At their highest they can reach 12 metres tall but there are many more modest dwarf varieties. The height and spread of crab apple trees will depend on the type you purchase. This apple is a broadly conical & upright mid sized tree getting to 8m high with pink buds opening to white flowers in spring. It is a perfect tree to attract bees and an excellent pollinator for other apple. The egg-shaped fruits this tree produces in the autumn are yellow with a red-orange blush and a diameter of 3 to 4 centimeters. Pollination Information: This apple has a very long flowering period, so belongs to all the pollination groups and therefore is ideal for using as a pollinating partner to all other apples. On average, Malus John Downie crab apple trees will bear fruit between 2 and 5 years. Malus John Downie This apple tree variety is a beautiful specimen with large white flowers.DESCRIPTION: Pink buds opening to single white flowers in mid Spring. Remove dead, diseased and crossing branches while the tree is dormant. Malus John Downie White Flowering Crab Apple. He named it after his friend and fellow nurseryman John Downie. John Downie was raised in the 1870s by Edward Holmes, a nurseryman from Lichfield, England.
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Garden care: When planting incorporate lots of well-rotted garden compost in the planting hole and stake firmly. Common Name: Crab Apple Tree Soil: Fertile, well drained Position: Full sun / Partial shade Flowering: May Hardiness: Fully hardy Mature height / width: 5m/3m Current Approximate Size: 4-6ft. John Downie easy to grow, but somewhat prone to apple scab - although this does not affect the cooking quality of the fruit.Upright, becoming conical with age, its suitable for most small, urban gardens. This vigorous crab apple flowers and fruits best in full sun and the foliage turns wonderful shades of yellow and burnt orange in autumn.
Masses of cup-shaped, white flowers open from pale pink buds in May, followed by large, oval, orange and scarlet fruit, which are edible being valuable for making preserves. Malus John Downie produces a mass of large, plum-like, red and yellow flushed apples that mature early but last well into the winter.
This plant is deciduous so it will lose all its leaves in autumn, then fresh new foliage appears again each spring.
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