Malus Magdeburgensis - Magdeburg Apple Tree
Also known as the Magdeburg Apple, Malus Magdeburgensis is a fairly small tree with tightly clustered white flowers that are washed randomly with purpley-pink. Each flower has more than one row of inward curling petals, giving them a distinctive scrunched up look. While they don't cover the tree in blooms as completely as some other crab apple varieties, they look great close up and the RHS has given cuttings from this tree an Award of Merit for use in flower displays. Magdeburgensis has an attractive growth habit - from a vase shaped young form, it spreads as it matures into wide, flattish crown that is similar to most normal apple trees. Its fruit are like tiny versions of the way apples are drawn in children's books - shiny half red, half green little baubles. It is not a very big tree, generally reaching about 6 meters.
Malus Magdeburgensis is suitable for any well drained, fertile soil. Heavy clay is not a problem as long as it does not trap puddles of water. It flowers early for a crab apple and we only recommend it for use as a pollination partner for apple trees that are listed in the Early season of the Apple Tree Pollination guide.
If you are unclear about the way standard trees are sized, take a look at our Guide to Standard Tree Sizing or you can go back to our main standard trees page.
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