To find out, they manually applied pollen from Red Delicious and Golden Delicious, and two types of crab apple, Ralph Shay and Malus floribunda, to Honeycrisp, Fuji and Gala. They put a net over the ...

As for the trees enjoying their peak blooms as March begins? The tracker tells us that Malus floribunda and Prunus "First Lady," trees found beyond the Japanese Garden, are in full flower.

Many American ornamental crabapples have Chinese crabapple (Malus floribunda) in their history ... in a home landscape as a specimen or patio tree. Because of its small stature, it is a good ...

Q Our fig tree has produced some sweet fruit over ... The flowers of the Japanese crab (Malus floribunda), introduced to this country in 1862, change from pink to white as they mature.