Description
Malus Profusion, or Crab Apple Profusion, is a tree with decorative fruits that will beautify your garden all year round. Renowned for its spectacular flowering, colourful foliage and decorative fruits, it is a real asset for landscaping.
Malus Profusion is distinguished by its rounded shape, then ovoid at maturity, with branches drooping slightly, forming a shrub or a small tree that can reach 6 to 7 meters in height at maturity with a spread of around 3 to 4 meters.
Its deciduous foliage is particularly appreciable. The leaves, initially purple, take on a coppery hue at the end of summer, thus offering a magnificent range of colours.
The flowering of the Crab Apple Profusion is abundant and occurs in spring, in May. The bright red flower buds open into single 4 cm flowers, a delightful purple-red, they completely cover the tree, creating a real cloud of colour. These flowers are not only aesthetic, but also melliferous, attracting many pollinating insects.
After flowering, small 1.5 cm fruits appear, red to dark purple then blood-red when ripe. Very decorative, they persist until winter, offering an additional touch of colour to the garden. These fruits are appreciated by birds.
The Malus Profusion is a very hardy tree, capable of withstanding negative temperatures of -20 ° C. It adapts to most regions.
Exposure: The Crab Apple Profusion appreciates sunny to semi-shaded exposures.
Soil: It is not very demanding as to the type of soil. Indeed, it can thrive in a wide variety of terrains, as long as they are well drained.
Planting: Planting is done in autumn or spring, outside of frost periods.
Maintenance: Maintaining the Malus Profusion is simple. It requires little pruning, except to remove dead or poorly placed branches.
The Crab Apple Profusion, an ally for biodiversity In addition to its ornamental value, the Malus Profusion plays an important role in preserving biodiversity. Its honey-producing flowers attract many pollinating insects, such as bees and bumblebees, thus contributing to the pollination of other plants in the garden, in fact ornamental apple trees are excellent pollinators for fruit apple trees, do not hesitate to introduce it into your orchard. Its fruits are an important food for birds in winter.
Isolated: It will look great planted in isolation on a lawn.
In a group: It can be associated with other spring-flowering shrubs to create colourful beds such as forsythia, chaenomeles, magnolia, lilac, etc.
In a free hedge: It can form an original and flowery free hedge.
The Crab Apple Profusion is an ornamental fruit tree that will appeal to gardening enthusiasts looking for an easy-to-grow plant that offers a colourful spectacle all year round. Its hardiness, abundant flowering and decorative fruits make it a must-have in gardens. Don't hesitate to integrate it into your landscaping to enjoy its beauty and its benefits for biodiversity.
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