Our Variety Assessment

Its strengths, growing requirements and the conditions in which it performs best.

Red Sentinel is an excellent pollinating crab apple for growers also seeking strong autumn and winter decoration. Its simple white flowers are easily visited by insects, followed by clusters of glossy, deep red crab apples that remain on the tree for a long period and can be used for jelly. Its broadly upright habit suits gardens where horizontal space is limited.

Red Sentinel

Price range: 26,50 € through 59,75 €

An ornamental crab apple producing abundant white blossom and persistent glossy red fruits through winter.

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1 year old grafted tree – approx. 1–2 m

Half-standard – 1 to 1.5 m stem

Low-stem tree – approx. 60 cm stem

Standard tree – 1.8 m stem and over

Apple rootstock options

Bittenfelder – approx. 6 m mature height

EM9 – approx. 2.5 m mature height

M116 – approx. 4 m mature height

MM111 – approx. 4 m mature height

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SKU: 21558 Categories: Apple trees, Cider apple trees, Eating apple trees, Red flesh apple trees

Description

Red Sentinel Crab Apple Tree is a highly ornamental crab apple variety appreciated for its abundant spring blossom and spectacular display of glossy red fruits in autumn and winter.

Pink flower buds open into fragrant single white flowers in spring, attracting bees and other pollinating insects. The tree then produces clusters of small cherry-like red crab apples, around 2.5 cm in diameter, which often remain decorative on the branches well into winter.

Red Sentinel has a broadly upright habit and generally reaches around 5 to 7 metres in height depending on growing conditions. It is suitable for gardens, orchards and landscape planting, where it provides strong seasonal interest.

Like many crab apples, Red Sentinel is also useful as a pollinator for nearby apple varieties flowering at the same period. Its abundant blossom and attractive fruit make it both practical and ornamental in mixed fruit plantings.

Variety characteristics

Variety origin

Ornamental apple from Avondale nursery in Auckland, New Zealand, marketed by Hayward Wright in 1925.

Period of origin

USDA zone

Flowering

Harvest period

Use

Disease resistance

Self-fertility

Pollinator value

Ploidy

Growth and adaptation

Vigour and habit

Small tree of 5 to 6 m, ovoid then rounded and semi-open crown, shoots bending under the weight of the fruits

Disease behaviour

Scab

Variable resistance depending on sources, rather susceptible under unfavourable conditions, sometimes listed as fairly resistant

Pollination

Compatible pollinating varieties

For reliable fruit set, plant at least one variety with a compatible flowering period nearby. Flowering period: 3 - mid season.

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