Coralburst crab-apple
Malus Coralburst is a naturally compact crab-apple, perfect for patios.
Coralburst crab-apple identification images
All images copyright Orange Pippin unless otherwise stated.
USDA identification images for Coralburst
The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.
Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.
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We don't have any registered trees for this variety yet. If you have a Coralburst tree you can register it here.
Origins
- Species: Malus species - Crab-apple
Identification
- Country of origin: United States
- Period of origin: 1950 - 1999
- Fruit colour: Bronze
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Leaf colour: Green
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
- Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow / Crimson
- Flowering duration: Long
- Flower form: Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
- Leaf colour - young: Green
- Flower size: Medium
- Fruit size: Small
Using
- Picking season: Late
- Cropping: Good
- Fruit persistence: Persistent
- Wildlife: Attractive to birds
Growing
- Gardening skill: Beginner
- Flowering group: 3
- Pollinating others: Poor
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Attractive features: Attractive flowers
- Attractive features: Attractive fruit
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
- Growth rate: Slow
- Soil type: Clay
- Pruning: Do not prune
- Useful for: Patio containers
- Vigour: Natural dwarf
- Useful for: Small gardens
- Ploidy: Octoploid
Climate
- Cold hardiness (USDA): Zone 4 (-34C)
- Cold-hardiness: Cold-hardy
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Cool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Cold (< 20C / 67F)
Other qualities
- Disease resistance: Good
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Coralburst crab-apple trees for sale:
- Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (UK) United Kingdom
Coralburst crab-apple trees - Pippin Trees United Kingdom
Coralburst crab-apple trees
Where to buy fresh fruit
No orchards have registered as growing this variety. If you grow this and want to register please go to our Orchard Registration form.