Malus spectabilis seed

LATIN NAME: MALUS SPECTABILIS

COMMON NAME: Chinese Flowering Crabapple

The Chinese flowering crabapple blushes the small, deciduous tree with the oval, toothed leaves and the many semi-double, soft-pink flowers that open in the dense clusters through the spring, the flowers blushing the crown with the colour, the small, round, yellow or red crabapples following. The tree grows steadily into the rounded, spreading crown, and it likes the sun, and the deep, moist, well-drained soil.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The blush-pink bloom of the Chinese flowering crabapple gives it a recognised place in the research on the ornamental crabapples of the great apple group, and the spectabilis species appears in the studies of the spring display build and the flower pigments. The work looks at the way the semi-double flowers blush the crown, the nectar value for the spring bees, and the seed biology. The horticulturists value the celebrated bloom, and the growers of the ornamental and street trees keep the species in their catalogues.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

In the spring garden, the Chinese flowering crabapple blushes the spring garden with the soft-pink bloom. The flowers open in the dense clusters, the small fruits feed the birds, and the tree makes the fine specimen for the lawn. It thrives in the deep, moist, well-drained, sunny ground. Pink-blushed, clustered and bee-fed.

To grow the Chinese Flowering Crabapple from seed, sow the seeds into the fine, gritty drills of the cold frame in the autumn, then cover them lightly, keep the frame cool and gently watered.

Sow the seeds into the fine, gritty drills of the cold frame, and give the young trees the open, sunny spot. The blush blooms come within a few seasons. , and the young trees rise through the spring. The blush blooms will pink the spring.

Edible Uses: Fruit – raw, cooked in pies, cakes etc or fermented into cider. The taste can be sweet and pleasant. The fruit can be up to 6 cm in diameter.
Other Uses: Used as a rootstock for the cultivated apples, there are several named varieties. A yellow dye is obtained from the bark.