Japanese Flowering Crabapple

Did you know

• The species name 'floribunda' means 'abundantly flowering' — a single tree can produce thousands of blossoms.
• Buds open deep pink-red and gradually fade to white, so the tree displays multiple shades simultaneously.
• Its tiny yellow crabapples persist into winter and are an important food source for cedar waxwings and other songbirds.
• Japanese flowering crabapple was one of the first Asian ornamental trees introduced to Western gardens in the 1860s.
• It is commonly used as a pollinator tree in commercial apple orchards because of its generous, long-lasting bloom.

Color meanings

Uses

• ornamental specimen tree
• pollinator for apple orchards
• wildlife food source
• bonsai