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Rosaceae
Malus crescimannoi
Malus crescimannoi
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Crabapple · Sicily · Endemic · Rare · Rosaceae · Wild Apple · Conservation · Ornamental Tree · White Flowers · Collector
Malus crescimannoi is an extremely rare wild crabapple species endemic to Sicily, of significant conservation interest and rarely encountered outside specialist botanical collections. It prefers well-drained soils in a sunny to partly shaded position and benefits from regular moderate watering and occasional pruning to maintain shape. This species is primarily of botanical and conservation value and is not readily available in the commercial nursery trade.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply at the base, keeping soil evenly moist but not waterlogged · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5–7.5
- Temperature
- -10°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 18 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 180 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Purple
- Foliage
- Green · Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Sicilia
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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