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.

1. Japanese crab apple (Malus floribunda). "This is my all-time favourite and the dominant blossom tree at Stonefields," says Bangay, referring to his famous garden near Kyneton, Victoria ...

They also make good pollinators for domestic apple trees. The Japanese crab, Malus floribunda, is a low but wide-spreading tree – when fully grown it’s wider than it is tall. Malus sargentii ...

These small trees are one of the hardiest of plants ... At Stonefields we have a variety of types with the main one being Malus floribunda. These are located on the outer corners of the formal ...

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.

They are such hardy trees, flourishing in most of our capital ... very little supplementary watering. My favourite is Malus floribunda and I have planted it in groupings to help soften the ...