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Nursery Direct
Chinese Flowering Crab Apple
Malus spectabilis
Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation
The price you see is the whole job: the plant supplied, delivered free and professionally installed. Done for you.
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Request photosHow tall it arrives: 400mm about 1.5 to 2.5m, 75L about 1.5 to 2.5m. Heights vary with species and season. How pot sizes work
Getting it in: the largest size here needs about 900mm of clear access. Measure the narrowest point on the route and tell us on the booking call. Standard access is included in the price, and anything unusual is quoted and agreed with you before work begins. What happens on installation day
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Sizes shown are the sizes we currently source in this species. If you need larger specimens, project quantities or a size not listed, our sourcing team can look for it through our national supplier network. We confirm your exact stock with you on the booking call before anything ships.
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After checkout, our team contacts you to confirm site access and book a day that suits. Most orders are delivered and planted within 2 to 4 weeks of your booking call. Nothing else for you to organise.
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Price includes everything: the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.
Chinese Flowering Crab Apple - Malus spectabilis
Malus spectabilis is the crab apple grown for blossom above all else: fat carmine buds open to semi-double or double pale pink flowers that fade toward white, carried so thickly along the branches that the wood disappears. The tree itself is a neat, rounded, upright small tree with a clean trunk, easy to place in a suburban garden. Small yellowish fruit follows, more useful to birds than to cooks, and autumn brings a soft yellow leaf turn.
Why Chinese Flowering Crab Apple
Bud to Bloom Contrast: Deep carmine buds opening to pale pink give the tree two colours at once during flowering.
Semi-Double Flowers: Extra petals extend the display and hold up better in wind than single crab apple blossom.
Neat Rounded Crown: Grows into a tidy dome without training, which suits formal and cottage settings equally.
Bird Fruit: Small persistent fruit feeds birds through autumn and does not create a serious mess problem.
Cool Climate Reliability: Needs genuine winter chill and rewards it, performing strongly in Victoria, Tasmania, the tablelands and the Adelaide Hills.
Ideal Applications
Spring Blossom Feature: One tree carries a whole garden for several weeks in early to mid spring.
Cottage Garden Structure: Provides the small tree layer above roses, perennials and bulbs.
Orchard Pollinator: Crab apples are useful pollen sources for nearby cultivated apple varieties.
Courtyard Scale Tree: Modest final dimensions make it safe to plant close to a house or paved area.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 3 to 4m
Spacing (feature/avenue): 5 to 6m
Best Planting Season: Winter, while dormant
Soil & Drainage: Well-drained loam or clay loam with reasonable fertility; avoid permanently wet ground
Establishment Care: Water deeply weekly through the first two summers, particularly during flowering and early fruit set. Mulch 75mm deep in a grass-free ring and prune only to remove crossing or damaged wood in winter, since crab apples flower on older spurs that heavy pruning destroys.
Plant Details
Height: 5 to 8m
Width: 4 to 6m
Growth Rate: Moderate
Foliage: Deciduous
Light: Full sun
Native to: China
Flower Colour: Pale pink fading toward white, from carmine buds
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
Questions? Send An EnquiryWhy Nursery Direct
Every price includes supply, delivery and installation
Buying a mature tree often means three separate jobs: the plant, the freight and finding someone to plant it. We price the whole job as one: the tree, the delivery and the professional install.
- One price: supplied, delivered and installed
- Mature trees and specimen palms at every scale
- National sourcing for hard-to-find stock
- Residential, estate and commercial projects
How It Works
Place your order. We do the rest.
We Supply
Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.
We Deliver
Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.
We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







