Description

Full sun, attracts birds, Certified virus index, Zone 2

Malus ‘Royalty’

Pot size #5

An upright, rounded crabapple form. A very hardy variety. This flowering crab variety has glossy dark purple leaves, with green undercast, and the most beautiful reddish-purple blooms in Spring, which is followed by small, dark red ornamental fruit that will persist into Winter. The foliage of the tree will turn orange in the Fall.

Introduced by Agriculture Canada in Saskatchewan. Known for being a beautiful specimen and very hardy.

The tree grows at a medium rate. It grows in full sunlight or partial shade. Prefers well drained, medium textured soils with adequate moisture. This variety has excellent foliar resistance to apple scab. It is shown to have good winter hardiness and solid disease resistance.