Malus purpurea - The bigger one
Malus purpurea - The bigger one Current height: approx 30 cm till the cut on the top primery branch Trunk caliper (diameter ) at the ground level (DGH ): 12 cm Collected: Central Bohemia in 2012 Pot: training This is the second one of my purple crab apple. Collected at the same place as the small one. So it has been "pruned" by the highway maintenance workers now and then. While the tree has developed quite nice trunk under the cutting level of the machine used to keep the woods and bushes in a reasonable distance from the highway there was a heavy cut on the top of the trunk. Well, I was quite hesitant to collect it - on my last visit the tree looked quite good but the early spring maintenance has removed most of new top branches. Finally, I have decided to go for it. There was no future for the tree on this spot and I may move it to a better/safer position in the woods in my neighborhood. Autumn 2014 Dec 2015 - The tree after repotting