A profusion of deep magenta purple flowers in spring Copper-red foliage matures to a dark forest green before turning yellow/bronze in the autumn Small purple crab apples appear in autumn and stay until winter Not suitable for culinary use but the birds love them and will flock to your garden Grow as a focal point in a lawn, as part of a hedge or in wildlife gardens Malus Profusion Improved is an improved version of the popular Malus Profusion and is much less prone to apple scab as well as being drought and pollution tolerant Beneficial to pollinating insects Our trees are professionally pruned before dispatching. This formative pruning can involve cutting the main leader, if the expert tree growers decide this will produce a better shaped tree. This can stop the tree becoming "leggy", and promote stronger, bushier growth.MORE