Sturmer Pippin apple
Malus domestica 'Sturmer Pippin'
USDA zones4 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Dense
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Bloom color
- Pink - light
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Sturmer Pippin' apple (Malus domestica 'Sturmer Pippin') is a tree for the food garden. 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. It has light pink flowers in early to late spring that attract bees. The fruit is grown for fresh eating and juice, and it keeps for 3 months or more. Mr Dillistone bred it in the 1800s.
Pairs well with Pink Lemonade blueberry, Grape hyacinth, and Sedge.