Our crab apple has just started flowering, finally! We planted Malus x 'Harry Baker' last year which has dark leaves, exceptionally colourful, dark pink flowers in spring and finally large, ruby-red fruit in autumn that is edible. At the same time, the deciduous shrub Sinocalycanthus raulstonii Hartlage Wine (which has has outstanding dark wine red flowers) has shown us its first flower as well, hopefully many more to come! This hybrid between a Calycanthus and Sinocalycanthus species is still rare, but i picked up a decent size specimen at Bridgemere garden centre at a very reasonable price (also obtained the Malus there). We've got some related Calycanthus and Sinocalycanthus shrubs dotted around the garden, both given their young age, no flowers yet. Most of these survived the winter perfectly well, but it appears the young leaves can be damaged by frost.
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