Zierapfel 'Evereste'

Season Overview

Description

The ornamental apple 'Evereste' stands out with its abundance of flowers and later fruit. The eye-catching white flowers with pink stripes around the edges sprout as early as May and exude a delicate and pleasant fragrance in the garden. The orange-red apples look tempting and delicious: (bot.) Malus 'Evereste' is an ornamental shrub. The fruits are only used in jellies in some places. The plant is hardy and often retains its small, dark green and matt shiny leaves until long after the first frost. Malus 'Evereste' presents itself in a charming dress of foliage and flowers, as well as the fruits that appear in summer. The small apples turn darker on the sunny side than on the shady side, giving them an attractive appearance and varying shades of bright red and orange. If the plant is in full sun, the apples turn a dark red and appear more intensely colored than plants in partial shade. An attractive fruit decoration that plant lovers will never tire of. The small apples hang very firmly on the branches. They only fall off in heavy rain and strong gusts of wind. The gardener can admire these graceful creatures for a long time. Even before this ornamental feature appears, the fruit shrub delights with its lush flowers. The single flowers are numerous on the plant in spring and are truly attractive harbingers of summer. The ornamental apple 'Evereste' is suitable as a magnificently flowering solitary plant and will delight in a group of several ornamental apples. It also looks wonderful in combination with various other fruit trees. Another advantage: this ornamental apple is an excellent pollenizer for fruit apples and ensures a rich harvest from these shrubs.

Growing tips

This beautiful variety of ornamental apple is extremely undemanding and undemanding. Malus 'Evereste' is therefore recommended for all garden enthusiasts who are looking for a decorative plant that does not require a lot of time and care. With an average height of between four and six meters and a diameter of around 300 to 500 centimetres, this fruit shrub is suitable for medium and large gardens. The shrub grows loosely and has a broad pyramidal shape. With age, the ornamental apple 'Evereste' develops slightly overhanging shoots. The shrub does well in normal and loose garden soil and requires no additional fertilizer. This variety is not sensitive to dry soil and does not mind short periods of drought. On the other hand, the ornamental apple reacts to waterlogging by shedding its leaves and fruit. The gardener should therefore ensure that the substrate is well-drained. The plant is exceptionally hardy and tolerates temperatures of up to around -29 degrees Celsius without suffering any damage. The beautiful foliage and magnificent flowers are in full bloom in spring. The flowers attract numerous busy insects and bring a lively buzzing and humming to the garden. A special kind of garden inhabitant!

Details

Light requirement

Sunny

Water requirement

Moist

Soil

Medium (loamy)

Nutrient requirement

Medium

Germination temperature

20–25 °C (Degrees Celsius)

Plant distance

250 cm

Row spacing

300 cm

Seeding depth

1 cm