Crab Apple 'Red Sentinel'

Malus x robusta 'Red Sentinel'

Crab Apple 'Red Sentinel' is a shrub for focal point, structure, suited to full sun to partial shade and clay, loam or chalk, flowering Apr, May.

Where to use it in a border

At around 300 cm, it sits best toward the back of a border, or on its own as a focal point with room around it. Give it about 250 cm of room to spread. It is hardy across USDA zones 4a to 8b and rated H6 by the RHS, so check it suits your area before planting.

It appears in our lists of full sun, clay soil, chalk soil, pollinator-friendly plants.

Border Builder uses Crab Apple 'Red Sentinel''s height, spread, soil, bloom months and companions to place it in a full border plan for your own conditions, on iPhone and iPad.

Flowering through the year

Worth knowing

• Not recorded as pet-safe; site it away from pets that graze if that matters to you.
• Its flowers are valued by bees and other pollinators.

Good companions

Plants that share its conditions and style, chosen to complement its place in the border:

• Allium 'Purple Sensation'to edge in front
• Rose 'The Fairy'to edge in front
• Shasta daisy 'Snowcap'to edge in front
• Shrubby Cinquefoil 'Abbotswood'to edge in front
• Speedwellto edge in front
• Spiraeato edge in front

Garden styles

Cottage garden Formal Wildlife garden