| 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 blades 5-10(-15)cm long x 3-6(-8)cm wide, serrate, and have green fading to reddish-purple foliage in spring; cyme of flowers 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. | |