Malus 'Cotton Candy'
Object Details
- Description
- In the spring, this crabapple cultivar blooms in white flowers, making the tree reminiscent of the confection it is named after. After its flowering season is over, it produces many bright red crabapples.
- Hardiness
- -30 - 20 F
- Bloom Time
- Spring
- Provenance
- Uncertain
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2011-0156A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Deciduous tree
- Average Height
- 10-12'
- Bark Characteristics
- Gray, brown
- Bloom Characteristics
- Semidouble to double blooms
- Fall Color
- Yellow, orange
- Foliage Characteristics
- Deep green, simple leaves.
- Fruit Characteristics
- Yellow drupe, .5" across. Does not persist.
- Structure
- Spreading, vase-like
- Range
- Cultivated
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- Smithsonian Gardens Display Collection
- Common Name
- Cotton Candy Crabapple
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Rosanae
- Order
- Rosales
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Malus
- Topic
- Display Gardens
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2011-0156A
