Flower Notes:
Red;red-Violet (Buds deep maroon red; single flowers (1.8" dia.) purplish-red, nearly white at the base, in clusters; late April to May)
Foliage Notes:
Bronze (Newly emerging leaves are a red-bronze in the spring); Green (Summer foliage; fall color variable)
Fruit Notes:
Red (1" dia. deep red crabapples (pomes))
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.
