Malus ×
Flowering Crabapple

 Plant Type:
 Growth Forms:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Flower Notes:
Multi-Colored (An abunance of fragrant white, pink, purple or red flowers, depending on variant, in clusters, in late April or May)
 Foliage Notes:
Green (Summer foliage); Multi-Colored (Fall color varies)
 Fruit Notes:
Multi-Colored (Red, yellow, orange, to green crabapples (pomes); up to 2" dia. (larger is classified as an apple))
 Ultimate Height:
15-20 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
15-20 feet
 Light Requirements:
 Soil Notes:
Well-drained heavy loam soils
 Range:
Cultivated origin
 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.

Additional Information

The Flowering Crabapple is a popular small ornamental tree with an extremely showy flower display in the spring. There are hundreds of types of crabapples available, and more being cultivated every day. Flowers can range from white to pink to purple to red and are followed by small pome fruits (crabapples) that can be red, yellow, orange, purple, or green. Tends to flower and fruit in alternate years. Well-drained heavy loam soils and full sun promote best growth. Can be susceptible to many pests and diseases, including apple scab, fireblight, Japanese beetles, leaf spot, cedar-apple rust, and powdery mildew. Many tend to look quite ragged at the end of the summer.

When Malus × has been observed flowering or fruiting at Purdue University

Flowering

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No Fruiting Observations Available

145 Malus × found

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Number Accession ID Location
1ORIG_4334*ATARK
22009_13942*AHORTPARK
3ORIG_7615*AFOPN
4ORIG_7613*AFOPN
5ORIG_3603*APICK
6ORIG_7624*ATERM
72010_09171*ARSC
8ORIG_7630*AAERO
92009_13224*AHORTPARK
10ORIG_0162*AFWLR
11ORIG_6179*APVA
12ORIG_5509*APVA
13ORIG_1792*APUSH
142010_09176*ARSC
15ORIG_3617*APICK
16ORIG_3710*ASHRV
17ORIG_1811*AARMS
18ORIG_7616*ATERM
192009_13967*AHORTPARK
20ORIG_7633*AAERO
212010_02112*AWDCT
222015_00426*AFRNY
232009_12558*AHERL
242010_02351*AHAMP
252010_12094*AHOCK
262010_09170*ARSC
27ORIG_3852*AHLTP
28ORIG_8040*ARSC
29ORIG_8039*ARSC
30ORIG_0306*AMRDH
31ORIG_1793*APUSH
322015_00418*AFRNY
33ORIG_8046*ARSC
34ORIG_4075*ACARY
35ORIG_6089*APVA
36ORIG_7631*AAERO
372009_13809*AHORTPARK
382009_13810*AHORTPARK
39ORIG_0014*AHERL
40ORIG_0794*ALILY
412009_13209*AHORTPARK
422009_13210*AHORTPARK
432010_09178*ARSC
442013_00617*AHORTPARK
45ORIG_1078*AMEMMALL
462009_13568*AHORTPARK
47ORIG_5027*ASCPA
48ORIG_6895*ALYNN
49ORIG_5029*ASCPA
50ORIG_0576*AVAWT
512015_00231*APWF
52ORIG_5006*ASCPA
532010_12040*AHOCK
542010_12039*AHOCK
55ORIG_0010*AHERL
562010_02348*AHAMP
572010_00482*AHORT
58ORIG_7612*AFOPN
592009_13446*AHORTPARK
60ORIG_0860*APFEN
61ORIG_4671*ASHRV
62ORIG_4340*AWILY
632013_00737*ASMLY
64ORIG_3079*ASTEW
65ORIG_6184*APVA
66ORIG_3078*ASTEW
67ORIG_6185*APVA
68ORIG_7634*AAERO
69ORIG_7611*AFOPN
70ORIG_0016*AHERL
71ORIG_4270*ATARK
722015_00421*AFRNY
73ORIG_4277*ATARK
742009_13205*AHORTPARK
75ORIG_5253*AROGA
76ORIG_0308*ASMLY
772010_09173*ARSC
782010_02113*AWDCT
792010_09172*ARSC
80ORIG_0518*AWOOD
81ORIG_5254*AROGA
822009_13243*AHORTPARK
83ORIG_6471*ALSA
84ORIG_0004*AHERL
852009_13808*AHORTPARK
86ORIG_4624*AERHT
872010_12041*AHOCK
882010_09177*ARSC
89ORIG_5026*ASCPA
902009_13249*AHORTPARK
912015_00427*AFRNY
92ORIG_0015*AHERL
93ORIG_3616*APICK
94ORIG_0019*AHERL
95ORIG_0020*AHERL
96ORIG_0161*AFWLR
972015_00419*AFRNY
982015_00420*AFRNY
99ORIG_1846*APUSH
100ORIG_3618*APICK
101ORIG_8075*ABCC
102ORIG_5007*ASCPA
103ORIG_5541*APVA
1042009_13941*AHORTPARK
105ORIG_1831*APUSH
106ORIG_3870*AHLTP
107ORIG_3929*AHLTP
108ORIG_5028*ASCPA
109ORIG_8041*ARSC
110ORIG_0314*AMRDH
111ORIG_6294*AHERL
112ORIG_4579*AHARR
1132015_00422*AFRNY
1142009_13189*AHORTPARK
1152009_13190*AHORTPARK
1162009_13200*AHORTPARK
1172018_00718*AHOCK
118ORIG_7506*AORIG
119ORIG_7632*AAERO
1202013_00564*AHORTPARK
1212018_01338*AACKER
1222018_01312*AACKER
1232018_01310*AACKER
1242018_01349*AACKER
1252018_01311*AACKER
1262018_01337*AACKER
1272018_01289*AACKER
1282018_01290*AACKER
1292022_00042*APGW
1302022_00043*AHAWK
Heritage Plant
Dedicated/Memorial Plant
1312022_15755*ABCHM
1322022_00490*AWARN
1332023_00122*AKNOY
1342023_00168*AHILL
1352023_00168*CHILL
1362023_00343*AHORTPARK
1372023_00343*BHORTPARK
1382022_15779*AHORTPARK
1392022_15779*BHORTPARK
1402022_15779*CHORTPARK
1412022_15779*DHORTPARK
1422015_02464*A2550
1432023_00726*A2550
1442015_02464*B2550
1452024_00135*ASMLY

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