Tasty Red Urban Apple Tree
Malus domestica ‘UEB 3449-1’
Tasty Red Urban Apple Tree
Malus domestica ‘UEB 3449-1’
How are the heights measured?
All tree, and nothin' but the tree! We measure from the top of the soil to the top of the tree; the height of the container or the root system is never included in our measurements.
What is a gallon container?
Nursery containers come in a variety of different sizes, and old-school nursery slang has stuck. While the industry-standard terminology is to call the sizes "Gallon Containers", that doesn't exactly translate to the traditional liquid "gallon" size we think of. You'll find we carry young 1-gallons, up to more mature 7-gallons ranging anywhere from 6 inches to 6ft.
How does the delivery process work?
All of our orders ship via FedEx Ground! Once your order is placed online, our magic elves get right to work picking, staging, boxing and shipping your trees. Orders typically ship out within 2 business days. You will receive email notifications along the way on the progress of your order, as well as tracking information to track your plants all the way to their new home!
Why are some states excluded from shipping?
The short & sweet answer is: "United States Department of Agriculture Restrictions." Every state has their own unique USDA restrictions on which plants they allow to come into their state. While we wish we could serve everyone, it's for the safety of native species and helps prevent the spread of invasive disease & pests. We've gotta protect good ole' Mother Nature, after all.
About Me
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The Tasty Red Urban Apple Tree is a great new apple tree that lets you pick sweet, tasty, bright red apples straight from your garden, no matter how small your garden is. This amazing tree will naturally grow 8 to 10 feet tall, but just 2 feet wide, without needing any fancy pruning. Within one or two years of planting you will be harvesting your own home-grown apples, and in September of every year you will have apples all the way up your beautiful tree. It can be grown from zone 4 to zone 8, so it will grow almost anywhere in America. Now there is no reason why everyone should not enjoy the intense pleasure of picking tree-ripened apples right from your own garden. The Tasty Red Urban Apple Tree will grow in any well-drained soil, in a sunny location. It will be covered in spring with beautiful pink and white apple blossoms, and covered in fall with full-sized rich red apples.
- Delicious sweet and crunchy red apples right outside your door
- The ideal apple tree for even the smallest garden
- Grows just 10 feet tall and is only 2 feet wide
- Grows well all across America
- Perfect choice for container gardening outdoors
This tree is also perfect for growing in pots, where it will thrive and give fruit for many years. Potted trees should live outdoors all year round, in a sunny location. This tree can be grown with other Urban Apple varieties to gain the maximum harvest and makes a great hedge or screen that is both useful and beautiful. Until you enjoy the pleasure of harvesting your own food from your own garden, no matter how tiny, you really have not experienced one of the best things you can do in life.
- Plant Hardiness Zones 4-8
- Mature Width 2
- Mature Height 8-10
- Sun Needs Full Sun
Who wouldn’t like to be able to walk out into their garden and pick a shiny red apple right from the tree? Since apples are such a popular fruit, everyone is going to agree with that. The problem is that traditional apple trees are large, so they need lots of space and lots of care, while many of today’s gardens are small, and we all have only limited time to spend in the garden. If only there was an answer . . .
Now there is! Plant breeders have given us Urban Apples, specially bred trees that fit perfectly into small gardens and can even be grown in containers if you have no garden at all. People have different tastes in apples, and among these amazing new trees is just the one for those who love a crunchy but sweet apple, with that shiny ‘Sleeping Beauty’ rich red skin. This is the Tasty Red Urban Apple Tree, a new variety of apple that is taking the gardening world by storm. It grows into a narrow, upright tree 8-10 feet tall and just 2 feet wide, so it can fit into any small garden or be grown in a large pot. As long as the position is sunny, every garden must have a space just 2 feet wide this tree would fit into.
Growing Tasty Red Urban Apple Trees
Your Tasty Red Urban Apple Tree will begin to produce fruit the first or second year after planting – no long delays before seeing a crop as happens with full-sized trees. It will gradually grow into a beautiful column of leaves and fruit, with a great spring display of pink and white flowers on the bare branches. As the flowers fall you will see tiny apples developing, and over the summer they will grow and grow until by mid-September they will be full-sized apples, bright red in color, ready for you to harvest. ‘Tasty Red’ is the sweetest of the Urban Apples and is ideal for eating straight from the tree, although it can also be stored for several weeks in a cool place.
Planting Location
Plant your new tree in a sunny spot, in almost any kind of soil. This tree is hardy from zone 4 to zone 8, so it can be grown in all but the very coldest and hottest parts of the country. Just make sure you are not planting in a spot with poor drainage, as apple trees do not like to be standing in water. Avoid a low-lying hollow too, especially if you live in colder areas, since late frost can collect there and damage the blossoms.
Maximizing Your Harvest
For the maximum harvest you need to have an apple tree of a different variety within 50 feet of your tree, either a Fruiting Apple Tree or a Crab Apple. If you don’t, then no worries, simply add either a Blushing Delight Urban Apple Tree or a Tangy Green Urban Apple Tree to your order and plant them near each other – they take up so little room there will be no space issues, no matter how small your garden. These other varieties can be eaten fresh and they are also ideal for all your baking, so with two different trees you can have perfect eating apples and perfect cooking apples straight from your garden.
Planting a Mini-Orchard
For a great garden feature, plant a mini-orchard, using two or three kinds of Urban Apples, planted 3 feet apart, along a fence, a wall, or as a row along a path or driveway. This makes a great natural hedge that is not only beautiful but useful too – the ideal garden feature.
Growing in a Pot or Container
To grow the Tasty Red Urban Apple Tree in a container, choose one with good drainage holes that is 18-24 inches across. Choose a potting soil recommended for outdoor planters, and keep your potted tree in a sunny spot and outdoors all year round. Water well each time, so that water flows from the drainage holes and do not stand your pot in a saucer. Let the top inch or so of the soil become dry before watering again. Use a fertilizer for fruit trees regularly, according to the recommendations on the package.
History and Origins of the Tasty Red Urban Apple
The Tasty Red Urban Apple Tree is the result of intensive breeding and research by Dr. Jaroslav Tupy, head of the Institute of Experimental Botany, Prague, in the Czech Republic. He worked for years to produce a really new kind of apple that makes it possible for anyone to successfully grow apples, even in the smallest gardens. These are very special trees, so cheaper varieties will not resemble the Tasty Red Urban Apple Tree at all, and will only be a huge disappointment to you, growing large and unwieldy, with inferior fruit.
