Picturesque blossom dreams in the spring garden are within reach if you decide to cultivate one of the following crab apple varieties. Browse through a hand-picked selection here. Get to know varieties with the most magnificent flowers, the tastiest fruits and the potential to be beautiful in tubs.

The Evereste ornamental apple bears delicate pink-white flowers in spring

These strains make flowering dreams come true

The following malus hybrids fulfill our desire for a lavish apple blossom with flying colors. The result is a decorative hanging of fruit that adorns the garden well into autumn. Given their aesthetic value, we don't blame these ornamental apples for being unfit for consumption.

  • Evereste delights with pink-white flowers, bright orange fruits and dark green foliage; Growth height 400-600 cm
  • Red Juvel, a premium variety with small, red fruits and lavish pink flowers; Growth height 400-800 cm
  • Wintergold trumps with pure white flowers and golden-yellow apples well into winter; Growth height 400-600 cm

If the focus is on the decorative value of a malus, the enjoyment of the fruit falls by the wayside for the human palate. This doesn't bother the environmentally conscious hobby gardener, since the birds in the garden are particularly happy about the small vitamin bombs during the nutrient-poor winter.

These ornamental apple varieties wish you bon appetite

Although their name might suggest otherwise, some of the prettiest crab apple varieties gift us with edible fruit. They are primarily malus hybrids that produce large, juicy apples. Small-fruited breeds, on the other hand, produce pea-sized ornamental apples that taste hard, woody and bitter. These varieties are a feast for the senses:

  • Golden Hornet delights us with golden-yellow, aromatic fruits and white flowers; Growth height 400-600 cm
  • Red Sentinel convinces with delicate, deep red apples that follow a white-pink bloom; Growth height 400-500 cm
  • Butterball gives us pink porcelain blossoms and buttery yellow, fruity little apples; Growth height 400-600 cm

Since all ornamental apple varieties thrive both as a shrub and as a small tree, these hybrids are ideal for snack hedges and flowering privacy screens.

Small and fine - ornamental apple varieties for the tub

In order to transform the balcony and terrace into a fairy tale of flowers in spring, crabapple bushes that remain small are a wise choice. With the end of the flowering period, the decorative value is far from over, because then numerous fruits sprout, which shine like jewels on the branches.

  • Pomzai, one of the healthiest crab apple varieties with a compact silhouette and orange fruits; Growth height 120-150 cm
  • Tina, the petite beauty delights with white blossoms and red, seductive little apples; Growth height 120-150 cm

Basically, almost all crab apple varieties are suitable for cultivation in pots for at least a few years. Thanks to their pruning tolerance, the flowering shrubs can be kept at the desired growth height without any problems. After 3 to 4 years you can then plant the ornamental apples in the garden bed.

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If you are looking for a crab apple variety with red foliage, you will find it in the malus hybrid 'Royality'. A splendor of ruby red flowers rises above the noble shiny, dark red leaves from April to May, followed by deep red fruits in autumn.

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