{"title":"Crabapples","description":"\u003cp\u003eCrabapples are small deciduous trees grown for spring blossom and the fruit that follows it, and they fit gardens where a full-size shade tree would be too much. The canopy stays open and light, so lawn, groundcovers and perennials keep growing underneath. They work as a single focal point near a front entry, out in a lawn, or repeated down a driveway. Choose one if you want a garden that changes clearly with the seasons and you have an open position in full sun. They stand bare through winter and they are not a screen, so plant them for the display rather than for cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStock runs from bare root and 200mm pots up through 300mm and 400mm into 45L, 100L, 150L and 200L, with a few lines at 300L and 1000L, so you can start small or plant something with presence on day one. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/malus-floribunda-crab-apple\"\u003eJapanese Crabapple, Malus floribunda\u003c\/a\u003e is the traditional choice, a wide arching frame that flowers heavily, and it is stocked right across the range, from 330mm up to 300L. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/malus-royal-raindrops-crab-apple\"\u003eRoyal Raindrops\u003c\/a\u003e is grown for foliage as much as for flower, with deeply cut purple leaves and small dark fruit. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/malus-raspberry-spear-crab-apple\"\u003eRaspberry Spear\u003c\/a\u003e is the narrow one, upright and column-shaped, and the pick for a tight bed or a driveway edge where a spreading crown would be in the way; it comes in 300mm to 400mm pots only. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/crab-apple-plena-malus-ioensis\"\u003ePlena, Malus ioensis\u003c\/a\u003e carries double blossom and sets very little fruit, which matters where a tree overhangs paving. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/malus-tschonoskii\"\u003eMalus tschonoskii\u003c\/a\u003e grows upright rather than wide and is planted mainly for its autumn colour. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/malus-domestica-echtermeyer-weeping-crab-apple-tall-standards\"\u003eEchtermeyer\u003c\/a\u003e is the weeping form, grafted as a tall standard, so the height the branches fall from is set when you buy it. Profusion and Wychwood Ruby are also offered bare root over winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlant in full sun in soil that drains freely. These are cold-tolerant trees that want a real winter, so they perform reliably in temperate and cool districts and are a poor bet in the humid subtropics. Bare root trees go in while dormant and want the roots kept covered and damp right up until planting. Keep the water up through the first two summers. Shape the tree in late winter while it is bare, taking out crossing limbs and anything growing back into the centre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe thing that ruins crabapples in Australian gardens is fungal leaf disease, mainly apple scab. Through a wet, humid summer the leaves blotch black, yellow off and fall, and a tree can be close to bare by February. It seldom kills a healthy tree outright, but it wrecks the display and weakens the tree over successive seasons. Space plantings so air moves through the canopy, water at ground level instead of over the foliage, and bin fallen leaves rather than composting them, because the spores carry over in the litter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe collection also carries edible apple varieties alongside the ornamental crabapples, so check \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/fruit-trees\"\u003efruit trees\u003c\/a\u003e if you want a crop rather than a display. For a similar spring show, compare \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/flowering-cherry\"\u003eflowering cherries\u003c\/a\u003e; for other single specimens see \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/feature-trees\"\u003efeature trees\u003c\/a\u003e, or \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/advanced-trees\"\u003eadvanced trees\u003c\/a\u003e for the larger sizes. Every order ships farm-direct with flat $99 delivery across QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, ACT and WA, a $399 minimum order, and the 30-Day Healthy Plant Guarantee.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"crab-apple-malus-spectablis","title":"Crab Apple - Malus spectablis","description":"\u003cp\u003eChinese gardens have grown Malus spectabilis for centuries, and the reason shows itself over a fortnight in early spring. Buds open a deep rose and fade to soft blush as they expand, so the canopy carries two tones at once, and the flowers are semi-double, which gives the display more substance than a single-flowered crab apple. They arrive while the tree still has little leaf to dilute them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFruit is small and yellowish, more use to birds than to the jelly pot. The tree is deciduous, modest in scale, and straightforward to keep in proportion with winter pruning, which makes it workable as a feature in a courtyard or small front garden where a full sized ornamental would crowd everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNote the bare root option. Lifting a dormant crab apple in winter lets you spread the roots properly at planting and gets it established faster than the same tree out of a pot. Potted sizes run from 330mm through to 500mm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 6 sizes, from 200mm up to Bare Root Regular, priced from $30.95 to $549.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/best-trees-for-small-backyards-australia\"\u003echoosing a tree for a small backyard\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"75L","offer_id":64308701266289,"sku":null,"price":549.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64308701299057,"sku":null,"price":239.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"330mm","offer_id":64308701331825,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500mm","offer_id":64308701364593,"sku":null,"price":539.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64308701397361,"sku":null,"price":30.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Bare Root Regular","offer_id":64311678271857,"sku":null,"price":42.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/D4nKLYqs9uwJLuyzR3CFz_8zr5IjRK.jpg?v=1787627758"},{"product_id":"crab-apple-plena-malus-ioensis-standards","title":"Crab Apple - Plena Malus ioensis Standards","description":"\u003cp\u003eBuy this one for the flowers rather than the fruit. Malus ioensis 'Plena', the Bechtel crab, carries fully double pink blooms in mid spring that look closer to a small old rose than to apple blossom, and they are fragrant, which most crab apples are not. Fruiting is sparse and unremarkable by comparison, so this is a spring tree first and foremost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSold here as standards, meaning the tree has been worked at a set height on a single clear stem to give a matched head. That form is what makes it useful for a driveway avenue, a formal pair at a gate or a repeated row along a fence, but it comes with obligations: stake until the trunk builds enough caliper to hold itself, rub off every shoot that appears on the clear stem or below the graft, and keep mowers and line trimmers away from the bark.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe species has a reputation for foliage disease in still, humid conditions, so give it full sun and air movement rather than an enclosed corner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 100L, at $649.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/best-trees-for-small-backyards-australia\"\u003echoosing a tree for a small backyard\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"100L","offer_id":64308701528433,"sku":null,"price":649.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/6YhSeLjXxdrUa2Wj1_Qcz_eH767Byg.jpg?v=1787627758"},{"product_id":"crab-apple-profusion-malus-x-moerlandsi","title":"Crab Apple - Profusion Malus x moerlandsi","description":"\u003cp\u003eThree seasons of interest is a lot to ask of one small deciduous tree, and Profusion gets closer than most. New leaves emerge purple-red, deep purplish-crimson single flowers cover the branches in spring, and small dark red fruit hangs on well into the cold months for the birds. The mature foliage settles to a bronze-tinged green rather than holding purple all summer, which is worth knowing before you plant it for leaf colour alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a Malus x moerlandsii hybrid, one of the older and more widely planted of the purple-leaved crab apples, and it builds a rounded, well proportioned small tree that suits a nature strip, a courtyard or the corner of a suburban lawn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrune in winter while dormant and keep the framework open, since congested centres invite leaf disease in a wet spring. Full sun brings out both flower and fruit colour, and it will grow in most reasonable garden soils that are not waterlogged.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 5 sizes, from 330mm up to Bare Root Regular, priced from $42.95 to $539.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/best-trees-for-small-backyards-australia\"\u003echoosing a tree for a small backyard\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64308701790577,"sku":null,"price":269.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"330mm","offer_id":64308701856113,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64308701888881,"sku":null,"price":269.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500mm","offer_id":64308701921649,"sku":null,"price":539.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Bare Root Regular","offer_id":64311671816561,"sku":null,"price":42.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"400L","offer_id":64446146249073,"sku":null,"price":7709.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/hULD374CqdRrS-NdgnLAa_JXnYTqzK.jpg?v=1787627759"},{"product_id":"crab-apple-wychwood-ruby-malus-yunnanensis","title":"Crab Apple - Wychwood Ruby Malus yunnanensis","description":"\u003cp\u003eMost crab apples in Australian gardens trace back to a handful of European and North American hybrids, so Malus yunnanensis is a change of direction. It is a Chinese species with broad, lobed, almost hawthorn-like leaves, white flowers in spring rather than pink, and small deep red fruit held in clusters that birds work through autumn and winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong growers the species is best known for its autumn foliage, which colours warmly before dropping. That is not something you can say about many crab apples, and it means the tree pays its way twice in the year instead of once.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWychwood Ruby is a named selection within that species, so take the species characteristics as your guide and let the tree show you the rest in its first full season. Culture is undemanding: full sun, pruning in winter while dormant, soil that drains freely, and enough air movement around the canopy to keep leaf spot down through a wet spring. Being deciduous, plan the position for a bare winter silhouette as well as a spring one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 5 sizes, from 300mm up to Bare Root Regular, priced from $47.95 to $649.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/best-trees-for-small-backyards-australia\"\u003echoosing a tree for a small backyard\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64308702052721,"sku":null,"price":269.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64308702118257,"sku":null,"price":269.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100L","offer_id":64308702151025,"sku":null,"price":649.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64308702183793,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Bare Root Regular","offer_id":64311659626865,"sku":null,"price":47.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/WulHmNzdAhnRXwKDYVcvR_r0rJVpht.jpg?v=1787627758"},{"product_id":"malus-domestica-echtermeyer-weeping-crab-apple-tall-standards","title":"Weeping Crab Apple - Malus domestica Echtermeyer Tall Standards (Malus pumila)","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow tall will a weeping tree get? With a top-worked standard like this one, the answer is set in the nursery, not in your garden. Echtermeyer is grafted at the top of a straight clear stem and the head weeps down from there, so the tree gains width and density over time but very little height. Choose the stem length you want at purchase, because you cannot add to it later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tree itself is a classic weeping crab apple: bronze-purple new foliage, purple-pink blossom along arching shoots in spring, and small dark red fruit that hangs on after the leaves drop. It is deciduous, wants full sun, and does best where winters are genuinely cold, which means the tablelands and southern states rather than the humid subtropics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo jobs keep it right. Rub off any shoots that appear on the clear stem or from below the graft, and watch for scab and powdery mildew in wet springs, thinning the head enough to keep air moving through it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 400mm, at $329.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/best-trees-for-small-backyards-australia\"\u003echoosing a tree for a small backyard\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64309171061105,"sku":null,"price":329.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/aGIVrApaBzp3fAs_nVe0f_qwUIpQ9O.jpg?v=1787628478"},{"product_id":"malus-floribunda-crab-apple","title":"Japanese Crabapple - Malus floribunda Crab Apple","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe colour change is what sells this one. Buds open deep carmine, pale to soft pink as the flowers expand, then fade close to white, so a tree in full bloom carries three tones at once along arching, layered branches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJapanese crabapple is deciduous and moderate growing, building a tiered spreading crown that finishes wider than it is tall. Small yellow and red crabapples follow the blossom and hang on into the cooler months, where birds usually deal with them before you have to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt wants full sun and moderate water, and it is a sound pick where a tree has to stay small: front gardens, courtyards, under low overhead wires, or repeated down a narrow street verge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWatch for pear and cherry slug on the foliage in warm weather, which skeletonises leaves quickly if it is left alone. And keep it back off paving and driveways, because fallen fruit stains and gets walked inside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 10 sizes, from 300mm up to 300L, priced from $129.00 to $1749.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/best-trees-for-small-backyards-australia\"\u003echoosing a tree for a small backyard\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"200L","offer_id":64309171224945,"sku":null,"price":1209.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500mm","offer_id":64309171290481,"sku":null,"price":539.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300L","offer_id":64309171323249,"sku":null,"price":1749.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"50L","offer_id":64309171356017,"sku":null,"price":379.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64309171421553,"sku":null,"price":289.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100L","offer_id":64309171454321,"sku":null,"price":679.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64309171487089,"sku":null,"price":129.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"75L","offer_id":64309171519857,"sku":null,"price":449.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64309171552625,"sku":null,"price":239.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"330mm","offer_id":64311641112945,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/yrguYcSu3t1yHcAa8LyoD_ji8qwuok.jpg?v=1787628543"},{"product_id":"malus-tom-matthews","title":"Crabapple - Malus Tom Matthews","description":"\u003cp\u003eCrabapples earn their place twice over: once in spring when the bare framework covers itself in blossom, and again in autumn when the small hard fruit colours up and hangs on well after the leaves have gone. Tom Matthews is one of the less common ornamental Malus selections, and like the rest of the group it is a modest, deciduous tree that suits a front lawn, a driveway edge or a row along a fence line without ever becoming a problem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull sun is not negotiable, and neither is winter chill. These are cool climate trees at heart, so they perform in Victoria, the southern tablelands, the Adelaide Hills and the highlands rather than in warm coastal Queensland, where flowering is thin and disease pressure is high.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fruit is edible but sharp, better cooked into jelly than eaten off the tree. Crabapples also make useful pollinisers for nearby apple trees. Watch for scab and codling moth in wet seasons, and prune in winter to keep the centre open.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 300mm, at $149.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/best-trees-for-small-backyards-australia\"\u003echoosing a tree for a small backyard\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64309173191025,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/whyasYO4S6laLuisDmg6W_IqTgzGH9.jpg?v=1787628477"},{"product_id":"malus-tschonoskii","title":"Crabapple - Malus tschonoskii","description":"\u003cp\u003eCouncils and landscape architects specify this crabapple for narrow verges and street tree pits, and the reason is what it does not do. Fruit is small, sparse and mostly stays on the tree, so there is none of the pulpy mess on footpaths and car bonnets that gets other crabapples removed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe habit is naturally upright and narrow, a tight pyramid on a single leader, which suits driveways, side setbacks and formal avenues without constant pruning. Foliage is unusual for a Malus: grey green with a silvery down that catches the light, then turning through orange, scarlet and deep purple. Autumn is the main event with this tree, not the white spring blossom, although the blossom is worth having.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive it full sun and free draining soil. In humid coastal gardens keep air moving around the canopy, since still, muggy conditions bring on leaf spot and mildew. Delivery is a flat $99 across QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, ACT and WA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 3 sizes, from 300mm up to 400mm, priced from $99.95 to $229.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/best-trees-for-small-backyards-australia\"\u003echoosing a tree for a small backyard\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64309173518705,"sku":null,"price":229.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"330mm","offer_id":64309173584241,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64309173617009,"sku":null,"price":99.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400L","offer_id":64446149296497,"sku":null,"price":1879.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/xFZZBA8JybR9sGpvPthki_g6jncXHC.jpg?v=1787628478"},{"product_id":"malus-royal-raindrops-crab-apple","title":"Crabapple - Malus Royal Raindrops Crab Apple","description":"\u003cp\u003eMost crabapples are grown for blossom and then look ordinary for the rest of the year. Royal Raindrops earns its keep across three seasons. The leaf is deeply cut and lobed, almost fern like in outline, and holds a purple bronze tone well through summer instead of greening off by Christmas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlossom is magenta pink and dense along the bare stems. The fruit that follows is tiny and dark red, small enough that it does not turn a footpath into a mess, and it hangs on into winter for the birds. Autumn foliage runs bronze orange to red.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlant it in full sun. In part shade the purple tone washes out and flowering thins. It has good resistance to the scab and leaf diseases that spoil older crabapple varieties in humid summers. The upright spreading crown suits a nature strip, a driveway edge or a small front garden where a full sized shade tree would be too much.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 8 sizes, from 250mm up to 200L, priced from $69.95 to $1739.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? 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It is three-lobed and maple-like, nothing like the plain oval leaf of an ornamental crab apple, so the tree gets tagged as an acer by everyone who walks past it until it flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat makes it useful in Australian streetscapes is the shape. It grows narrow and upright, a tight pyramid rather than a spreading head, which suits a nature strip, a driveway line or any position where a wide canopy is not welcome. White flowers come in spring, the small hard fruit is sparse enough that paving stays clean, and autumn colour runs deep red through to purple before the leaves drop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt also handles urban conditions better than most Malus, including heat, wind and dry compacted soil. Plant in full sun, stake it while the trunk thickens, and expect steady rather than rapid growth. 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The blossom is fully double, soft pink fading paler, and it is genuinely fragrant, closer to an old rose than to an ornamental apple. It arrives in spring, later than most flowering crabs, and because the flowers are double the tree sets little or no fruit, which suits anyone who does not want windfall dropping over a path.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a deciduous tree with a spreading, slightly irregular head and useful yellow to orange autumn colour. It is also a cool climate plant. 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