There are four crab apple trees on one of my favourite bridlepath. I love seeing these in all season but they are always my favourite when the trees lose their leaves and only the apples hang on like baubles. A few days ago, a big branch from one of these trees broke off so I saved a few bits and brought them home. I love crab apples trees a lot. I love their wildness, their imperfect shape and as they grow old, their mossy branches. They also say Autumn is not far now..
Meanwhile my crab apple:
It’s a Comtesse de Paris that I planted in February and is enjoying the company of Ammi Majus growing all around it. I chose this one for its apples that turn orange in the Autumn. Although I really liked its simple, single flowers in the Spring too.