Malus floribunda
Japanese flowering crabapple · also Japanese crab, Purple chokeberry, Showy crabapple
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Japanese Flowering Crabapple is a small flowering accent tree known for its pleasant fall color. It thrives best in full sun with moderate moisture. The species exhibits good disease resistance to scab and powdery mildew, making it suitable for urban planting.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 1,5910.87%—8.0 in
- 8310.07%—2.9 in
- 3460.12%37 yr5.9 in
- 2430.03%—8.0 in
- 1390.06%—6.3 in
- 1210.03%37 yr6.0 in
- 1200.09%—5.0 in
- 490.10%17 yr1.8 in
- 390.25%—5.3 in
- 370.01%35 yr1.5 in
- 80.02%—11 in
- 70.00%3.4 yr2.4 in
- 40.00%—20 in
- 30.00%——
- 20.00%—9.0 in
- 10.00%—1.9 in
- 10.01%—3.0 in
Traits
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 12–25 ft
- Canopy spread
- 18–30 ft
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Wildlife value
- Moderate
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 5.9 in, mean 6.8 in, 90th percentile 12 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Southern Korea evergreen forests
Other Malus in the catalogue
37 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
