Malus 'BOHEMIA ROYAL OBELISK'

Malus 'BOHEMIA ROYAL OBELISK'
crabapple

SIZE/TYPE	taller shrub
USUAL HEIGHT	3-5m
USUAL WIDTH	0.5-1.5m
LEAVES	deciduous broadleaf
COLOUR OF LEAVES	burgundy red
FLOWERS	showy
COLOUR OF FLOWERS	pink
BLOOMING TIME	May - May
LOCATION	full sun
USDA zone (lowest)	5 (down to -29°C)
WINTER PROTECTION
FOR ZONE 5+6
FOR ZONE 7
BELONGS TO CATEGORIES	Deciduous broadleaf

Compact and dwarf forms are becoming more and more popular thanks to newly built houses on plots that are growing smaller and smaller. Not a long time ago we registered a success with columnar forms of apple trees, now we are introducing a columnar variety of a crabapple.
Bohemia Royal Obelisk is a beautiful Czech variety of fastigate crabapple. It makes large, deep wine-red, almost black, glossy leaves which emerge rich purple red and turn various colours in autumn: golden, orange, scarlet red, and wine red. In early May open large, rosy pink, fragrant flowers, followed by quite large, inedible apples with purple red skin. Habit is narrowly columnar with good branching. Pruning is commonly not needed but can be done in frost-free periods of second half of winter.

Apple trees and crabapples will grow in most soils but do best in well-drained but evenly moist, fertile, preferably acid soil for best autumn colours. When planting it, make sure the root-ball is well soaked with water. Fully hardy to about -29°C (USDA zone 5).

Last update 30-08-2014

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STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.