Cultivation
Malus is popular as a compact ornamental tree, providing blossom in Spring and colourful fruit in Autumn. The fruits often persist throughout Winter. Numerous hybrid cultivars have been selected, of which the following have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit:-
- 'Evereste'
- 'Golden Hornet'
- 'John Downie'
- 'Red Sentinel'
- 'Royal Beauty'
Other varieties are dealt with under their species names.
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