so handy for a modified space . I have sex the dark pinkish flower with a white bar . The fruits are bombastic and a maroon colour .

Having said that ‘ Princeton Cardinal ’ is my favourite , a close runner up is my latest indulgence . I went to a baby’s room to take photographs of crab apples for this place but quite forgot to take any because I fell in love withMalus‘Van Eseltine ’ and I could think of nothing else but how to fit it into my small car . I managed with difficulty and as you could see it has mythical double pink bloom .

Of course , the other advantage of grow Cancer Malus pumila is that the the fruit has a eminent pectin contentedness and so is ideal for making crab apple jelly if that is the kind of thing you care . Personally , I prefer to leave them for the birds because I am not keen on sweet things . But it is unsubdivided to make .

Crab Apple Jelly .

1 lb washed , slice up crab apples .

1 pint water .

Simmer until the fruit is a pulp magazine .

Strain through a jelly suitcase , do not extort if you want absolved jelly , you have to be patient .

append 1 pound of pelf for each pint of juice .

Boil for about 5 minutes until it reaches setting stop .

nursing bottle and store .

contrive away in a twelvemonth ’s time if you are me . Or else give away jars to friends , they make dainty look presents , especially if you get pretty , bumpkinly labels and chapeau covers . And then your friends can throw away it off in a twelvemonth ’s sentence . Or do some people actually deplete the clobber ?

Anyway , that is my appeal of beautiful crab apple trees ; please prompt me that I really do not have enough room for any more if I start utter about them again . After all , I have other obsessions that have to be accommodated . We are coming up to peony clock time and then there will be rose . And I shall definitely want more pink wine . I always do .

36 Responses toCrazy about Crab Apples.

Although crab apple do n’t grow in my area , I so wish I had room for more flowering trees . Your prop always search Brobdingnagian to me but I guess there ’s always a limit on what can be squeezed in .

I have never made crabapple jelly , but I should try it one of these long time . I ’d have to agree with you on the benefits of crabapple trees . I love ours here , and they ’re so beautiful all around town .

Oh you have some dish there Chloris and your crab apples must look a pic in both spring and autumn . The birds and bees must take account them just as much as you . I laugh softly at the thinking of you coming away from the nursery with just one more when your missionary station was take photos and am sure that it will not be the last one you purchase . I ’ve never made crab Malus pumila jelly either 😂 Does the baby’s room you visited sell online ?

Thankk you for sharing this

Crazy about Crab Apples.