| Scientific Name: | Malus floribunda |
| Common Name: | Japanese flowering crabapple |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 7 - 10m x 7 - 10m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Oval - horizontal, Round |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Attract birds, Espalier, Fragrance, Specimen plant, Urban agriculture, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Lustrous, Elliptic, Ovate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | White, Pink, May |
| Fruit: | Edible, Pome, (Accessory tissue), Orange, Yellow, Purple, Red, Dark-red, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Smaller, horizontal-oval tree with a gray, mottled trunk, disorganized branching, new growth red with white lenticels; leaves alternate, ovate-obovate, most 3-4cm long x 1.5-2cm wide, glossy; flowers 2-3cm wide, commonly with pink buds, petals pink to white; pomes about 9-13mm round, yellow to red. Winter ID: twigs round, dark red, buds alternate, ovoid, scale imbricate, margins rough with hairs protruding. | |