General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Plant Height: 6 feet
Plant Spread: 6-7 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Uses: Flowering Tree
Edible Parts: Fruit
Dynamic Accumulator: K (Potassium)
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Pollinators: Various insects
Containers: Not suitable for containers
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM
Other: 2003 Great Plant Picks Award Winner

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Common names
  • Sargent's Crabapple
  • Sargent Crabapple
  • Apple
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Malus toringo
  • Synonym: Malus sieboldii subsp. sieboldii
  • Synonym: Malus sargentii
Also sold as:
  • Sargentina

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Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2022-04-23
Location: My garden
Date: 2017-05-30
Buds and Blooms
Location: St Louis
Date: 2010-10-22
Location: Elkhart
Date: 2020-05-07
Location: Belmonte Arboretum (Wageningen, The Netherlands)
Date: 2022-05-01
Location: Belmonte Arboretum (Wageningen, The Netherlands)
Location: My garden
Date: 2017-05-30
Location: Elkhart
Date: 2020-05-02
Location: My garden
Date: 2016-05-31
Just about to bloom.
Location: St Louis
Date: 2014-11-02
Small abundant golden fruit (foreground red fruit is Malus 'Camel
Location: Elkhart
Date: 2020-05-07
Location: Elkhart
Date: 2020-05-02
Location: West Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2021-09-27
Comments:
  • Posted by Skiekitty (Denver Metro - Zone 5a) on Apr 21, 2016 9:17 AM concerning plant:
    I had this tree, but it didn't survive winter 2007 due to extremely late freeze. Blooms much later than other crabapples and is smaller.
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