 | Manchurian Crabapple - Malus baccata var. mandshuria Family Rosaceae - Rose Family; Fruit Trees Noted for its fragrant, dark rose-pink double flowers, orange fruit and excellent disease resistance. Tree Encyclopedia | Trees Index | Crabapples | Nut Trees | Fruit Trees Index |
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An outstanding flowering crab, Manchurian Crabapple is a deciduous tree with a rounded canopy of spreading branches, ultimately reaching 20 to 50 feet in height. The very fragrant blooms appear in great abundance. Blooms are followed in fall by persistent fruits which are very popular with the birds. Some crabapples make a mess of a walk or driveway when the fruit falls. [4]  Siberian Crabapple - Malus baccata, Morton Arboretum acc. 366-88*1 Leaf shape: elliptic (oval), deciduous. Leaf blade length: 2 to 4 inches / color: green / Fall color: yellow Flower color: white, very showy, pleasant fragrance; spring flowering Fruit shape: round / Fruit length: < .5 inch / Fruit covering: fleshy / Fruit color: red Fruit characteristics: attracts birds; attracts squirrels Trunk/bark/branches: droop as the tree grows, and will require pruning for vehicular or pedestrian clearance beneath the canopy. Light requirement: tree grows best in full sun. Drought tolerance: moderate. Aerosol salt tolerance: low. [4] |
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Family Rosaceae - Rose Family; Fruit Trees Containing Hawthorns, Apples, Pears, Cherries, Plums, Peach, Almond, Mountain-Ash and Whitebeam. Rosaceae is a large family of plants with about 3,000 species in ~100 genera. Crabapple and other fruit trees provide some of our most outstanding flowering ornamentals. Tree Encyclopedia | Tree Index | Fruit Tree Index |
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