Henning Crabapple – Malus ‘Henningi’

This lovely crab boasts red buds opening to white flowers and winter persistent fruit.

As you can see from these pictures, Henning crab has a stately, semi-vase spreading form with gobs red buds opening to blinding-white blossoms. These tree are absolutely covered with blossoms! And in the autumn picture below, look at all that luscious winter-persistent red fruit.
One picture is worth a thousand words, as they say.Most growers list this tree as growing to 30 feet. These trees are 14 years old, so they may be right – but I’ve also found the size of crabapple trees almost always exaggerated. I only know of a very few crabs that reach 30 feet, and this is not one of them.

Henning Crabapples, Morton Arboretum acc. 110-85-1,2 &3, photos by Bruce Marlin

Family Rosaceae – Rose Family; Fruit Trees
Many of these plants are of vital economic importance, the fruit of which contain vitamins, acids, and sugars and can be used both raw and for making preserves, jam, jelly, candy, wine, brandy, cider and other beverages.  Tree Encyclopedia | Tree Index