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Plant Habit: Tree
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Plant Height: 12-18 feet
Plant Spread: 10-16 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
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
Resistances: Powdery Mildew
Pollinators: Various insects
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM
Other: 2003 Great Plant Picks Award Winner
Parentage: seedling of Malus halliana; introduced by the U.S. National Arboretum in 1987

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Common names
  • Flowering Crabapple
  • Apple
Also sold as:
  • Admiration

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Location: East Sussex, England
Date: November 19, 2009
photo by Steve Law via Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pega
Location: Worcestershire, England
photo by Frank P Matthews, Ltd via Trees and Shrubs Online: https

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