Pink Perfection crab-apple
Malus
Malus Pink Perfection is a superb crab-apple with double pink scented flowers.
Pink Perfection crab-apple identification images
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USDA identification images for Pink Perfection
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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Origins
- Species: Malus species - Crab-apple
Identification
- Country of origin: United States
- Period of origin: 1950 - 1999
- Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
- Flower colour: Pink
- Leaf colour: Green
- Flowering month: April
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
- Leaf colour - autumn: Green
- Flowering duration: Long
- Flower form: Double flower (25-50 petals)
- Leaf colour - young: Green
- Flower size: Large
- Fruit size: Average
Growing
- Gardening skill: Beginner
- Flowering group: 4
- Pollinating others: Poor
- Ploidy: Diploid
- Vigour: Average vigour
- Attractive features: Attractive flowers
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Height after 10 years: 2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
- Attractive features: Scented flowers
- Soil type: Clay
- Pruning: Light prune
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Climate
- Cold hardiness (USDA): Zone 4 (-34C)
- 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: Poor
- Powdery mildew: Very resistant
- Cedar apple rust: Very resistant
- Fire blight: Some resistance
- Scab (Apple and Pear): Very susceptible
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Pink Perfection crab-apple trees for sale:
- Pippin Trees United Kingdom
Pink Perfection crab-apple trees
Where to buy fresh fruit
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