Gift Wrapping Service
Why not make your present even
more special with by using our gift wrapping service. This includes one of our
handmade drawstring 'ecobags' made out of 100% biodegradable materials, a gift
tag with optional gift message and a planting and aftercare booklet. All of this
for just £2.00 per tree.
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 have a clear stem of 1.25-1.5m with a bushy head of around 1-1.5m. The total height from the ground is approximately 2-2.5m.
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
Malus 'Butterball' (Crab Apple Tree)
Yellow fruit with orange flush. (Deciduous)
Common Name: Crab Apple Tree
Latin Name: Malus 'Butterball'
Soil: Fertile, well-drained soil
Position: Full sun or partial shade
Flowering period/colour: April to May/ White, pink flushed.
Hardiness: Fully hardy
Eventual height/ spread: 6m/5m
Special features: Yellow fruit with orange flush.
A small crab apple with a spreading habit. The branches are a little pendulous, especially when weighted with fruit it looks as though it is delivering a bounty to the earth when laden with a rich crop of crab apples. This has flowers that are pink in bud and white, pink flushed when in bloom. Come autumn there are masses of rich golden-yellow fruits that may have red flushing on the sunny side!
This is a half standard tree; the total height from the ground is approximately 1.8-2.2m in a 10 litre container.
All of our trees and shrubs are grown in the UK to the highest standard. Every order comes complete with planting instructions and a guide to looking after your purchase.
Please see our Delivery page for current dispatch times.
Our gift wrapping service is a great way to make your present even more special. Please view basket for more details.
For an even larger selection of trees come back in the Autumn/Winter when all of our trees are available bare root and root balled.
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