Fruit can be dulled red-purple (look like a dulled cranberry) with a tan circle ring at the end. A diameter greater than 2" is classified as an apple, and a diameter equal to or less than that is classified as a crabapple. Fruit: Fruit Color: Gold/Yellow Green Red/Burgundy Fruit Value To Gardener: Edible Showy Display/Harvest Time: Fall Fruit Type: Pome Fruit Length: 1-3 inches Fruit Width: 1-3 inches Fruit Description: Fruits are edible pomes, red to yellow to green in color, and have varying diameters.Cultural Conditions: Light: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day) Soil Texture: Clay Loam (Silt) Sand Soil pH: Acid (Whole Plant Traits: Plant Type: Edible Tree Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics: Deciduous Habit/Form: Mounding Rounded Spreading Vase Growth Rate: Medium Texture: Medium.Fruits are edible but must be cooked to be palatable. Play Value: Wildlife Food Source Particularly Resistant To (Insects/Diseases/Other Problems): a range of soil types Edibility: Eat flowers only in moderation, they contain cyanide precursors. 350 species of lepidoptera catepillars feed on this tree which is another food source for birds. Attributes: Genus: Malus Species: hybrids Family: Roseaceae Life Cycle: Woody Wildlife Value: Fruits attract birds but it is not a favorite food source.Tags: #showy flowers #deciduous #full sun tolerant #edible plant #specimen #white flowers #wildlife plant #pink flowers #red flowers #spring flowers #fall interest #flowering tree #food source wildlife #cpp #playground plant #edible fruits #border planting #spring interest #fantz #parks #small group plantings #bird friendly 'Centurion', 'Indian Magic', 'Indian Summer', 'Prairifire', 'Robinson', 'Royal Raindrops', 'Sargent', 'Sugar Tyme' See this plant in the following landscape: Cultivars / Varieties: Fruit is a small apple that ripens in the fall.Flowers are on pins and buds are purplish-red and open white-pink.Leaves are serrate and new growth is pinkish-red.Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: Apple scab can be a problem, look for disease-resistant cultivars. Tree appears to change color as it cycles through stages of new (reddish) growth, full (pink to white) growth, mature leaves (green), and autumnal color (red-varies). This plant blooms early to mid-spring and is usually self-sterile. This tree is frequently damaged by deer and has disease and insect problems. Plant as a specimen, in groupings, along borders, or in parks. Malus hybrids tolerate a range of soil types but prefers slightly acidic, moist well-drained soil in full sun. Its form is usually round to spreading crown and can be vase-shaped however, the form varies with spp. ![]() ![]() They can be very showy for a short period in spring. Malus hybrids are deciduous shrubs or trees that grow up to 26'. ![]() ![]() Phonetic Spelling MAY-lus hai-bruhdz Description
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