Wedding Bouquet is a crab-apple featuring an abundance of ivory-white blossom.
Wedding Bouquet crab-apple identification images
All images copyright Orange Pippin unless otherwise stated.
USDA identification images for Wedding Bouquet
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
- Jeanne Davies in Derby, DERBYSHIRE
- Richard Borrie in York, YORKSHIRE
Spring blossom records for this variety
2017 season
- 10th May 2017 - tree owned by Richard in York, United Kingdom
2015 season
- 12th May 2015 - 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 - dark
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
- Popularity: Best sellers
- Flowering month: April
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
- Leaf colour - autumn: Green
- Flowering duration: Average (2-3 weeks)
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
- Leaf colour - young: Green
- Flower size: Medium
- Fruit size: Small
Using
- Picking season: Very late
- Keeping (of fruit): 2-3 weeks
- Cropping: Good
- Fruit persistence: Persistent
- Picking month: October
- Picking period: early October
Growing
- Gardening skill: Beginner
- Flowering group: 4
- Pollinating others: Good
- Ploidy: Diploid
- Vigour: Average vigour
- Growth habit: Upright
- Organic culture: Suitable
- Attractive features: Attractive flowers
- Attractive features: Attractive fruit
- Attractive features: Attractive tree / plant
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Attractive features: Variegated foliage
- Sunlight: Prefers full sun
- Pruning: Prune hard
- Useful for: Topiary
- Useful for: Hedging
Climate
- Climate suitability: Temperate climates
- Cold-hardiness: Cold-hardy
- 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: Average
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Wedding Bouquet crab-apple trees for sale:
- Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (UK) United Kingdom
Wedding Bouquet crab-apple trees - Pippin Trees United Kingdom
Wedding Bouquet crab-apple trees
Where to buy fresh fruit
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