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Rosaceae
Yunnan crabapple
Malus yunnanensis
Also known as Macromeles yunnanensis, Docyniopsis yunnanensis, Pyrus yunnanensis, Prameles yunnanensis
Zones 4–9Sun Partial SunWater ModerateCare Moderate
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Crabapple · Ornamental Tree · Yunnan · China · Spring Blossom · Rosaceae · Deciduous · Rare · Collector Plant · Flowering Tree
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In stock at 1 nurseryStock updated 9/6/2026
Yunnan crabapple is an ornamental deciduous tree from southwest China and Myanmar, prized for its attractive spring blossoms and small ornamental fruit. Plant in well-drained soil with partial to full sun and water regularly during the growing season, tapering off in winter. It is an excellent specimen tree for collectors and larger gardens seeking unusual flowering trees with good autumn colour.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply to saturate the root zone, then allow the top 2 inches of soil to dry before watering again · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5–7.5
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
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Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 4 ft
- Spacing
- 144 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- China North-Central, China South-Central, Myanmar, Tibet
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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