General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Water Preferences: Mesic
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Uses: Flowering Tree
Edible Parts: Fruit
Dynamic Accumulator: K (Potassium)
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Apple
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Malus domestica
  • Synonym: Malus pumila
  • Synonym: Malus sylvestris subsp. praecox

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Date: c. 1921
illustration [as M. niedzwetzkyana] by Mary E. Eaton from 'Addiso
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2014-07-06
Plant started in 1962, trained since 1972
Photo by robertduval14
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2014-07-06
Plant started in 1962, trained since 1972

Date: 2021-09-11
Probably Jonagold

Photo credit: Kurt Stüber

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