Malus trilobata Guardsman
Guardsman crab-apple identification images
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USDA identification images for Guardsman
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 Guardsman tree you can register it here.
Origins
- Species: Malus species - Crab-apple
Identification
- Fruit colour: Green
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
- Flowering month: June
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
- Leaf colour - autumn: Yellow / Crimson
- Flowering duration: Average (2-3 weeks)
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
- Leaf colour - young: Green
- Leaf colour - autumn: Orange / Red
- Flower size: Large
- Fruit size: Small
- Fruit shape: Round
Growing
- Gardening skill: Beginner
- Flowering group: 6
- Pollinating others: Average
- Ploidy: Diploid
- Vigour: Average vigour
- Growth habit: Upright
- Attractive features: Attractive tree / plant
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
- Growth rate: Slow
- Attractive features: Autumn foliage colour
- Attractive features: Scented flowers
- Soil type: Clay
- Pruning: Do not prune
- Useful for: Small gardens
- Useful for: Street / amenity
- Useful for: Specimen planting
- Soil type: Normal
Climate
- Cold hardiness (USDA): Zone 6 (-23C)
- 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: Cold (< 20C / 67F)
Other qualities
- Disease resistance: Good
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Guardsman crab-apple trees for sale:
- Pippin Trees United Kingdom
Guardsman crab-apple trees
Where to buy fresh fruit
No orchards have registered as growing this variety. If you grow this and want to register please go to our Orchard Registration form.