Orders for crab apples from March to September are confirmed in late October/ early November ready for dispatch from November. Masses of cup-shaped, white flowers open from pale pink buds in May, followed by large, oval, orange and scarlet fruit, which are edible being valuable for. At the height of the lifting season - between November and March - there may be up to a month's delay between placing the order and dispatching due to pressure of orders, which are dealt with in date sequence, and the weather. Hardy, frost tolerant, but like most crabs prefers sun, well drained soil, and some shelter.Īll our crab apple trees are supplied as bare root plants. Its white flowers, pink in bud, produce orange-red fruit. The following are all excellent trees, suitable for even small gardens: Malus x atrosanguinea Gorgeous: is a, well gorgeous, small tree. It's a Victorian variety which was particularly recommended for making crab apple jelly. These range from large bunches of quite small fruit, all the way up to the large fruit of ‘John Downie’, which is perfect for making crab apple jelly. Very prolific, 'John Downie' is a great pollinator of other varieties, although it itself is self fertile like other crab apples, so doesn't require another pollinator. It has lovely white blossom like Golden Hornet. Crab Apple ‘John Downie’ makes an attractive and productive specimen tree for smaller gardens, with a long season of interest. It grows up to 5m, producing very fine bright orange and scarlet, ornamental conical crab apples for a fine autumn show. Malus John Downie is a beautiful ornamental apple tree with a broad loose crown that starts by showing strong ascending growth, height to approx. One of the most popular crab apples for jelly making Pink buds open to reveal pretty white cup shaped blossom in April and May, followed by large orange and red fruits in autumn. 'John Downie' was first grown in Lichfield in 1875, and named after a Scottish nurseryman. As with all crab apples, 'John Downie' is very popular with bees, and thus will bring more pollinators into your garden, which is a blessing if you have other apple trees. Order now for delivery from November Crab Apple Tree - John Downie Malus 'John Downie' is a heavy-fruiting tree which produces distinctive scarlet orange fruits, which remain throughout autumn and into winter.
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