Sun Rival crab-apple
Malus Sun Rival is a crab apple with white flowers, red fruits, notable for its weeping growth habit.
Sun Rival crab-apple identification images
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USDA identification images for Sun Rival
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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Tree register
United Kingdom
- Nichola Halliwell in Thornton Cleveleys, LANCASHIRE
- Richard Borrie in York, YORKSHIRE
Spring blossom records for this variety
2015 season
- 4th May 2015 - tree owned by Richard in York, United Kingdom
2013 season
- 18th May 2013 - tree owned by Richard in York, United Kingdom
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Origins
- Species: Malus species - Crab-apple
Identification
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Fruit colour: Red
- Flower colour: Pink - light
- Leaf colour: Green
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
Using
- Picking season: Mid
Growing
- Gardening skill: Beginner
- Flowering group: 3
- Pollinating others: Good
- Ploidy: Diploid
- Vigour: Average vigour
- Bearing regularity: Regular
- Growth habit: Weeping
- Organic culture: Suitable
- Attractive features: Attractive flowers
- Attractive features: Attractive fruit
- Attractive features: Attractive tree / plant
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Climate
- Climate suitability: Temperate climates
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Cool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
- Cold hardiness (RHS): H6 (to -20C)
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Cold (< 20C / 67F)
Other qualities
- Disease resistance: Good
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Sun Rival crab-apple trees for sale:
- Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (UK) United Kingdom
Sun Rival crab-apple trees - Pippin Trees United Kingdom
Sun Rival crab-apple trees
Where to buy fresh fruit
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