Cut-Leaf Crabapple

Growth habit

Tree

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Western China

Location

Cornell Class of 1923 Flowering Tree Collection

Source of plant

Northeast Regional Plant Introduction Station, Northeast Regional Plant Introduction Station, Northeast Regional Plant Introduction Station, Northeast Regional Plant Introduction Station, Northeast Regional Plant Introduction Station, Northeast Regional Plant Introduction Station, Northeast Regional Plant Introduction Station, Northeast Regional Plant Introduction Station, Northeast Regional Plant Introduction Station, Northeast Regional Plant Introduction Station

Description

Shrub or small tree to 8m, shoots soon glabrous. Leaves 3-8cm, ovate and crenately lobed or simple and elliptic (the latter less common and irregularly produced), glabrous except for downy venation beneath. Flowers 2cm diameter, in bunches of 3-6, white; pedicel virtually absent; calyx felted. Fruits numerous, 1.5 cm, globose to pyriform, yellow flushed red, retained into winter.

USDA Hardiness Zone

5