Malus 'Peter's Red' red short red stripes over green/yellow

short red stripes over green/yellow background

Closely related to the larger yellowwood

A graceful tree of wide-spreading habit distinguished by its bright-green pinnate leaves and silvery-hairy winter buds

ultimately forming a tall fairly narrow tree with downswept branches

It is one of the most hardy of all the Gleditsia cultivars

Malus 'Peter's Red' red short red stripes over green/yellowA new, colourful crab apple selected by German arboriculturist Peter Flgge. This is a very handsome tree with uniform, compact habit. Deep pink, single flowers cover the tree in May followed by eye catching, glossy red fruits in autumn lasting well into winter. Leaves are mid green turning bright red in autumn. Disease resistant. Hardy.