Malus florentina crab-apple
Malus florentinaMalus florentina is an unusual crab-apple with white blossom, tiny fruitlets, and serrated leaves which take on good autumn colours.
USDA identification images for Malus florentina
The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.
Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.
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We don't have any registered trees for this variety yet. If you have a Malus florentina tree you can register it here.
Origins
- Species: Malus species - Crab-apple
Identification
- Period of origin: 1700 - 1749
- Fruit colour: Green / Red
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
- Flowering month: April
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
- Flowering duration: Average (2-3 weeks)
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
- Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Gold
- Leaf colour - young: Green
- Flower size: Medium
- Fruit size: Small
- Fruit shape: Round
Using
- Picking season: Late
- Cropping: Good
- Fruit persistence: Persistent
- Wildlife: RHS Plants for Pollinators
Growing
- Gardening skill: Beginner
- Flowering group: 4
- Pollinating others: Average
- Vigour: Average vigour
- Growth habit: Spreading / Flat-topped
- Attractive features: Attractive flowers
- Attractive features: Attractive fruit
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
- Growth rate: Average
- Attractive features: Attractive foliage
- Site conditions: Sheltered site
- Sunlight: Prefers full sun
- Pruning: Light prune
- Useful for: Small gardens
- Useful for: Specimen planting
- Soil type: Normal
Climate
- Climate suitability: Temperate climates
- Climate suitability: Warm climates
- Cold-hardiness: Cold-hardy
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Cool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Hot (>30C / 86F)
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Cold (< 20C / 67F)
Other qualities
- Disease resistance: Good
- Fire blight: Some susceptibility
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Malus florentina crab-apple trees for sale:
- Pippin Trees United Kingdom
Malus florentina crab-apple trees
Where to buy fresh fruit
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