2. Botanical Name M ALUS sp. or cv.

3. Pronunciation MAY - lus HY- brid - a

4. Common Name Flowering Crabapple

6. Family Rosaceae

8. Life Cycle Deciduous Tree

9. Growth Habit Height 15 - 25 Width 10- 20 Upright

10. Arrangement Alternate

11. Leaf Shape and Size Elliptical Length 1 - 3 Width 1/2 - 2

12. Margin Serrate

13. Veins Pinnate

14. Composition Simple

15. Flower Early Spring Red to White

18. Fruit Fall Small Pome - makes good jelly

21. Environment Full sun

22. Use Specimen

23. Description Very few shrubs or tree approach the beauty of a crabapple

25. 400 to 600 recognized cultivars

27. Cultural Practices Best in heavy loam Prune before June

29. Problems Fireblight Woolly aphids Rust

30. Zones 4 to 8 - depending on cultivar

31. Native of All over