Rudolph Purple Crab Apple Trees

Rudolph Purple Crab Apple Trees

Malus Rudolph crab apple trees are perfect for injecting some purple, red and pink tones into your garden. They have great purple-red young leaves borne on red stalks, maturing to a dark purple blush in summer and a fabulous purple-gold in autumn. The large, profuse flowers are purple-pink; they don't last long, but are simply stunning at their peak in late spring.
The average sized, dark purple fruit aren't abundant compared to most other varieties, but still good for making jelly or pressing for juice to add to a cider mixture. If you don't pick them, they'll stay in the tree into Autumn, unless the squirrels and birds snatch them.

They're quite small, upright trees that will squeeze into most small gardens.
Browse our variety of crab apple trees or our full range of ornamental garden trees.

Delivery season: Crab apple trees are delivered bareroot during late autumn and winter, approximately November-March inclusive.
Choosing a size: Small trees are cheaper, easier to handle and more forgiving of less than ideal aftercare, so they're best for a big planting project. If instant impact is your priority, or if you are only buying a few plants for use in a place where it's convenient to water them well in their first year, then you may as well use bigger ones. All our bareroot trees are measured by their height in centimetres above the ground (the roots aren't measured).

Features

• Height: 6-7m
• Soil: Any well drained, not too dry
• Use: Specimen, small garden, large container, avenue, urban
• Colour: Deep purple-red flowers in May
• Persistent fruit
• Bareroot delivery only: November-March

Growing Rudolph Crab Apples

Any well drained soil, as long as it isn't too dry: their roots are on the shallow side, which does make them suitable for large containers designed for trees. Full sun or partial shade. Tolerant of pollution and recommended for the coldest frost pockets.

History & Trivia

Rudolph was bred from M. baccata (Siberian crab apple) by Frank. L. Skinner in Manitoba, Canada and released in 1954

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is not a traditional character, but was invented in 1939.

Standard trees are measured by their girth in centimetres 1 metre above ground level: their trunk's waist measurement. Unlike sapling trees and hedge plants, standards aren't measured by their height, which will vary quite a bit both between and within species.
So, a 6/8cm standard tree has a trunk with a circumference of 6-8cm and an 8/10 standard has a trunk 8-10cm around. This measurement makes no difference to the tree's final height.
On average, standard trees are 2-3.5 metres tall when they arrive, but we cannot tell you precisely how tall your trees will be before we deliver them.