Flowers:
Multi-Colored (An abunance of fragrant white, pink, purple or red flowers, depending on variant, in clusters, in late April or May)
Foliage:
Green (Summer foliage); Multi-Colored (Fall color varies)
Fruit:
Multi-Colored (Red, yellow, orange, to green crabapples (pomes); up to 2" dia. (larger is classified as an apple))
Soil:
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.
