Crab Apple 'Red Sentinel'

The Crab Apple 'Red Sentinel' is a tree that offers something special in every season. Clusters of white blossom, flushed with the faintest blush of pink, open in spring, providing an early feast for pollinating insects. Glossy dark green leaves follow, giving way in autumn to a fine golden colour.

It's the fruit, though, that gives 'Red Sentinel' its name and its charm. Small, bright red crab apples form in autumn and — unlike many varieties — hang on right through winter, long after the leaves have fallen, giving months of colour in the garden and a valuable food source for birds when they need it most.

This is a compact, hardy crab apple, well suited to smaller gardens and happy in chalk, clay, loam, or sand.