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Malus coronaria
Also called American Crabapple, Fragrant Crabapple, Sweet Crabapple, Garland Tree, Narrow Leaved Crabapple, Wild Crabapple
Malus coronaria is a North American crabapple, usually a bushy shrub or small tree up to about 10 m tall, grown for its fragrant flowers and persistent fruit. It needs full sun and rich, moist soil, and is hardy in temperate climates.
Malus coronaria, also known by the names sweet crabapple or garland crab, is a North American species of Malus (crabapple).
The species grows primarily in the Great Lakes Region and in the Ohio Valley, with outlying populations as far away as Alabama, eastern Kansas, and Long Island. It prefers rich moist soil.
The fruit is made into both preserves and cider. Pehr Kalm, a disciple of 18-century botanist Carl Linnaeus, wrote of the fruit:
Pillar Apple · Southern crab apple · Japanese Crabapple · Oregon Crab Apple · Hall crab apple · Chinese crab apple · Caucasus Apple · Plumleaf crab apple · Sargent's apple · Apple · Asiatic apple · European Crab Apple
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Malus coronaria by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
