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Malus hupehensis is a Chinese crab apple tree, known as the Hubei / Hupei Crab or the Tea Crab apple. This small, goblet shaped tree is covered with white blossom in spring, which matures into bright red fruit that look like cherries and make the most delightful pink crab apple jelly. These hang onto the branches well into winter. Older trees will start to spread out and develop a wide, rounded canopy of about 9 metres, but you can keep them pruned them back.
Please Note: This tree is sterile and will not pollinate other apple trees. If you are looking for a pollinator for an orchard choose either John Downie and Golden Hornet. The bees don't mind, however, and will eat their fill.
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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.
This tree is native to China and Japan. The prolific botanical explorer Ernest Wilson first came across it in China's Hupeh province and introduced it to Britain in 1900. It has won both an RHS Award of Garden Merit and the Award of Merit for its cut flowers. Its was previously classified as Pyrus malus and Malus theifera.