Malus 'Prairie Fire' (Prairie Fire Crab Apple Tree)
Malus Prairie Fire - Flowers
Malus Prairie Fire - Fruit
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Common Name: Crab Apple Tree
Latin Name: Malus 'Prairie Fire'
Soil: Fertile, well-drained soil
Position: Full sun or partial shade
Flowering period/colour: April / Red/purple flowers
Hardiness: Fully hardy
Height and spread in 10 years: 3m x 2m
Special features: Small purple fruits in the autumn. Good disease resistance.
Malus 'Prairie Fire' is an excellent new variety of crab apple ideal for small gardens. It has an upright with narrow dark purple to green leaves. An intense dispaly of single red/purple flowers in April are followed in autumn by small, spheroid, purple fruits. Good disease resistance.
This Crab Apple Tree is supplied bare rooted suitable for planting from November until March or in a 10 litre container suitable for planting all year round. The total height of this half standard tree is approximately 1.8-2.2m (6-7ft).
Our bare rooted trees are hand lifted from our nursery on the day or day before despatch. There will be no soil around the roots but they are covered with a bag to prevent them drying out. If you are unable to plant the trees immediately there is no need to panic. The trees are completely dormant this time of year, which means as long as the roots are kept out of the frost and well wrapped up no harm will come to them, although the sooner you can get them planted in the ground the better.
An example of one our half standard Malus trees can be seen to the left.
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B/R (Bare Root) - The traditional way to buy deciduous trees and shrubs. Perfect for planting between November and March.
R/B (Root Ball) - The traditional way to buy evergreen trees and shrubs. The plants are kept in their own soil, making them ideal to transplant between November and March.
C/G (Container Grown) - A very convenient way to buy trees and shrubs, already rooted in their pots, they can be planted all year round. Sizes given in litres.
H/S (Half standard) - Half standard trees are 2-3 years old and have a clear stem of 1.25-1.5m with a bushy head of branches. The total height from the ground is usually 1.8-2.4m (6-8ft).
B (Bush) - Bush trees are 2-3 years old and have a clear stem of 0.8-1m with a bushy head of branches. The total height from the ground is usually 1.5-1.8m (5-6ft).
Maiden (Feathered tree) - A good, well-defined prominent leader running straight up through the young tree. Perfect for training into a half standard, standard or fan-trained tree. Sizes given in cm's.
Multi-stemmed - A tree with two or more main stems
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