Malus 'ROYALTY'

Malus 'ROYALTY'
crab apple

SIZE/TYPE	taller shrub
USUAL HEIGHT	3-5m
USUAL WIDTH	2-5m
LEAVES	deciduous broadleaf
COLOUR OF LEAVES	burgundy red
FLOWERS	showy
COLOUR OF FLOWERS	deep pink
BLOOMING TIME	April - May
LOCATION	full sun
USDA zone (lowest)	4 (down to -34°C)
WINTER PROTECTION
FOR ZONE 5+6
FOR ZONE 7
BELONGS TO CATEGORIES	Deciduous broadleaf

This crab apple is a beautiful small tree with excellent flowering in the spring. The flowers are deep pink to bright purple and are followed by non-edible dark purple-red small fruits. The leaves are small-ish as opposed to real apple, glossy, deep burgundy red throughout the season with no conspicuous colour change in autumn. It is a very decorative tree that will offer a superb contrast when planted next to bright green coloured trees.

Crab apples are not picky about soil type or pH. It just has to be well-drained. If you want to maintain compact shape and smaller size of the plant prune it at the end of winter. Grow it preferably in full sun. Fully hardy to -34°C (USDA zone 4).

Last update 16-03-2010

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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.