#519 most planted
Malus x zumi
Zumi crabapple · also Flowering crabapple, O Zumi
OrnamentalDeciduous
1,537
trees mapped
0.01%
of all named trees
5
cities
5.5 in
median trunk (14 cm, 1,535 measured)
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Malus x zumi is a naturally occurring hybrid crabapple native to Japan. This salt-tolerant species is used as a rootstock for apples and is valued for its ornamental cultivars. Its showy flowers attract pollinators and its fruit is favored by birds.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 1,4810.81%—5.2 in
- 320.09%—9.8 in
- 160.01%—5.0 in
- 50.00%20 yr34 in
- 30.00%—10 in
Traits
- Form
- Ornamental
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 20–30 ft
- Canopy spread
- 20 ft
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Wildlife value
- High
- Tolerates
- coastal, salt
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 5.5 in, mean 5.8 in, 90th percentile 8.4 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Other Malus in the catalogue
37 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
