Flower Notes:
White (White flowers (0.38-0.75" dia.) in 3" dia. coymbs before or with the leaves in late April)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Clean, glossy, dark green summer foliage); Red (Mahogany to scarlet fall foliage)
Fruit Notes:
Brown (Round, persistent on tree; not ornamentally important)
Soil Notes:
Widely adapted to soils, including dry soils
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves are alternate, simple, leathery, and lustrous dark green with crenated margins and formed on short spurs (spurs like those of Malus). Long petioles allow the leaves to flutter in the wind. Wooly 0.5" long buds. Round, dull reddish-yellow, russet dotted pome fruits are 0.5" or less in diameter.
