'Butterball' Crabapple Tree

'Butterball' Crabapple TreeAn incredibly charming crabapple cultivar, 'Butterball' impresses with its gently arching branches, white blooms (which emerge from lovely pink buds) and fruits suffused with gently crackling tones of orange, yellow and red. Perfect as a feature tree, you can harvest your crabapples (if you get to them before the birds) and use them to make a delicious crabapple jelly. Crabapples are naturally high in pectin, making them a naturally good option for

porcelain white blossoms and cherry-red fruits

or perhaps a snake's skin

the skin of the kumquat is one of its greatest strengths

you can create your very own native wildflower meadow

Fun fact: the fruit develops its red streaks more vividly later in the year

Some of the species has only single blooms while other varietals have racemes with multiple flowers

It's also particularly beneficial to pollinating insects like butterflies and bees

showy and fragrant

before turning ivory white and finishing up a dusky pink

is vigorous and well-suited to growing in British conditions (it can easily withstand temperatures well below freezing)

It's beautiful highly scented flowers are excellent for bedding and general purpose

This variety has been awarded the RHS' Award of Garden Merit