Scientific Name: Malus x domestica
Common Name: apple
Family Name: Rosaceae
Origin: Central / west Asia, Garden origin
Hardiness Zone: Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C)
Plant Type: Tree - deciduous
Mature Size: 7 - 10m x 7 - 10m (height x width)
Habit: Upright
Form: Round
Texture: Medium - coarse
Landscape Uses: Attract beneficial insects, Herb, Spring interest, Urban agriculture
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Humus rich, Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Obovate, Serrulate
Flowers: Cyme, White, Pink, Apr-May
Fruit: Edible, Pome, (Accessory tissue), Yellow, Green, Red, Aug-Sep
Key ID Features:
Leaves are ovate, most bladees 5-10(-15)cm long x 3-6(-8)cm wide, serrate, and have green fading to reddish-purple foliage in spring; cyme of florets 2-4cm wide with 5 white petals (pink in bud), Apr-May; pomes (apples) 4-12cm wide Aug-Sep. Winter ID: twigs pubescent; buds ovoid, appressed, leaf scar crescent to U-shaped with 3 bundle scars.