Malus Coronaria

Malus coronaria Charlottae crabapple trees are also known as the Garland or Sweet crabapple. It is unique in that its flowers and fruit smell distinctly, though not overpoweringly, of violets. This scent gives the tree its common name of Sweet Crabapple: the uncooked fruit themselves are as hard and sour tasting as any other.
Malus coronaria Charlottae trees can reach a height of about 7-9 metres. Standard trees are the largest size that we deliver; you can also buy wild crabapple saplings here.

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How Standard Trees are Measured:
All the plants in the ornamental trees section are graded as standards, which means that they are measured by their girth in centimetres 1 metre above ground level (basically, their trunk's waist measurement). They aren't measured by their height, which will vary. So, a 6/8 standard has a trunk with a circumference of 6-8 centimetres and an 8/10 standard has a trunk 8-10 centimetres around. This measurement makes no difference to the tree's final height.
Standard trees are 2 - 3.5 metres tall (on average) when they arrive; they are the most mature trees that you can buy from us. We cannot tell you precisely how tall your standard trees will be before we deliver them.

General description of Malus coronaria Charlottae trees:
Charlottae's flowers appear in late May and are plentiful, large and pink. The leaves have a sumptuous autumn colour, with fiery reds and oranges; one of the most outstanding displays of any crab apple.
The green fruit ripen from October and tend to fall easily from the branches, which is handy as they good to cook with. You can hang a net around the tree to make collecting them easier, but bruised fruit are still fine to use. However, Charlottae needs a hot summer to fruit well.

Like any crab apple, Malus coronaria Charlottae isn't very fussy about soil types and will do well in heavy clay, as long as it has adequate drainage. It will grow just fine in a shady spot but you will get fewer flowers and fruit.
Crabapple trees make effective pollinators for orchard apple trees.

History & uses of Malus coronaria Charlottae
This tree's parent comes from North America and was first brought to Britain in 1724. This particular variety was discovered by chance in 1902, in Illinois. The colourful wood is pink red in the middle, fading to yellow at the edges and it is quite soft and easy to carve into decorative objects.

Notes on planting Malus coronaria Charlottae:
Crabapples are tough plants that thrive in any moderately fertile soil. They tolerate partial shade and although a well drained site is ideal, they like heavy clay and don't mind a bit of waterlogging in winter.
They won't grow in full shade or very poor, dry soils.

Prepare your site before planting:
It is good to dig over the site where you plant a tree several months in advance. Kill the weeds first: for tough weeds like nettles, brambles and ground elder, you will usually need a glyphosate based weed-killer to get rid of them. When you dig the soil over, remove stones and other rubbish and mix in well rotted compost or manure down to the depth of about 2 spades.

Watch our video on how to plant a tree for full instructions.
Remember to water establishing trees during dry weather for at least a year after planting.

Tree Planting accessories:
Prepare your site for planting by killing the weeds and grass with Roundup weed killer.
You can buy a tree planting pack with a wooden stake & rubber tie to support the tree and a mulch mat with pegs to protect the soil around the base of your tree from weeds and drying out.
We suggest that you use mycorrhizal "friendly fungi" on the roots of all newly planted large trees: if your soil quality is poor, we strongly recommend it.
You can also improve your soil with bonemeal organic fertiliser and Growmore.

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Delivery: The basic delivery charge for orders of bareroot plants is £6.50 + vat, which increases to £12.55 + vat if you add any pot-grown plants, standard trees or fruit trees to the order.
Because couriers sometimes experience delays, we schedule delivery by week, not by day. Therefore, please plan your planting day for the weekend at the end of the delivery week or for the week following delivery, at the earliest.
We will email you the day before your plants are due to arrive.

*Surcharges to the Highlands and Islands still apply.

Payment: We do not charge your card until we begin to prepare your order for packing.

Guarantee: If any plants die within a year, we will replace them. We only ask that you follow our planting & growing instructions and sent us clear photographs of the dead plants in situ, so we can help to make sure that the replacement plants succeed. You only pay for the delivery of the replacements.

Please note that our guarantee is void if there is a hosepipe ban in your area: your newly planted hedging must be watered in dry weather while it is establishing. The best way to water is very thoroughly every few days: at least once a week if there is no heavy rain.

Our nursery has been supplying container grown and bareroot hedging plants to gardeners, farmers and town planners since 1949. Our website started in 2003, so we do understand the concerns that you may have about buying hedging plants online. If any of your plants are damaged when they arrive or if you are otherwise not satisfied with your order after you inspect it, please repackage it and contact us. We will give you a refund or send replacements and send a courier to come and collect the unwanted plants.

	NUMBER OF TREES
SIZES	1-2	3-9	10+
6/8 std Bareroot	Plenty of Stock£44.95	Plenty of Stock£42.95	Plenty of Stock£39.95

Charlottae Crabapple Trees

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