Customers in the Scottish highlands and islands should e-mail our Customer Services Department or telephone on 03 (local rate) for a quotation. Unfortunately fruit trees are unable to be delivered to Northern Ireland and Eire. The tree is bushy with a shapely oval head, and the green leaves develop yellow, red and orange tints in autumn. See our Guide to Successful Fruit Trees for more growing adviceĭelivery - delivery of your fruit trees is £9.95 to most parts of the UK. Perhaps the best fruiting crabapple, Malus ‘John Downie’ is a vigorous, small deciduous tree, valued for year-round garden interest and the quality of its fruit.Comes in maiden form for easy training and pruning.Supplied with siting, planting and training leaflet.Flowers in May and can be harvested from October.Raised on Soil Association certified and DEFRA inspected specialist nursery - Soil Association Organic Certificate.They are available barerooted being lifted and dispatched when dormant from late November onwards.Crab apples such as Golden Hornet and John Downie also are good pollinators for all apples. Choose a pollinator in group 1, 2 or 3, click here for a list of suitable apple trees. Supplied as one year 'maidens' ideal for training into different forms - bush trees, espaliers, cordons, etc. Apple, Arthur Turner is in pollination group 2 (mid season), it is reasonably self-fertile but will fruit better with a pollinator.Organic John Downie Crab Apple supplied in moderate vigour form on MM106 rootstock.Organic John Downie Crab Apple Trees are despatched in bare-root form between November and March. They vary in size according to the variety but the average height will be 1.2-1.5m (4-5' tall) reaching up to 5.5m (18ft) and ideal for training into bush trees. John Downie produces pink budded white flowers in May.Ĭrab apple trees are available barerooted as one year 'maiden' trees. As with all crab apples, John Downie is very popular with bees, and thus will bring more pollinators into your garden, which is a blessing if you have other apple trees. One of the most established crab apples having been around since the late 1800s although a little more susceptable to scab and mildew than some of the modern varieties. Malus John Downie is a heavy-fruiting tree which produces distinctive scarlet orange fruits, which remain throughout autumn and into winter. This can stop the tree becoming "leggy", and promote stronger, bushier growth.John Downie is probably the best known of the crab apples, producing conical bright orange and red fruits which are large for crab apples and a great flavour for jellies. In the autumn time the foliage turns classically. This formative pruning can involve cutting the main leader, if the expert tree growers decide this will produce a better shaped tree. The large conical fruits are orange-red, with a good flavour, making useful preserves and Crab Apple jelly. Our trees are professionally pruned before dispatching.This can stop the tree becoming "leggy", and promote stronger, bushier growth. Spring time sees this tree covered in a mass of white, tinged with pink flowers followed by the large, plum-like, red. This formative pruning can involve cutting the main leader, if the expert tree growers decide this will produce a better shaped tree. Our trees are usually between 18 and 36 months old at the time of dispatch.They flex and so produce less root spiralling and travel better in the post. Eco pots use 70% less plastic and are fully recyclable, unlike normal single use pots. Our potted trees are supplied in EcoPots™.John Downie is a good crabapple for making crab apple jelly. Easy to maintain and hardy tree, thriving in all moist and well-drained soils Reviews (1) Tree register (17) Identification.With its upright habit, this Crabapple grows to 4.5x4.5m.Foliage will also bring some delight with its mid-green colour turning into autumnal shades of orange, yellow and bronze.Springtime will bring delicate white flowers opening from pink buds. ![]()
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