Rudolph Crab Apple Blossom (foliage is green by the time the fruit forms)

Misc	Edible Fruit / Nuts, Wildlife Value
Shade	Full Sun, Partial Shade
Area	Coastal Areas, Exposed Windy Areas, Frost Pockets, Scotland & The North
Soil	Good, Well Drained, Acidic, Alkaline/Chalky, Poor/Dry
Colour	Purple
Type	Screening
Also Good	Autumn Colour, Berries

Malus 'Rudolph' (Standard)

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SIZES	1-2	3-9	10+
8/10cm Girth Standard. Bareroot	Available to order - delivery from November£83.30	Available to order - delivery from November£79.15	Available to order - delivery from November£74.95
Half Standard. Bareroot	Available to order - delivery from November£45.80	Available to order - delivery from November£41.65	Available to order - delivery from November£39.15
6/8cm Girth Standard. Bareroot	Available to order - delivery from November£58.30	Available to order - delivery from November£54.15	Available to order - delivery from November£49.95
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£32.12

£45.80

Crab Apple, Rudolph - Standard needs...

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Malus Rudolph Standard Trees

Malus Rudolph crabapple trees have great purple-red young leaves and superb autumn colour. The purple crabs are large (for a crabapple) and good for cooking with. They are quite small, upright trees that will squeeze into most small gardens.
Browse our variety of crab apple trees or see our full range of ornamental garden trees.

Rudolph can reach a height of about 6 metres for a standard tree, and approximately 4 metres tall for a half standard. Standard trees are the largest size that we deliver; you can also buy wild crabapple saplings here.

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 trees will be before we deliver them.

If you want to inject some purple, red and pink tones into your garden, Rudolph is sure to satisfy. The leaves, which are borne on red stalks, are purple-red in spring, green with a dark purple blush in summer and a fabulous purple-gold in autumn. The profuse flowers are purple-pink; simply stunning at their peak in late spring. The dark purple fruit is a good size and can be used for cooking, making jelly or pressing for juice to add to a cider mixture. If you don't pick them, they will stay in the tree well into winter, unless the squirrels and birds snatch them.
Most crab apple trees make effective pollinators for orchard apple trees.

Did You Know?

Rudolph was bred in Canada and released in 1954 by Frank. L. Skinner.

Read our full terms and conditions here.

Delivery: Our standard delivery charges are:

Small box (Orders containing only seedlings or rooted cuttings) £7.20 including VAT per order (FREE For ORDERS Over £60 inc VAT)
Standard box (Bareroots up to 1.2m) £11.40 including VAT per order (FREE For ORDERS Over £60 inc VAT)
Large box (Pots up to and incl. 7.5L) £15.00 including VAT per order (FREE For ORDERS Over £100 inc VAT)
Trees & Hedging (Bareroots & trees 1.2m+) £18.00 including VAT per order (FREE For ORDERS Over £120 inc VAT)
Pallets (Root balls, large pots, trees etc) £60.00 including VAT per order (FREE For ORDERS Over £240 inc VAT)

*Surcharges to the Highlands and Islands still apply.

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.

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 in summer 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.

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Malus 'Rudolph' (Standard)

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Rootgrow

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Tree Planting Pack

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Tree Planting Pack

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Clematis, Mayleen

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Rudolph Purple Crab Apple, Large Trees

Malus 'Rudolph' (Standard)

MAIDEN BAREROOT

BUSH BAREROOT

Tree Guard, Heavy Duty

From £4.02

Stakes, Tree Planting

From £5.76

Rootgrow

From £6.00

Tree Planting Pack

From £10.19

Tree Planting Pack

From £10.19

Clematis, Mayleen

From £12.60

Malus Rudolph Standard Trees

Did You Know?

Bareroot planting is best done between October and April Bareroot and potted - what's the difference?

Spicy Butternut Squash and Sweet Potato Soup

LATEST VIDEO

Sign up!

Bareroot planting is best done between October and April
Bareroot and potted - what's the difference?