Rosaceae
Malus ombrophila
Malus ombrophila
Also known as Pyrus ombrophila, Prameles ombrophila
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Crabapple · Ornamental Tree · Malus · China · Tibet · Spring Blossom · Temperate · Rare · Collector Plant · Rosaceae
Malus ombrophila is a rare wild crabapple species native to south-central China and Tibet, valued by botanical collectors for its ornamental spring flowers and adaptability to cool, humid climates. Plant in well-drained, fertile soil with partial sun exposure and water regularly during the growing season to establish a strong root system. This species is extremely rare in cultivation and is primarily found in botanical garden collections or specialist nurseries.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply at the root zone until soil is moist; allow top inch to dry before rewatering · Every 7-14 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5–7.5
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 10 ft – 25 ft
- Spread
- 16.7 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
- China South-Central, Tibet
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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