Malus spectabilis

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Malus spectabilis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Pyrus spectabilis, Ait. (Malus spectabilis, Borkh. M. sinensis, Dum.). Chinese Flowering Apple. Fig. 3292. Small tree, with darker - colored fls. than those of the apple (the opening fl.-buds almost coral- red), and blooming earlier, making an erect vase-like head: lvs. narrower, oval to oval-oblong, slender- stalked, nearly glabrous on both surfaces or becoming so, usually more closely serrate than those of the apple : pedicels and calyx-tube nearly or quite glabrous: fr. roundish or round- oval, without a cavity at the base, reddish yellow, sour. Probably China and Japan, although unknown wild and very little grown in those countries although well known in cult, in Eu.: the plant called by this name in Japan is probably P. Halliana or P. microma- lus. B.M. 267. L.B.C. 18:1729. Gn. 21, p. 46. Gng. 3:273. G.F. 1:272.—A very handsome early- blooming tree, of which the double-fld. and semi-double forms are most prized. P. Malus itself has been disseminated under the name of P. spectabilis. Hardy in the northern states. Var. Riversii, Booth, has very large half-double bright rose-red fls. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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