Aros crab-apple
Malus toringo
A small slow-growing upright crab-apple, with bronze-green leaves, beautiful dark pink flowers with white centres, and maroon fruits in the autumn.
Aros crab-apple identification images
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USDA identification images for Aros
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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Origins
- Species: Malus species - Crab-apple
Identification
- Country of origin: Denmark
- Period of origin: 2000
- Fruit colour: Red - dark
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Leaf colour: Bronze
- Flowering month: April
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
- Flowering duration: Average (2-3 weeks)
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
- Leaf colour - young: Dark bronze
- Flower size: Medium
- Fruit size: Average
- Leaf colour - autumn: Bronze / Purple
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Using
- Picking season: Late
- Keeping (of fruit): 1-2 months
- Flavour quality: Good
- Cropping: Good
- Fruit persistence: Persistent
- Picking month: September
- Garden type: Small town garden
Growing
- Gardening skill: Beginner
- Flowering group: 3
- Pollinating others: Average
- Growth habit: Upright
- Attractive features: Attractive flowers
- Attractive features: Attractive fruit
- Attractive features: Attractive tree / plant
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Growth rate: Slow
- Attractive features: Attractive foliage
- Pruning: Do not prune
- Height after 10 years: 1.5m-2.5m / 5ft-8ft
- Useful for: Patio containers
- Useful for: Small gardens
- Ploidy: Quintaploid
Climate
- Climate suitability: Temperate climates
- Climate suitability: Mild damp climates
- Cold-hardiness: Cold-hardy
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Aros crab-apple trees for sale:
- Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (UK) United Kingdom
Aros crab-apple trees - Pippin Trees United Kingdom
Aros 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.