Siberian Crab apple {Malus baccata} Cold Hardy | Showy Blooms | Edible | Bonsai Favorite | Deciduous 15 seeds
The tree produces white-pink, non-hairy (glabrous) flowers in spring
along glabrous branches. With a pleasing, rounded crown, abundant
flowers and small, edible fruits, forming dense clusters and resembling
cherries from a distance, this crabapple has been introduced widely as
an ornamental tree. It can also be used for bonsai.* An extremely hardy
apple with very fragrant white flowers, dark red or yellow fruits, 3/8"
(but variable), persisting into winter, of full rounded habit, formerly
much used in hybridizing to improve hardiness.