TRAIL APPLECRAB Malus x 'Trail'



Hardiness / Exposure: Zone 2 / Sun

Height: 20 feet

Spread: 20 feet

Flower Colour: White

Fruit Size: 4-5 cm

Fruit Colour: A smaller applecrab with delicious, sweet, pale yellow fruit with red stripes.

Harvest: Late August / Early September

Uses: Fresh eating, cooking and canning.  

Pollinator Required: Requires a pollinator. A different variety of apple, ornamental crabapple or fruiting crabapple will work.

 

Planting Instructions:

-Dig  hole 2-3 times the size of the trees root ball width and same depth as the height of the root ball.

-Carefully remove plastic pot and cut through any circling roots.

-Position root ball in center of hole and ensure the tree is standing up straight.  If necessary, tip root ball to ensure tree is standing straight.

-Partially backfill hole with loamy soil, gently tamp soil in place with your foot, water to settle soil, then finish backfilling hole.  Avoid using heavy clay-based soil.

-Remove tags and labels.

-Water soil well.

-Apply mulch.