Malus domestica Red Windsor (Apple), M26 Bush, 12L
Useful for smaller gardens as you don’t need another tree for pollination, the dessert apple, Red Windsor, produces a heavy crop of dark red fruit, which bears a crisp texture and aromatic flavour. It is one of the easiest apple trees to grow, with good disease resistance, and is a recipient of RHS AGM (Award of Garden Merit), for all round excellence.
Dimensions
- 12L
- Height & Spread: 180cm (5ft 10in) x 180cm (5ft 10in) in 5 -10 years
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Features
Useful for smaller gardens as you don’t need another tree for pollination, the dessert apple, Red Windsor, produces a heavy crop of dark red fruit, which bears a crisp texture and aromatic flavour. It is one of the easiest apple trees to grow, with good disease resistance, and is a recipient of RHS AGM (Award of Garden Merit), for all round excellence.
Best grown in a sheltered, sunny spot where the blossom can attract pollinators and the fruit can ripen in the sun. The flowers have some frost resistance at blossom time. Its parentage is Cox’s Orange Pippin x Duchess of Oldenburg.
- Flowers: April/ May
- Fruit: Late September
- Moist, well-drained soil
- Full sun
- South, east or west facing
- Hardy
- Sheltered
- Suitable for espalier and for fan training
- Keep the base of the tree weed free
- Fertilise at the beginning of the year
- Water in hot, dry spells
- Prune dead, dying and diseased wood out in winter and reduce leading stems back by a third to create airy structure