A small rounded tree with ovate leaves and clusters of pink-tinged white flowers in late spring, followed by yellow-green, sometimes red-flushed fruit in autumn.

Grown wild throughout Britain since time began it is an easy contented tree liking sun or partial shade. It prefers moist well-drained alkaline to neutral soil but will grow on chalk, sand, clay or loam.
The flowers and fruit are a valuable source to bees, insects, birds and wildlife such as dormice and hedgehogs.

When planting, incorporate lots of well-rotted garden compost in the planting hole and stake firmly. In spring, weed, mulch and use a seaweed solution. Summer, enjoy your tree and come autumn collect the fruit for delicious crab-apple jelly. Prune dead, diseased and crossing branches in winter and compost while the tree is dormant.

This apple has a very long flowering period, so belongs to all the pollination groups and therefore is ideal for using as a pollinating partner to all other apples.

Growth Rate: Average

Soil Type: Fertile, well-drained. Chalk, clay, loam, sand

Habit: Bushy

Position: Full sun, partial shade

Hardiness: Fully hardy

Flowering Period: Spring

Colour: White

Height and Spread at Maturity: 8m x 8m