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Malus floribunda

Malus floribunda (Japanese flowering crabapple)

is a tall fully hardy perennial deciduous tree/shrub with white flowers in early Spring, mid Spring and late Spring. It grows well in semi-shade, and prefers medium levels of water. This plant requires a minimum of 130 frost free days to grow successfully. It has average drought tolerance.

Scientific

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M.zieboldii × M.baccata

Soil

Malus floribunda grows in soils ranging from a pH of 5 (extremely acidic ranges from 0 to 5.1) to 7.8 (slightly alkaline ranges from 7.6 to 8). It is adapted to clay, silt, loam, silty clay, sandy clay, clay loam, silt loam, sandy loam, silty clay loam and sandy clay loam soils, and prefers medium fertility.

Growth

This is a erect tree/shrub has a moderate rate of growth and has a single stem growth form, and has an ultimate height of 7.6m / 24.9ft.

Height at ...

  • 20 years 6.1m / 20ft

Leaves

The leaves are green in Summer.

Tolerances

Hedge (medium).

Fire

Very resistant to fire.

Fruit and seed

There is a high fruit/seed abundance beginning in Summer and ending in Autumn.

Progagation and germination

Propagation techniques include bare root, container, cuttings and seed. The seed can be germinated by cold stratification / cold moist prechilling.

-43°C / -45.4F 5 to 7.8 7.6m / 24.9ft
Scientific classifications [Edit]
Genus ? Malus
Specific epithet ? floribunda
Common names
Japanese flowering crabapple (United States)
User notes have orange headings. All other information is made up from editing attributes. IPNI details on Malus floribunda
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