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'Sun Rival' Crabapple Tree

Beautifully weeping small tree

The Highlights

    • This Weeping Crab Apple tree willl bring you joy throughout the seasons
    • White spring blossom with a slight tint of pink emarges from carmine pink buds
    • Come autumn and the crown will display bright red crab apples, attracting out feathered friends all the way through to winter
    • Graceful weeping habit
    • Holds the RHS Award of Golden Merit
    • Grows to 5mx4.5m making is perfectly suitable for small gardens
    • Easy to maintain and hardy tree, thriving in all moist and well-drained soils
    • Our potted trees are supplied in EcoPots™. Eco pots use 70% less plastic and are fully recyclable, unlike normal single use pots. They flex and so produce less root spiralling and travel better in the post.MORE
    • Our trees are usually between 18 and 36 months old at the time of dispatch.
    • Our trees are professionally pruned before dispatching. This formative pruning can involve cutting the main leader, if the expert tree growers decide this will produce a better shaped tree. This can stop the tree becoming "leggy", and promote stronger, bushier growth.MORE

'Sun Rival' Crabapple Tree

Beautifully weeping small tree
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The Highlights

    • This Weeping Crab Apple tree willl bring you joy throughout the seasons
    • White spring blossom with a slight tint of pink emarges from carmine pink buds
    • Come autumn and the crown will display bright red crab apples, attracting out feathered friends all the way through to winter
    • Graceful weeping habit
    • Holds the RHS Award of Golden Merit
    • Grows to 5mx4.5m making is perfectly suitable for small gardens
    • Easy to maintain and hardy tree, thriving in all moist and well-drained soils
    • Our potted trees are supplied in EcoPots™. Eco pots use 70% less plastic and are fully recyclable, unlike normal single use pots. They flex and so produce less root spiralling and travel better in the post.MORE
    • Our trees are usually between 18 and 36 months old at the time of dispatch.
    • Our trees are professionally pruned before dispatching. This formative pruning can involve cutting the main leader, if the expert tree growers decide this will produce a better shaped tree. This can stop the tree becoming "leggy", and promote stronger, bushier growth.MORE

Know Your Plant

Supplied as:

Bare Root Tree
9L Eco Pot
This tree is supplied in a 9L Eco Pot, which is approx D15 x H30cm. Eco Pots use 70% less plastic then traditional pots and can be recycled easily. A 9L pot allows ample space for good root development and can support a good size tree.

Height on arrival:

90-120cm incl. roots
120-150cm inc. pot

Eventual height:

5m

Eventual spread:

4.5m
4.5m

Time to first crop:

Flower colour:

White
Pale pink buds transforming to white blossom comes spring
White
Pale pink buds transforming to white blossom comes spring

Habit:

Weeping
Weeping

Hardiness:

Fully hardy
This tree is fully hardy, meaning it will survive under any condition including the occasional snowy winters in the UK
Fully hardy
This tree is fully hardy, meaning it will survive under any condition including the occasional snowy winters in the UK

Rootstock:

Spacing:

Care Guide

Average Pest/ Disease Resistance

May need protection from aphids, woolly aphid, fruit tree red spider mite and caterpillars. It could also be affected by apple scab, apple cranker and powdery mildews. Be cautious of fire blight.MORE

Full sun

This crab apple tree loves full sun or partial shade or a sheltered locaton allowing all the nutrients to create blossom in your garden. When choosing a spot away from strong winds, it will allow all the resources to go towards growing the blossom and protection of its display.

Happy in most soils

Those trees will flourish in moderately fertile,moist and well drained soil but for chalk

Little or no pruning required

Crabapples create a well branched framework naturally, so little or no pruning is required.

For more care tips and ideas visit our Knowledge page

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