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<i>Malus</i> 'Butterball'
<i>Malus</i> 'Butterball'
<i>Malus</i> 'Butterball'
<i>Malus</i> 'Butterball'
<i>Malus</i> 'Butterball'
<i>Malus</i> 'Butterball'
<i>Malus</i> 'Butterball'
<i>Malus</i> 'Butterball'
<i>Malus</i> 'Butterball'
<i>Malus</i> 'Butterball'

Malus 'Butterball'

crab apple Butterball

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A profusion of white flowers, sometimes blush, emerge from pink buds in spring. Later in the year, this delightful crab...

9 litre pot | MM106 | 1.2 - 1.5m tall
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Plant description

A profusion of white flowers, sometimes blush, emerge from pink buds in spring. Later in the year, this delightful crab apple is adorned with ball-shaped, butter-yellow fruits.

The award-winning Malus 'Butterball' is an ideal, compact garden tree. The wonderfully named butterballs are perfect for culinary use, just save some for the blackbirds!

Pollination information: This apple has a very long flowering period, so belongs to all the pollination groups and therefore is ideal for using as a pollinating partner to all other apples.

Flowering period

  • Jan
  • Feb
  • Mar
  • Apr
  • May
  • Jun
  • Jul
  • Aug
  • Sep
  • Oct
  • Nov
  • Dec

Plant features

Position

Full sun

Rate of growth

Average

Soil

Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil

Hardiness

Fully hardy

How to care for Malus Butterball:

When planting your flowering crab, prepare a hole up to three times the diameter of its root system. Fork over the base of the pit in readiness, incorporating plenty of organic matter into the backfill and planting hole. Avoiding frozen and waterlogged soil, trees should be planted out as they arrive.

If you've ordered a bare root tree, soak the roots in a bucket of water for half an hour prior to planting, or if this is not possible, they can be heeled in temporarily, covering their roots with soil, or potted up. Choose a sheltered spot to protect emerging blossom.

Remove dead, diseased and crossing branches while the tree is dormant during the winter months.

Please note:

This plant is deciduous so it will lose all its leaves in autumn, then fresh new foliage appears again each spring.

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