Family: Rosaceae
Scientific Name: Malus sargenti Firebird
Common Name: Firebird Ornamental Crab
Description | A dwarf white flowering Ornamental Crab Apple. |
Plant Type | All Plants, Trees Deciduous |
Hardiness Zone | 5 |
Sunlight | full |
Moisture | average |
Soil & Site | average |
Flowers | small, sweet scented, white flowers emerge from red buds |
Fruit | The red fruit tends to remain hard and not become mussy after the first heavy frosts. Attractive from late September to mid winter. |
Leaves | green foliage |
Dimensions | 5-8 feet tall by equal spread |
Maintenance | highly resistant to apple scab, an fire blight |
Native Site | Malus sargentii is native to Japan. |
Cultivar Origin | A selection from a crop of M. sargentii seedlings by Mike Yanny, Johnsons Nursery, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin (USA). Selection approximately 1982. |
Misc Facts | Genus is named for Charles Sprague Sargent
horticulturist and plant hunter. |
Author's Notes | I have used this plant in landscapes and it lives up too all it's attributes. |
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