Red Delicious Apple Tree

The Red Delicious Apple (Malus 'Red Delicious') tree is a deciduous, ornamental tree that produces superior fruit. Red Delicious has deep red skin and conical shape encasing flesh that is white and crisp, with a sweet flavor.

In the spring, clusters of small white flowers with subtle pink hues will adorn its branches with their fragrant elegance. Pollinators adore these blooms as much as you will!

In the summer, dark green leaves adorn a rounded shape which turns a brilliant yellow in autumn, sprinkled with deep red fruit. It is truly a tree for all seasons!

The Red Delicious apple is the most widely grown variety in the world. It's a widely planted, popular apple tree in North America, with a variety of uses. Red Delicious was the single largest variety produced in Washington State in 2005.

Get planting your own apple trees for home-grown goodness and healthy fruit production! This will quickly become your favorite apple as well!

How to Use Red Delicious Apple Tree In The Landscape

Fantastic apples for fresh eating, fruit salads, and desserts, this healthy snack-on-the-go is lunch box-sized and travels great!

Your Red Delicious can grow to 12 feet tall with an equal spread, resulting in a relatively rounded crown and pleasing landscape appearance which can last up to 50 years.

You can grow one as an accent or shade tree for the front yard, or plant several on a side yard for a private orchard.

The fantastic blooms in spring are enough to make this a perfect front yard specimen plant! Edible landscaping and dual-purpose gardening are great for this healthy and ornamental tree!

Harvest in late September or mid-October, plus enjoy a long storage life in cold storage or refrigeration.

#ProPlantTips For Care

Requiring full sun for the most blooms and best crop, be sure to provide at least 6 hours of direct light per day!

Tolerating any type of soil that is well-drained, these trees don’t mind some acidic conditions. However, they do require consistent moisture availability and supplemental watering during drought.

A generous layer of mulch helps retain soil moisture as well as insulate the root system from heat and chill.

Prun your tree to open the canopy for sunlight and air circulation to reach the interior. This prevents disease and mildew issues. Fruit needs to be thinned for larger fruit.

The Red Delicious apple is a lovely ornamental tree that will provide you with a crop of delicious and nutritious fruit each fall. Our apple trees are always in high demand. Quantities are limited and many will sell out soon. Order now from LetsPlantify.com to avoid disappointment!

Recommended pollinators: Braeburn, Yellow Delicious, Red Jonathan, Fuji, Gala & Honeycrisp

Rootstocks Explained

Apple trees have been grafted onto different rootstocks since before the mid-1800s. Different rootstocks are used to improve the anchoring of trees, eliminate diseases, and reduce the natural mature size of the tree itself. While there are many different types of rootstock, they are all labeled as being either Dwarf, Semi-Dwarf, or Standard.

The apple descriptions, including flowering, pollination, and apple characteristics are the same whether the plant is grown on a standard rootstock or some varying dwarfing rootstock. The overall size can vary by climate and soil but the understock used is ultimately what affects the mature size.

There will be some variation in sizes but as a guide, we are suggesting the overall mature size of these apple varieties are:

Standard Apples

• Height 18 - 25 feet
• Spread: 15 - 18 feet

Semi-Dwarf Apples

• Height: 12-18 feet
• Spread: 10 - 15 feet

Remember that all fruit tree sizes can easily be altered if needed by simple pruning as the trees grow and develop.