60. Crab Apple Trees
(Malus species and hybrids)
Family: Rosaceae
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Pacific crab apple
Malus fusca
A small tree or multi-stemmed shrub that grows to 12 metres tall, armed with sharp thorn-like shoots and bearing showy white flowers from mid April to early June.
Crab apples of different species grow wild from England to Japan and in America and have a long history of cultivation. Consequently there are now innumerable varieties of these reliable ornamental trees to choose from. Campus plantings include M.
angustifolia (Narrow-Leaved Crab Apple) - M. angustifolia var. angustifolia (Southern Crabapple) - M. angustifolia var. puberula (Southern Crabapple) - M. arnoldiana (Arnold's Apple) - M. baccata (Siberian Crabapple) - M.
Crab Apple
Crab apples are small to medium-sized, deciduous trees that are widely adapted and produce an abundance of flowers in spring. There are more than 500 varieties.
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Crab apples (Malus sylvestris)
Small, hard apples ranging from yellow to red
Small trees in hedgerows and parks
Autumn
Unpalatable raw but good for jelly ...
apple, crab apple, crabapple, domestic apple, paradise apple
Family
Malaceae (New South Wales)Rosaceae (Queensland, the ACT, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia) ...
7. Siberian crab apple (Malus baccata 'Columnaris') is a narrow, upright flowering crab apple with tiny yellow or red fruits in autumn.
Size: Eight metres tall by only two metres wide.
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SWEET SCENTED CRAB APPLE - Malus coronaria
SWEETBERRY - Viburnum lentago
SWEETSOP ...
The crab apples are wild North American and Asian species of Malus now cultivated as ornamentals for their fragrant white to deep pink blossoms—e.g.
Flowers of Malus sylvestris (crab apple)
Fossilized spores suggest that higher plants (embryophytes) have lived on the land for at least 475 million years.
The finest flowering trees are those included under the section Malus, the type of which is the common Crab Apple (M. communis).
their delightful fragrance and store of nectar, attract myriads of bees, and as a result of the fertilization effected by these visitors in their search for the buried nectar, the fruit develops and becomes in autumn the beautiful little Crab Apple, ...
Their foliage is frequently more interesting and healthier than that of most cherries (Prunus) or crab apples (Malus), two related genera. Hawthorns are long suffering and endure pruning well, so can be used for hedging.
Crab apple ( Malus spp. ) Shiny oval leaves, flowers ranging from white to deep pink, cherry-sized red fruits. Japanese apricot ( Prunus mume ) Small, oval leaves, slender growth, bright pink flowers in winter.
The quarter-inch-diameter, crab apple-like berries hang in clusters amid brilliant foliage that matures to scarlet.
Malus domestica ( Dolgo Crab Apple )
Malus domestica ( Dorsett Golden )
Malus domestica ( Double Red McIntosh Apple ) ...
Centipedegrass' natural color is Granny Smith crab apple green. Overfertilizing to obtain an unnatural dark green color reduces its cold tolerance and usually increases long-term maintenance problems.
Check for iris borers and destroy them. Look out for webs of caterpillars-they especially like crab apples and can do great damage in a short time.
Put out snail and slug poison.
Red buds open to fragrant pink flowers in spring as the leaves unfold. Small, fleshy, plump, red-tinged yellow crab apples follow in fall.
Attributes - Malus x 'Arnoldiana'
Plant Type: Tree ...
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 See also: Apple, May, Green, Apples, Fruits
  
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