| Description | Firebird Crabapple (Malus) is a smaller tree resistant to apple scabs and fire blight. Its red-pink buds open to many white flowers and small, glossy red to red-orange fruit. |
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| Plant Type | 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 remains firm and does not become mushy after the first heavy frosts, making it 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 | The genus is named after Charles Sprague Sargent, a 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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