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Hall crab apple

Malus halliana

Also called Adirondack Crabapple, Hall's crabapple, Hall Crabapple, Hall's Crab

Hall crab apple
Photo: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0

Hall crab apple is a small ornamental tree, up to about 5 m tall, prized for its fragrant pink spring flowers and purple fruit. It grows best in full sun with well-drained soil and is hardy in temperate climates.

Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply during dry spells, especially in the first years, and let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained loam; tolerates a range of soil types if drainage is good.
Temperature
Hardy in temperate climates, about -25 °C or colder; grows best with cool winters and warm summers.
How easy
Easy
Native range
C. & S. China to SW. Korea
Climate
temperate

About

Malus halliana is an East Asian crabapple species of Malus, known by the common name Hall crabapple. Its Chinese name is chui si hai tang(垂丝海棠).

It is generally considered to be a native tree of China, although some authors maintain that it is native to Japan, and was introduced into China.

How to grow it

The tree is cultivated as an ornamental tree, for its abundant, fragrant pink flowers.

Other Malus plants

Pillar Apple · Southern crab apple · Sweet crab apple · Japanese Crabapple · Oregon 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 halliana 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.

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