Crab Apple Tree
common name: Crab Apple Tree
scientific name: Malus species
Biology & Ecology: A Crab Apple Tree is a tree that varies in size, color, height, and shape. The grow anywhere to 6 ft. or all the way up to 50 ft! The common size is 25 ft. Flowering of the crab apple tree varies, anything to weeping, columnar, spreading, pyramidal and vase-shaped, with white, pink and red blooms. They are a popular tree, and bring great visual to a yard. They are drought tolerant, and low maintance. Generally adapted to the colorado climate and soil, but they can adapt depending on the disease and elevations. Blossom April-May.
Location: Front Yard.
Time: 3:30 pm.
What was it doing: Photosynthesis.
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| My pictue of the tree in blossom. |
* I could not find the entire scientific name, only the genus*
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