In addition to its large size, this rare cultivar is noted for its showy yellow and red fruit and for developing good yellow fall foliage color. At just over 40 feet tall, it towers over neighboring crabapples. A notable exception on Peters Hill is a specimen of Malus x robusta ‘Arnold-Canada’ (172-52-B). Most ornamental crabapple cultivars are small trees, typically maturing at 15 to 25 feet tall.Pink buds open to white flowers, which are followed by ½ inch diameter red fruit. It grows about 10 to 15 feet tall and 15 to 20 feet wide. This cultivar was hybridized and selected by Arboretum researcher Karl Sax in 1947 and was named in honor of Charles Sprague Sargent’s daughter. Malus ‘Mary Potter’ is another crabapple with a Sargent connection.It has white flowers and small (1/4 to 1/3 inch diameter) red fruit that persists into winter. This naturally small-growing species reaches a height of only 6 to 8 feet but has a horizontal spread of 8 to 15 feet. Sargent, who first brought seeds of this species to the United States from Japan. Sargent crabapple ( Malus sargentii) was named in honor of the Arboretum’s founding director, Charles S.This species bears large (1 to 1.5 inch diameter) fruit that provide food for wildlife when they fall but make the tree less desirable for most landscape uses. An example in the Arboretum’s collection is prairie crabapple ( M. This fresh green colour is inspired by the crispness of green apples but somehow the name became crab-apple. Dolgo is a top variety for those wishing to make crabapple jelly and baked goods. This variety is flavorful and the trees tend to produce a heavy crop each year. Most Malus species are native to Eurasia, but there are a few that are native to North America. Dolgo Crabapple fruits are a dark red color, 1+ in diameter, and have an oval shape.The whites and pinks are superb, but there are no red or dark varieties. Many crabapples display showy fruit from September through at least November, and cultivars with highly persistent fruit may carry on the show through much of the winter. There is not a wide range of color, size or habit. Crabapple fruit, on the other hand, can persist for months, providing a much longer show of color than the flowers do.
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