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Rosaceae
Flowering Crabapple
Malus floribunda
Love, fertility, marriage.
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Malus
- Native to
- Japan
- Bloom season
- Mid Spring
- Type
- Deciduous tree
- Height
- 4–8 m
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil
- Average, well-drained
- Water
- Moderate
- Hardiness
- 4–8
- Lifespan
- 30–70 years
Did you know
- Flowering crabapples open with pink to red buds that fade to white as they unfold, so the tree displays a beautiful range of colors at the same time during peak bloom.
- The small bitter fruits that follow are technically edible but mostly used to make crabapple jelly — they're too tart to eat raw.
- Crabapples are vital to commercial apple orchards — they're often planted as pollinizers because their pollen fertilizes the cultivated apple varieties around them.
- Many crabapple cultivars hold their bright red fruits all winter, providing food for cedar waxwings, robins, and bluebirds during the harshest months.
- Japan has cultivated flowering crabapples for over 1,000 years, and they're still a major flowering attraction in Tokyo and Kyoto each spring.
Color meanings
Pink
Romantic spring