Malus hupehensis

Flowering Tea Crabapple

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Common Name: 

Flowering Tea Crabapple

Plant Type: 

Flower color: 

Foliage color: 

Green

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Maximum temperature: 

40°C

Minimum temperature: 

7°C

Maximum height: 

760 cm

Maximum width: 

760 cm

Flowering Tea Crabapple (Malus hupehensis) - Description

M. hupehensis bears deep pink buds that open to single fragrant white flowers. It produces small greenish yellow to red fruits, that are not showy.

Flowering Tea Crabapple (Malus hupehensis) - Blooming

Clustered five-petaled blossoms with 15-20 stamens in center. Blooms generally before leaves unfold. Pink to red buds that fade as they bloom followed by red, yellow fruits.

Flowering Tea Crabapple (Malus hupehensis) - Growth

Deciduous trees and shrubs, including the orchard trees that produce apples, and ornamental crabapples trees, whose fruit is also edible, but usually too tart to consume. Species grow best in full sun, but tolerate partial shade.

Flowering Tea Crabapple (Malus hupehensis) - Planting

Sow seeds in fall in a seedbed. Can also propagate by budding in summer. Grafting is also possible and should be completed during the winter.

Flowering Tea Crabapple (Malus hupehensis) - Pest

Modern-day cultivars are less disease prone than older varieties. Malus plants are most vulnerable to cedar-apple rust, apple scab, and fireblight. Other problems include crown and fruit rot, brown fruit rot, heart rot, mushroom root rot, and cankers. Common pests are fruit worms, Japanese beetle, caterpillars, scale insects, aphids, wood boreres, skeletonizers, and leaf rollers.

Flowering Tea Crabapple (Malus hupehensis) - Interesting facts

Fruits produced by some species of Malus, including the Crabapples, are too sour to eat raw and work best in ciders. Smoking food on Apple wood gives the food a good flavor.

Flowering Tea Crabapple (Malus hupehensis) - Soil and irrigation

Well-drained, acid or alkaline, loamy or clay soil.

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