Stirling Castle apple
Malus domestica 'Stirling Castle'
USDA zones4 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Upright-spreading / vase
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Stirling Castle' apple (Malus domestica 'Stirling Castle') is a tree for the food garden, grown for cooking. It is hardy to USDA zone 4, or down to -30°F (-34°C). This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Bees visit the spring flowers. The tree is partially self-fertile and tolerates damp climates. John Christie raised it in the 1830s.
Pairs well with Juneberry, False indigo, Creeping phlox, and Grape hyacinth.