Flower Notes:
Pink;white (Buds are dark pink to red; flowers (1-1.5" across) white, fragrant, and in clusters; late April to May)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Dark green leaves; fall color variable)
Fruit Notes:
Yellow;red (3/8" dia. yellow crabapples (pomes) with a red blush; not persistent)
Soil Notes:
Well-drained heavy loam soils
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Malus has simple leaves in clusters on short spurs. Buds have several imbricate scales, and are usually reddish-brown with hairs protruding under scales. Fruits have multiple seeds (as compared to the single seed pit of Prunus species). The bark of mature trees is gray to brown and scaly.
