Crab Apple Golden Hornet

A gorgeous, upright, edible, (yes edible when ripe), crab apple with masses of cup-shaped, pink-flushed, white flowers in late spring. These are followed in autumn by profuse bunches of small, bright golden-yellow crab apples which remain for many weeks. The dark green leaves turn a dazzling butter-yellow before falling in late autumn. This compact, pollution-tolerant crab apple is a beautiful ornamental tree. Of all the yellow fruited crab apples this beauty is the most well known and prolific. Additionally, this is one of the two best available choices for pollinating apple trees and indeed for making crab apple jelly. Seedlings may produce occasional variations, but we find that they are all attractive! Few seeds produced, many fruits contain none at all!