Malus ‘Golden Delicious’

Are you looking to introduce reliable seasonal interest and a dependable crop to your UK garden space? The Malus ‘Golden Delicious’ is a fantastic choice, offering both beautiful spring flowers and delicious, edible fruit.

This variety presents showy blossom in May, often with a lovely pink tinge before opening white, followed by attractive golden-yellow apples that taste sweet and honeyed in the autumn, while the foliage turns a pleasant yellow colour before leaf autumn; the tree maintains a bushy, spreading tree with an open, well-branched habit, providing excellent structure throughout the year and offering good food for bees and local wildlife.

For the best results in the UK, this tree thrives in moist but well-drained, fertile soil and generally prefers a position receiving full sun, though it will tolerate some partial shade, benefitting from a sheltered spot if your garden is exposed; this makes it ideal for cottage gardens, as a productive specimen tree, or even trained against a wall for growing cordon apples in the UK.