Japanese Crabapple
Malus floribunda · Rosaceae · 꽃사과나무
Look
- Leaves
- Slender ovate dark green leaves with teeth.
- Flowers
- In April red buds open into fragrant light pink flowers about 3.2 cm across that fade to white; one of the most abundantly flowering crabapples.
- Fruit
- Very many small fruits about 1.3 cm across, yellow with a reddish tinge; by crabapple standards they are not very ornamental and mostly do not last past autumn. Birds like them very much.
Where it grows
- Native to
- Native to Japan.
- Ecology
- Attracts birds, hummingbirds and butterflies.
Sources
- 산림청·국립수목원 『한국의 가로수』(2012)
- Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder
- Arnoldia 67/2 (2009), 'Malus at the Arnold Arboretum: An Ongoing Legacy', 하버드대 아널드수목원 (Wayback Machine 보존본)
- Arnoldia(하버드대 아널드수목원) Michael S. Dosmann 'Malus at the Arnold Arboretum: An Ongoing Legacy' (2009-11-15)
- 모튼수목원(The Morton Arboretum) 'Japanese flowering crabapple'