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[SOLVED] What type of crab apples is this???
Posted: May 15th, 2010, 5:34 pm
by kvan64
The lable says sieboldii crab apple but the flowers are not pure white as the results from my google searches
Can anyone help?
Identification solved
By Kvan and Jester
Malus floribunda - the Hillieri (cultivar)
Re: What type of crab apples is this???
Posted: May 15th, 2010, 7:05 pm
by Amanda
this is totally irrelevant but It looks like the unknown growing in my front yard which I collected from a river bed, the apples are quite large and look a lot like pink lady's but inedible sour things, flowers twice a year with same as in your photo
eta typos
Re: What type of crab apples is this???
Posted: May 15th, 2010, 7:57 pm
by Jester
Malus Floribunda - Japanese Crabapple - .........Very common and often used in streetscapes
Re: What type of crab apples is this???
Posted: May 15th, 2010, 8:34 pm
by kvan64
Jester wrote:Malus Floribunda - Japanese Crabapple - .........Very common and often used in streetscapes
Thanks Jester. I think it's close but Malus Floribunda seems to have single flowers and this has double flowers.
Re: What type of crab apples is this???
Posted: May 15th, 2010, 8:51 pm
by Jester
Hmmm, I'll have to check that but thanks Kvan, definitely could be an oversight on my part.....perhaps a cultivar??
Re: What type of crab apples is this???
Posted: May 15th, 2010, 9:13 pm
by kvan64
You may be right this time. It's could be a cultivar of Malus floribunda - the Hillieri. However, I'm not 100% sure.
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Posted: May 16th, 2010, 1:01 pm
by kvan64
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Re: What type of crab apples is this???
Posted: May 16th, 2010, 4:35 pm
by MattA
It looks like my Bechtel's crabapple .. tho i have always doubted the label it carried as the blooms dont look like those I can find for it online.
Matt